--- 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  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 [ MUSIC ] Now I wanted to ask you a couple questions about how you're feeling about the political situation in this country right now. I know you were incredibly outspoken at the Women's March. Are we gonna see more of that side of you in the years to come? Yes, I don't plan on not using my voice anytime soon. I have always been politically active. My parents, my grandmother always encouraged all of us to be politically active, vocal involved and it's a part of our local community, part of the greater community, so yes I will continue to say what's on my mind. And you . >> For people that have, don't have the opportunity to be heard. Sometimes people criticize [ UNKNOWN ]. [ NOISE ] For speaking out, particularly at the Oscars. But obviously this is a platform where people can address a large audience. And people, actors have passions and concerns. Does that bother you when you get criticized for your views? Or are you tough enough to handle that? I think that's just part of the, you know, it's kind of part of the bigger picture. It's part of the job. You put yourself on, kinda out there, and people are gonna have something to say about it. That's okay. And as an actor, are you excited about performing still? Does that still excite you? Being in places like this, is this fun for you? Yeah, it's so great. Yesterday, we had the rehearsal, and I got to walk out in the Kodak Theater, which is about a 3, 000 person occupancy, something like that. And walk out on that big stage, It's so exciting, makes you just remember what you love so much about your job, the magic of your job, I love my job, I feel fortunate to 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":"/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"}}] ```