--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:42:55.508Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Viral Photo Proves Someone's Grandma Is Basically Scarlett Johansson's Lookalike  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 18, 2017 5:12 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 29: Actress Scarlett Johansson attends the 'Ghost In The Shell' premiere hosted by Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on March 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/FilmMagic) NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 29: Actress Scarlett Johansson attends the 'Ghost In The Shell' premiere hosted by Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on March 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/FilmMagic)Nicholas Hunt—FilmMagic  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. 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