--- title: Scarlett Johansson Made Surprise SNL Cameo as Ivanka Trump description: the cold opening featured none other than Scarlett Johansson, who portrayed Ivanka Trump in the "White House Tree Trimming" skit. canonical: https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-18T15:22:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.122Z og:title: Scarlett Johansson Made a Surprise SNL Cameo as Ivanka Trump og:description: Donald's "ornament" Ivanka makes an appearance og:url: https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35443ee0228bf4e/6988f5607cdbac81c5d5b4f2/snl-cold-open.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Saturday Night Live - Season 43 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scarlett Johansson Made a Surprise SNL Cameo as Ivanka Trump twitter:description: Donald's "ornament" Ivanka makes an appearance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35443ee0228bf4e/6988f5607cdbac81c5d5b4f2/snl-cold-open.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scarlett Johansson Makes a Surprise _SNL_ Cameo as Donald's 'Ornament' Ivanka Trump ## Video: 5 Stars You Didn't Know Were on SNL [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Stars You Didn't Know Were on SNL](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2Ddng8GG.m3u8) (1:38)  _Published 2017-09-25. 5 Stars You Didn't Know Were on SNL_ by [Camryn Rabideau / InStyle](https://time.com/author/instyle/) ## Camryn Rabideau / InStyle Contributor Dec 18, 2017 3:22 PM UTC  Alex Moffat as Eric Trump, Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump, Cecily Strong as First Lady Melania Trump, Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump, and Beck Bennett as Vice President Mike Pence during "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 16, 2017 Alex Moffat as Eric Trump, Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump, Cecily Strong as First Lady Melania Trump, Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka Trump, and Beck Bennett as Vice President Mike Pence during "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 16, 2017Will Heath—NBCU/Getty Images by [Camryn Rabideau / InStyle](https://time.com/author/instyle/) ## Camryn Rabideau / InStyle Contributor Dec 18, 2017 3:22 PM UTC We live for surprise celebrity cameos, and _Saturday Night Live_ definitely delivered this weekend. On last night’s show, the cold opening featured none other than [Scarlett Johansson](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/scarlett-johansson), who portrayed [Ivanka Trump](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/alec-baldwin) in the “White House Tree Trimming” skit. The 33-year-old actress is dating Colin Jost, one of _SNL_‘s head writers, so it’s really no surprise that she’s making unscheduled appearances on the show. Lucky us! Last night, Johansson returned to her role as Ivanka Trump as the First Family, led by [Alec Baldwin](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/alec-baldwin) as President [Donald Trump](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/donald-trump) and Cecily Strong as First Lady [Melania Trump](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/melania-trump), trimmed the “Tree of Shame” with the faces of “haters and losers.” After receiving ornaments from several of his staff members, Baldwin asks, “Where’s my next ornament?” to which Johansson replies, “I’m right here father.” Baldwin then asks after his daughter’s husband, Jared Kushner. Johansson tartly replies, “He’s packing a go bag before the FBI arrives.” “I will always remember that one time I heard him talk,” Johansson continued. See the whole opening skit for yourself: Johansson and Jost made their [red carpet debut](http://www.instyle.com/news/scarlett-johansson-boyfriend-colin-jost-red-carpet-debut) as a couple earlier this month, and we’re already loving them together—especially if we get treated to more surprise _SNL_ appearances by the actress! _This_ [_article_](http://www.instyle.com/news/scarlett-johansson-surprise-snl-cameo-ivanka-trump) _originally appeared on_ [_InStyle.com_](http://instyle.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/"},"headline":"Scarlett Johansson Makes a Surprise SNL Cameo as Donald's 'Ornament' Ivanka Trump","datePublished":"2017-12-18T15:22:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:24.122Z","description":"the cold opening featured none other than Scarlett Johansson, who portrayed Ivanka Trump in the \"White House Tree Trimming\" skit.","url":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35443ee0228bf4e/6988f5607cdbac81c5d5b4f2/snl-cold-open.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Camryn Rabideau / InStyle"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf35443ee0228bf4e/6988f5607cdbac81c5d5b4f2/snl-cold-open.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Saturday Night Live - Season 43","caption":"Saturday Night Live - Season 43","creditText":"Will Heath—NBCU/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/","name":"Scarlett Johansson Makes a Surprise SNL Cameo as Donald's 'Ornament' Ivanka Trump"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Stars You Didn't Know Were on SNL","description":"5 Stars You Didn't Know Were on SNL","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2Ddng8GG/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-09-25T14:48:20.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2Ddng8GG.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/","duration":"PT1M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5068769/scarlett-johansson-snl-ivanka-trump/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```