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Scarlett's debut - which also features one original track - is due to be released in the US on May 20 and only time will tell if her daring career move has paid off.
Will her album be resigned to the bargain bin, or could we see her slide effortlessly between her two arts, in a manner akin to the screen goddess who she has already been compared to, Marilyn Monroe?
If, in the unfortunate event Scarlett does find her album languishing at the bottom end of the charts, she will be in good company.
After an Oscar-nominated performance in 'Good Will Hunting' in 1997, Minnie Driver had Hollywood in the palm of her hand.
But little did we know she was harbouring a dark secret - a deep desire to be a singing sensation.
Her ambition began early in her career when she was a member of the band called 'Puff, Rocks and Brown', and landed a development deal with Island Records.
Unfortunately, that was the closest 'Puff, Rocks and Brown' came to sniffing success and the contract ended without any release.
However, refusing to lay to rest her, some would say, misguided musical aspirations, just three years after the success of 'Good Will Hunting' Minnie decided it was time to subject the public to more of her warblings and she began scouting for a new record label.
In 2001, she signed with EMI and Rounder Records, and finally her dreams came true with the release of her debut single 'Everything I've Got in My Pocket'.
Unfortunately, her dreams only amounted to number 34 in the UK chart and her second single 'Invisible Girl' didn't even make it into the top 40, limping in at 63.
Perhaps Minnie should have packed up her dreams for good when she was the only cast member of Joel Schumacher's film 'The Phantom of the Opera' to be dubbed.
But, surprisingly undeterred Minnie gave pop another shot with the release of her second album 'Seastories' last July, which also failed to set the charts alight.
Catherine Zeta Jones has an equally embarrassing tale of chart woe.
In 1992, while she was charming the British public with her role in TV drama 'The Darling Buds of May', the Welsh actress made her musical debut singing on 'Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus' - a concept LP telling the story of Roman gladiator Spartacus through song!!!
Her tune 'For All Time' on the album was released as a single but peaked at just number 36 in the UK charts.
The brunette beauty then went on to release 'In the Arms of Love' and 'I Can't Help Myself', both of which failed to chart, before teaming up with David Essex on the duet 'True Love Ways', which landed Essex one of his lowest ever chart positions of 38.
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tyra Banks, Liz Hurley and sometime actress Paris Hilton can also add failed singer to their bows.
But, on the flip side there are those success stories that keep a steady stream of actresses attempting to make that career crossover.
Jennifer Lopez has something of the Midas about her, turning everything she touches into gold, or platinum for that matter.
After garnering praise in the Academy Award-nominated thriller 'Out of Sight', Jennifer beginning building brand J.Lo and she released her debut single 'If You Had My Love' in May 1999.
The sexy R+B number completed her bootylicious Bronx image - she was currently dating hip-hop star P.Diddy - and the song sailed to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, while her curves could be viewed on rotation on MTV.
Her debut LP 'On the 6' made it to an impressive eighth position in the Billboard 200 albums charts, leaving Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston quaking in their diva-shoes.
Since then J.Lo has released a further six albums - her latest 'Brave' was released last year - two of which went to number one on the Billboard 200 charts, enjoyed sell-out tours and been lavished with numerous awards and accolades.
On a smaller scale, Gwyneth Paltrow has also had a taste of chart success after demonstrating her vocal ability on the 2000 movie 'Duets' when she performed a cover of Smokey Robinson's song 'Crusin'' with Huey Lewis.
The song was released as a single and spent two weeks at number one in the Australian charts.
Last year, it was reported Gwyneth was determined to muscle in on her Coldplay singer husband Chris Martin's patch and had been writing and recording tracks for her debut pop album with producer William Orbit.
Other actresses to make the crossover include Kate Winslet, whose brief musical career is made up entirely of her number six hit in the UK 'What If', Juliette Lewis, who is now a bonafide rock star fronting the band 'Juliette and The Licks', and Lindsay Lohan, whose 2004 debut album 'Speak' peaked at number four in the US Billboard 200 chart.
But even Lindsay is somewhat of a warning tale to Scarlett as her second album 'A Little More Personal (Raw)' only made it to a disappointing number 20 in the US before falling out of the top 40 two weeks later.
So the moral of this story seems to be looks, power, and celebrity status are not enough to guarantee you chart success.
The music fan is a discernable critic and if you don?t have talent stick to the mirror and a hairbrush!
By Kate Sole
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