Actress reveals roots of poverty

Actress Scarlett Johansson at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California on April 12, 2015.

Actress Scarlett Johansson at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California on April 12, 2015.

Published Apr 30, 2015

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Scarlett Johansson’s family relied on “public assistance” for food.

The 30-year-old actress, who has four siblings, has made an appeal to end hunger in America and drew on her own experiences in a public service announcement to raise awareness of the issue.

She said: “My family grew up relying on public assistance to help provide meals for our family.

“Child hunger in America is a real and often overlooked problem, but one that together we can fix.

“The are 16 million children struggling with hunger in America.”

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