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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_rights
Having a talking woman in your phone is not stealing Scarlet Johansson's likeness, even if they sound somewhat similar. US copyright law is already ridiculous, and you want to make it even more bullshit?
By that logic her role in Her was already stealing the voice actor for Siri's likeness, and she should have sued for that too.