'I know my best angles': Scarlett Johansson admits leaked nude photos were for ex-husband Ryan Reynolds

By Paul Thompson

Last updated at 7:15 PM on 1st November 2011

Scarlett Johansson has admitted the nude photos leaked to the internet by a hacker were taken for her former husband Ryan Reynolds.

Speaking for the first time about the photos which became an internet sensation she said she wasn't ashamed to have taken the steamy shots.

The actress even joked: 'I know my best angles.'

A saucy message between exes: Scarlett Johansson admitted she took the nude photos for her ex-husband Ryan Reynolds

Johansson said she had taken the two self portraits on her cell phone and sent them to her then husband, Reynolds.

The couple split up after two years of marriage in December 2010.

Johansson said the photos - which showed her topless and nude reflected in a mirror - were taken three years ago when she was dating the Canadian born star.

'They were sent to my husband. There's nothing wrong with that. It’s not like I was shooting a porno - although there's nothing wrong with that either,' she told Vanity Fair magazine.

Brief marriage: A rare photo of the couple together during their short marriage

Johansson's called in the FBI after the photos hacked from her phone were leaked to the internet.

It was thought the two photos were fake until lawyers for the actress said she owned the copyright to prevent them from being further published.

FBI agents from 'Operation Hackerazzi' spoke to Johansson along with as many as 50 other celebrity victims.

Wigging out: Scarlett, wearing a faux brunette bob, was today spotted filming Under the Skin in Arbroath, Scotland

Christopher Chaney, 35, was later named as the man who hacked her phone, along with those of Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Hudgens and Mila Kunis.

Chaney admitted offering the stolen photos to celebrity websites but denied blackmailing any of the estimated 50 victims.

He was due in court in Los Angeles on Tuesday to face 26 charges of unauthorised access to a computer and wiretapping. If convicted, he faces up to 121 years in prison.

Chaney, from Jacksonville, Florida, said in a TV interview he became obsessed with the stars and used his computer skills to hack into phones and email.

Johansson is currently on location in Arbroath, Scotland, where she is filming the sci-fi movie Under the Skin.

The actress, who wears a dark wig for the part, plays 'an alien on earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerizing woman'.

It is due to be released next year.