Scarlett Johansson Got Her ‘Weekend Update’ Revenge and a Standing Ovation at Cannes, All in the Same Week

We’ve reached the end of another week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we’re giving credit where it’s due. Scarlett Johansson is the latest champion in our Winner of the Week series.

Is it ScarJo 2.0? 3.0? 100.0? Scarlett Johansson has been through so many career transformations, from teen queen to indie darling to blockbuster powerhouse to sex symbol and everything in between, it’s hard to keep track of which version we’re on. Heck, I still remember picking up her Tom Waits cover album at a coffee shop.

But this week definitely marked a turning point for the actor, who has officially leveled up. She’s behind the camera and in control of the narrative, going from the Weekend Update desk to the Cannes red carpet in what felt like the blink of a smokey eye. Jurassic World: Rebirth may not come out until July, but her rebirth is happening right here, right now, which is why she’s our winner of the week.

As of Saturday, Johansson has now hosted Saturday Night Live more times than any other female celebrity, a task no doubt made more convenient by the fact that she’s married to Weekend Update co-anchor and SNL head writer Colin Jost. Around Christmastime, Jost and his co-anchor Michael Che did their traditional joke swap, which naturally involved a rather graphic remark about Johansson’s vagina. Hosting the season 50 finale, Johansson got Che back, appearing at the Update desk to supervise him performing jokes about his own sexual perversions.