Johansson happy to be Harvard's Hasty Pudding woman

Not quite the Oscar, but Scarlett Johansson still was all smiles about being crowned the Harvard Hasty Pudding US woman of the year.

Ms Johansson was happy to participate in the mickey-taking that goes along with the university honour in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

She took part in a mock exam, and endured a lampooning of her famous unclad Vanity Fair cover pose.

But the blonde actress kept mum when asked to make an analogy between director Woody Allen, in whose films she has appeared, and fashion designer Issac Mizrahi, who groped her breast on the red carpet at the Golden Globes last year.

“Thank you so much for this fabulous golden pot. It’s been such a wonderful day. This is the closest I’ll ever get to a Harvard degree for sure,” Ms Johansson said.

Before the award, Ms Johansson led a parade through Harvard Square, sitting in the back of a silver Bentley convertible, flanked by Harvard students in drag.

Ms Johansson, 22, has appeared in films including Lost in Translation, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Match Point, and The Black Dahlia.

Ben Stiller is to be crowned Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Year on February 23.

The awards are given to performers who have made a “lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment” by Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the US’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe.

Last year’s honourees were Halle Berry and Richard Gere.