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• Scarlett Johansson's movies have grossed over $14 billion worldwide, making her one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.
• Despite being considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, Johansson has had her fair share of failed relationships, including a short-lived romance with Sean Penn.
• After her relationship with Penn ended, Johansson decided to keep her romantic life private and secretly married Colin Jost in 2020.

Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest actresses in Hollywood at the moment. Ever since she made her film debut in the fantasy comedy North in the mid-90s, she’s appeared in more than 75 movies and TV series, including The Avengers, Her, Lost in Translation, and, most recently, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. Collectively, her movies have grossed more than $14 billion worldwide, making her one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time.

Also considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, it’s hard to believe anyone would pass the chance to be with Scarlett Johansson. However, the Black Widow actress hasn’t had the best luck at love. Over the years, Johansson’s had her fair share of failed relationships, from her incredibly short marriage to Ryan Reynolds to a quick relationship with Sean Penn, who ended up turning her down because he didn’t want to commit to something more serious.

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Over the years, Scarlett Johansson has been linked to many celebrities, from Jared Leto to French journalist and art collector Romain Dauriac, with whom she shares a daughter. Back in the spring of 2011, the Black Widow actress sparked some new romance rumors when she was spotted grabbing lunch with Mystic River star Sean Penn, less than a year after her divorce from Ryan Reynolds. The two gave the media a lot to talk about, especially for their significant age age. After all, Johansson was 26, while Penn was 50 years old at the time.

The two had met after Johansson flew to Haiti to help people affected by the two earthquakes in January 2010. "Scarlett first reached out to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam. She knew Sean was living there in a tent and turned to him for advice," a source close to the actors revealed.

After a series of dates in L.A., the pair were spotted vacationing together in Mexico. Not shortly after, the two made their relationship public when they attended Reese Witherspoon’s wedding to talent agent Jim Toth in March 2011. A month later, the two attended a White House Correspondents' Dinner party in Washington, D.C. as a couple.

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Their relationship turned serious rather quickly. Only a couple of months after they were first spotted together, the young actress had practically moved into Penn’s Malibu home. "She's at his house most nights and has been accepted by his teenage sons. Things have moved at a fast pace and both feel they have found their perfect match," an insider told Glamour.

Despite the move very early on, their romance was rather short-lived. By June 2011, Johansson and Penn had split up. A source close to the actor, revealed that the reason for their breakup was that the actor wasn’t looking for anything “serious” so shortly after his divorce from Robin Wright.

Sean Penn's Relationship With Scarlett Johansson Cost Him His Longest Friendships

In 2012, Scarlett Johansson finally opened up about her short-lived relationship with Academy Award winner Sean Penn. “We spent time together, yeah,” Johansson told Vogue. “I never put a title on it, really, but we were seeing each other.” The actress pointed out that she didn’t like the fact that their relationship gathered so much attention. She said that the fuss over her and Penn “was a little bit of an adjustment.”

Although their relationship ended rather abruptly, it seems that the two ended things on good terms. In 2012, Johansson revealed that she and Penn remained friends. She also praised the actor’s relief work in Haiti several times. “He’s a remarkable person,” she said. “He really is.”

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Unfortunately, his relationship with Johansson, cost Penn one of his longest-lasting friendships.

Around the time he began dating the actress, Penn had a major fall out with Naomi Watts due to the Australian actress warning the actor about dating Johansson. When the actor began a relationship with the much younger actress, Watts was understandably upset. "He shut Naomi out of his life. She's very sad about it all," a source close to the actress told Glamour at the time.

After Her Short-Lived Romance with Sean Penn, Scarlett Johansson Has Chosen To Keep Her Romantic Life Private

Scarlett Johansson admitted that one of the hardest parts of dating Sean Penn was that the media would follow their every move. After this unpleasant experience, the actress quickly learned to keep her romantic life out of the spotlight.

In fact, in October 2020, Johansson secretly married SNL alumn Colin Jost. "I think just keeping it intimate and small made it feel intentional," the actress told People. "We wanted it to feel like it had an intentional intimacy as opposed to being something that felt like we were restricted by all these things."

Even after announcing their marriage, both Johansson and Jost have chosen to not talk about their relationship in public.

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