12 Feb 2014

Honorary French Oscar for Johansson

7:25 am on 12 February 2014

Actress Scarlett Johansson is to be given an honorary French Oscar.

Scarlett Johansson at the Venice Film Festival last year.

Scarlett Johansson at the Venice Film Festival last year. Photo: AFP (file)

Johansson, 29, has made nearly 35 films.

Since her first with Robert Redford, she has worked with the Coen brothers, Brian de Palma and Christopher Nolan and become a muse of Woody Allen, with whom she has made three films, Match Point, Scoop and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

She will receive her "Cesar" at a gala awards ceremony in Paris on 28 February.