Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her father, Karsten Johansson, is a Danish-born architect, and her paternal grandfather, Ejner Johansson, was a screenwriter and director. Her mother, Melanie Sloan, a producer, comes from an Ashkenazi Jewish family from the Bronx. Scarlett Johansson's parents met in Denmark, where her mother lived with Johansson's maternal grandmother, Dorothy, a former bookkeeper and schoolteacher. Scarlett Johansson has an older sister, Vanessa, who is an actress; an older brother, Adrian; a twin brother, Hunter (who appeared in the film Manny & Lo with Scarlett); and an older half-brother, Christian, from her father's first marriage.
In 2005 Jennifer Ellison was voted "world's sexiest blonde" by readers of the UK magazine Nuts, beating model Victoria Silvstedt, who came second, and pop superstar Britney Spears, who was voted third. Jennifer Ellison is also a regular in the yearly FHM "100 Sexiest Women in the World" feature. Jennifer Ellison first appeared in 2003 at number 60; then at number 29 in 2004; by 2005 Jennifer Ellison was at number 17; in 2006 she was number 31; in 2007, she fell to number 87; and in 2008 she did not feature. Jennifer Ellison's drop down the list over the last two years is largely attributable to her taking a break from modeling from late 2006 to early 2008. However, Jennifer Ellison has since returned to modeling. Jennifer Ellison won the Rear of the Year award in 2008. 
