2006

Scarlett Johansson

March

Scarlett Bares All

Johansson appears on the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood Issue in her birthday suit, posed next to dressed guest editor Tom Ford and a similarly clad Keira Knightley.

May

Treasured Chest

Johansson is selected for Best Cleavage in PEOPLE's Most Beautiful People issue. "I'm very proud of my body," Johansson says. "I feel very sexy and comfortable in my own skin." In 2007, she makes the list again, calling her feet "cute."

Scarlett Johansson

July 02

Nanny Knows Best

Johansson finishes filming The Nanny Diaries with Alicia Keys. Playing a recent college grad working as a babysitter for a rich family, Johansson learns a few things about children from her 7-year-old costar Nick Art. "You can always get a kid's attention by offering them cookies," she tells PEOPLE.

Scarlett Johansson

September 15

In the Black

In The Black Dahlia, Johansson plays an ex-call girl opposite then-flame Josh Hartnett. "We shot in Bulgaria. I was really nervous because everyone had told me it could be kind of lonely," she tells Interview in 2005. "So I bought all the Harry Potter books and figured I'd spend all my time reading and watching old movies, but I ended up having the most fantastic time."

2007

January

Is It Over?

Though Johansson and Hartnett do not officially confirm a split, they seem to be leading separate lives. Hartnett is spotted with actress Sienna Miller, while Johansson, who stars in one of Justin Timberlake's new music videos is seen chatting with Timberlake at an afterparty following the premiere of his movie Alpha Dog.

Scarlett Johansson

March 01

Scarlett Hearts Reebok

Johansson, who once joked that her idea of aerobics was going for a slice of pizza, releases Scarlett Hearts Reebok, athletic sportswear designed to fit real women. The collection features brightly colored sneakers, baseball tees and sweatpant leggings that the actress turned designer describes as "a mixture of both the ultrafeminine and urban lifestyle."

Scarlett Johansson

April

Ryan Hearts Scarlett

Johansson, 22, begins dating actor Ryan Reynolds, 30, who ended his engagement to Alanis Morissette in February. Although the new pair keep mum about their relationship, they get engaged in May 2008.

2008

Scarlett Johansson

March

Being Boleyn Girls

Promoting their period drama, The Other Boleyn Girl – where they play ambitious sisters – Johansson and Natalie Portman appear on the cover of W. In the magazine, the costars discuss the public's perception of them: Portman tells Johansson, "I get branded a lot as a good girl. I'm, like, the prude, and you're more sexy, more like..." Johansson then laughingly replies, "A harlot!" In May, Johansson expands her resume, with her recording debut, Anywhere I Lay My Head – an album of Tom Waits covers.

Photo Credits

BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): ANNIE LEIBOVITZ/Vanity Fair/AP; Capital Pictures/GAMMA; courtesy reebok; Flynet

Edited by Mai Dinh, Janet Murphy