First look: Scarlett Johansson reclines in a sexy slip for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ad

PUBLISHED: 21:48, 20 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:14, 20 December 2012

She earned a Tony Award and the best reviews of her career for A View from the Bridge in 2010.

And Scarlett Johansson's return to Broadway as frustrated sexpot Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was just immortalized in a sultry black-and-white poster.

In the moody image, which could easily double as a perfume advert, the 28-year-old movie star is seen reclining with lips parted as her fingers loosen the plunging neckline of her sexy white slip.

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Meet her Maggie: Scarlett Johansson's return to Broadway as frustrated sexpot Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was just immortalized in a sultry black-and-white poster

The stubborn, pragmatic character of Maggie has already been embodied by a long list of divas - Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Lange, Kathleen Turner, Ashley Judd, and Anika Noni Rose.

But the four-time Golden Globe nominee, who's revival is currently in previews, doesn't consider her overtly sexy.

'I think her sexuality is often overplayed and over-appreciated. It's such an unimportant part of this story,' the curvy actress recently told the Huffington Post.

Just like a perfume ad! In the moody image, the 28-year-old movie star is seen reclining with lips parted as her fingers loosen the plunging neckline of her sexy white slip

Iconic: The stubborn, pragmatic character of Maggie has already been embodied by a long list of divas - Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Lange, Kathleen Turner, Ashley Judd, and Anika Noni Rose

'I think her sexuality is often overplayed and over-appreciated': The four-time Golden Globe nominee, who's revival is currently in previews, doesn't consider Maggie overtly sexy

'I mean, it comes with the circumstance, of course, and the settling and the words – that's already there. There's no need to drape yourself all over the stage and roll around in a satin sheet.'

The Tennessee Williams' drama, which officially opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on January 17, also stars Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk.

Last Tuesday, Scarlett was seen signing autographs outside the theater while clad in a black hat.

Second time's a charm? The last time she was onstage, Johansson earned a Tony Award for playing a virginal teenager in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge

Meet Brick: The Tennessee Williams' drama, which officially opens at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on January 17, also stars Benjamin Walker

The last time she was onstage, Johansson played a very different sort of role - a virginal teenager named Catherine in the Arthur Miller drama.

'I never thought I would do another play after View,' the Match Point starlet told the New York Times. 'I was just so tired. I thought I was just going to become an organic farmer.'

However after her divorce from Ryan Reynolds, the blonde vamp is more interested in playing full grown adults.

'I felt extreme vulnerability over the last few years, more than I ever had, and no longer wanted to keep rushing into movie jobs or a play just to escape how I was feeling,' she said.

'Once I wanted to work again, I wanted to start playing adults — tough women who knew what it took to survive.'

The Avengers actress continued: 'I feel like I’ve been transitioning from young woman into womanhood for a very long time. Now, as I approach 30, with the last few years behind me, I feel like growing pains are behind me. It’s just nice to feel happy.'

Scarlett was last linked with French journalist Romain Dauric, but she's also dated fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, Jared Leto, Sean Penn, and advertising creative director Nate Naylor.

Onscreen, Scarlett can be seen as Janet Leigh in Hitchcock, a film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's scariest film, Psycho.

She'll soon join Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt in his directorial debut feature Don Jon's Addiction, a comedy about a porn-addicted ladies man who learns to be less selfish.