Forbes has issued its record of the top ten highest-paid actresses, and one point is clearly evident that the small screen draws in huge money.
Because several Hollywood stars receive fat bonuses relying on box-office achievement, the shortage of new films released has aided TV icons such as Vergara, Ellen Pompeo, and Elisabeth Moss received high paying salaries from traditional television and streaming platforms, where the majority of their work is done. Viola Davis is yet another Television star who made it to the list for the very first time.
1. Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara is a Colombian-born actress who lives in the United States. She was the world’s second-highest-paid TV actress in 2019, but this year she takes the top spot. Her job in Modern Family was very well acclaimed, and she is now a judge on America’s Got Talent. The 48-year-old actress earned $500,000 per episode for the season finale of the Emmy-winning Modern Family, which concluded sooner this year.
Forbes predicted she would receive “approximate $10 million per season” for AGT, one of America’s highly regarded reality TV competition shows.
Approximate Earning: $ 43 Million
2. Angelina Jolie
Anjelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie has had countless hits in Hollywood and is well-known around the globe for her work. She has often been named one of the highest-paid actresses. Angelina Jolie will soon be seen in the Marvel film The Eternals.
Amidst this, Oscar winner Angelina Jolie placed second on the Leader board with a net worth of $35 million.
Approximate Earning: $ 35 Million
3. Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot
In 2004, Gal Gadot was awarded the title Miss Israel. In Hollywood, her breakthrough role was in the Wonder Woman movie series. She will also appear in the forthcoming Netflix film ‘Red Notice.’ Gadot ended up turning to Netflix after Wonder Woman 1984 was canceled, earning $20 million for her role in Red Notice. Sources claim it’s a heavy price to pay, but it’s a fraction compared to the streamer’s $17 billion data funding.
Approximate Earning: $ 31.5 Million
4. Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy is an American celebrity who has earned Primetime Emmy Awards and also been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
The famous comedy star makes good money as the presenter of the TV show Little Big Shots, but she supplemented her revenue by showing up in two movies: Thunderforce and Superintelligence. Forbes ranked her fourth on the list based on her forthcoming role as Ursula in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
Approximate Earning: $ 25 Million
5. Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep apparently earned USD $5 million (AUD $6.98 million) from her HBO comedy movie Let Them All Talk between 2019 and 2020. The rest of her profits came from her roles in the hit movies Little Women and The Prom, both of which she co-starred in with Nicole Kidman.
Meryl Streep (fifth place) earned the large percentage of her earnings in the previous year from Netflix films or TV roles.
Approximate Earning: $ 24 Million
6. Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
The first installment in Emily Blunt’s A Quiet Place series earned AUD $477 million on a total budget of AUD $23.73 million. Blunt has managed to negotiate an eight-figure advance for the sequel, which will be launched next year. Her role in Disney’s forthcoming movie The Jungle Cruise also will pay her well into the seven figures.
Approximate Earning: $ 22.5 Million
7. Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
As per Forbes, Nicole Kidman will indeed enter Big Little Lies co-star Meryl Streep in Ryan Murphy’s The Prom on Netflix (due for release in December 2020), which will pay her an eight-figure upfront salary. She will indeed receive estimated USD $1 million (AUD $1.4 million) per episode for her role in the psychological thriller sequence The Undoing.
Approximate Earning: $ 22 Million
8. Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo
Pompeo now earns around $550,000 per episode for her leading role on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, thanks to a contract renegotiation in 2017. Her proportion of syndication profits apparently certainly adds about $6 million to her annual income.
Approximate Earning: $ 19 Million
9. Elisabeth Moss
Elisabeth Moss
Moss is reimbursed USD $1 million per episode (AUD $1.4 million) for her contribution in the dystopian TV series Handmaid’s Tale. According to Forbes, her contribution in the pleasant surprise hit movie Invisible Man also recorded for a vast, undeclared part of her income in 2020.
Approximate Earning: $ 16 Million
10. Viola Davis
Viola Davis
Viola Davis, who played Annalise Keating in the blockbuster series How To Get Away With Murder and Ma Rainey in Netflix’s movie adaptation of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, made its debut on the list for the very first time, takes the tenth spot.
Approximate Earning: $ 15.5 Million
