Scarlett Johansson has been acting since she was a child. She made her feature film debut at the tender age of nine in Rob Reiner’s comedy adventure movie North in 1994 and had her breakthrough four years later in Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer. In many ways, her career has mirrored that of Elizabeth Taylor. They both worked as child actors in Hollywood, got their big breaks in horse-related movies (Taylor’s was National Velvet), and both went on to become sex symbols whose acting skills were often undercut by their beauty.

Both women also starred in some of the most expensive movies ever made. When it was released in 1961, Taylor’s Cleopatra had the highest price tag of any film to ever hit theaters. Meanwhile, the Avengers franchise, in which Johansson played Black Widow, has risen to the top of the highest-budget chart alongside James Cameron’s efforts and the Star Wars franchise. Cleopatra was a catastrophic flop, but Johansson’s forays into cinematic extravagance have gone down much more favorably. Her films have grossed a combined $15.4 billion worldwide, making her the highest-grossing female actor of all time.