Scarlett Johansson has admitted that she took naked photographs of herself which were leaked online.The Lost In Translation star, who has never appeared fully nude in her movies, has been left humiliated after the explicit pictures.

The FBI has, meanwhile, been called in to investigate how the private photographs were hacked from her mobile phone - and it emerged today that it is closing in on the suspected hacker.

Johansson's lawyer today issued a statement making it clear that his client took the explicit pictures.One of the photographs shows her posing seductively with her top off, while in another her bare behind is visible in a mirror.