--- title: Scarlett Johansson Grandma Lookalike Photo Goes Viral description: A photo of a Reddit user's grandma during her youth bears an uncannily striking resemblance to actress Scarlett Johansson. canonical: https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-18T17:12:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:46:23.763Z og:title: This Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike og:description: The resemblance is uncanny og:url: https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ffa0a296eeff885/6988c36597cdffc9806b04d7/scarlett-johannson-doppelganger-grandma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures Host The Premiere Of "Ghost In The Shell" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike twitter:description: The resemblance is uncanny twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ffa0a296eeff885/6988c36597cdffc9806b04d7/scarlett-johannson-doppelganger-grandma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Viral Photo Proves Someone's Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike > Sponsored content. 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Scarlett Johansson says she'll remain politically active after speaking out at the Women's March._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 18, 2017 5:12 PM UTC Scarlett Johansson says she'll remain politically active after speaking out at the Women's March.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 18, 2017 5:12 PM UTC Hollywood star [Scarlett Johansson](http://time.com/4699110/snl-ivanka-trump-scarlett-johansson/) has one of the world’s most recognizable faces, but it looks like there’s at least one other person in the world who shares her distinctive features. Thanks to [a photo post from Reddit user denverjoel](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/65zv3r/my%5Fgrandma%5Flooked%5Flike%5Fscarlett%5Fjohansson%5Fwhen/), it appears that ScarJo may have found a doppelgänger in their grandmother. The photo of their grandma in her youth bears a striking and uncanny resemblance to the [_Ghost in the Shell_ ](http://motto.time.com/4662477/scarlett-johansson-talks-ghost-in-the-shell-whitewashing/)star, something that wasn’t lost on Reddit commenters, one of whom saw the similarities to be a good gauge of how Scarlett would age in the future. “We’re going to need a recent photo now to see what Scarlett is going to look like in the future,” Reddit user Roscoe\_cracks\_corn wrote jokingly on the post. See the original post below. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] Now I wanted [00:04] to ask you a couple questions about how you're feeling [00:07] about the political situation in this country right now. I [00:09] know you were incredibly outspoken at the Women's [00:11] March. Are we gonna see more of that side of you in [00:14] the years to come? Yes, I don't plan on not using [00:18] my voice anytime soon. I have always been politically [00:22] active. My parents, my grandmother always [00:26] encouraged all of us to be politically active, vocal [00:29] involved and it's a part of our local community, part of [00:33] the greater community, so yes I will continue to say [00:37] what's on my mind. And you .>> For people that [00:42] have, don't have the opportunity to be heard. [00:44] Sometimes people criticize [ UNKNOWN ]. [ NOISE ] For [00:46] speaking out, particularly at the Oscars. But obviously [00:47] this is a platform where people can [00:51] address a large audience. And people, actors have [00:54] passions and concerns. Does that bother you when you [00:56] get criticized for your views? Or are you tough enough [00:59] to handle that? I think that's just part of the, you [01:03] know, it's kind of part of the bigger picture. It's part of [01:07] the job. You put yourself on, kinda [01:11] out there, and people are gonna have something to [01:13] say about it. That's okay. And as an actor, are you [01:17] excited about performing still? Does that still excite [01:20] you? Being in places like this, is this fun for you? Yeah, [01:23] it's so great. Yesterday, we had the rehearsal, and I [01:25] got to walk out in the Kodak Theater, which is about a [01:27] 3, 000 person occupancy, something like that. And [01:29] walk out on that big stage, It's so exciting, makes you [01:33] just remember what you love so much about your job, [01:35] the magic of your job, I love my job, I feel fortunate to [01:39] able to do it. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/"},"headline":"Viral Photo Proves Someone's Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike","datePublished":"2017-04-18T17:12:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T08:46:23.763Z","description":"The resemblance is uncanny","url":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Bizarre","Scarlett Johansson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ffa0a296eeff885/6988c36597cdffc9806b04d7/scarlett-johannson-doppelganger-grandma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ffa0a296eeff885/6988c36597cdffc9806b04d7/scarlett-johannson-doppelganger-grandma.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures Host The Premiere Of \"Ghost In The Shell\"","caption":"Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures Host The Premiere Of \"Ghost In The Shell\"","creditText":"Nicholas Hunt—FilmMagic","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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/","name":"Viral Photo Proves Someone's Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Scarlett Johansson Vows to Keep Speaking Out Politically","description":"Scarlett Johansson says she'll remain politically active after speaking out at the Women's March.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Fel4xxXR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-02-27T17:04:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Fel4xxXR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4744696/scarlett-johansson-lookalike-grandma/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```