Highest paid actress across the globe 2022
Some people say life is about entertainment, you need to find your way to joy, but then there comes the movies, series, televisions, mobile phones and other tools for entertainment. Every society somewhere went from male domination.
Today we can’t say much about the quality as things are not so clear yet, but some women across the World have proved themselves in acting and now is listed as one of the highest-paid actresses in the World. Many of them even earn more than a male, but it’s not an offence, and they are now a part of the list.
Amid this covid pandemic, which has affected the whole World and has financially drained out many, some of the actresses around the World are pretty lucky as they got to earn some whopping amount for their work and get into the top.
So these are the top paid actress around the World that you might have seen in many movies and have given many blockbusters.
Scarlett Johanson
Scarlett Johanson is one of the most prominent American actresses and has remained on the list of the highest-paid actress in the years 2018 & 2019 as well. She has been featured several times on the Forbes celebrity 100 lists. She was born in New York City, US, on November 22, 1984.
Apart from being a successful actress, she is a singer as well. She always dreamed of becoming an actress and started her career as a child artist on the stage in an Off-Broadway play, and in the year 1994, she made her film debut with the movie named North, which was a fantasy comedy film.
Working on herself, she finally got recognition after appearing in the film Manny & Lo in 1996, The Horse Whisper in 1998 and the Ghost World in 2001.
She has worked in many movies, including The Spirit, The Perfect Score, If Lucky Fell, Home Alone 3, The Black Dahlia, The Nanny Diaries, A good Woman, The Island, Scoop, The Other Boleyn Girl, Ghost In The Shell, Rough Night, Eight Legged Freaks, An American Rhapsody, Hitchock, etc.
She was nominated for the best-supporting actress and best actress for her fantastic performance. Scarlet is referred to as one of the most attractive women in the World, and along with that, she is associated with many charitable trusts.
She has won many awards like Best Actress in the leading role, Award for best performance, Saturn Award for the best-supporting actress, Young artist award for the best leading young actress, MTV Generation Award, Theatre World award for great broadway, etc. She is also a philanthropist and also into politics.
She is commonly known as ‘Scar Jo’ by her fans & media. The actress has remained the top paid actress since 2018, and she charges a whopping amount of around $56 million.
Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara is one of the prominent actresses from America & Colombia, and she held the position for highest-paid American television actress from the year 2013 to 2020. She was born in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia, on July 10, 1972.
Apart from being a successful actress, she is a television producer, presenter, businesswoman, model. She started her career in the year 1991, and she was seen co-hosting 2 Tv shows in the Spanish language for the network Univision in the year 2003, she got recognition for her performance in the movie Chasing Papi, and she was subsequently seen in Four Brothers in 2009.
Sofia has also appeared in the movies like Meet the Browns, Madea Goes to Jail, New Year’s Eve, The Smurfs, Machete Kills, The Three Stooges, Happy Feet Two, The Emoji, Escape from Planet Earth, The Emoji, etc. and since the year 2020, the actress is seen in the role of a judge in America’s Got Talent.
Sofia’s life took a turn when she was spotted by a photographer on the Colombian beach, and she received the offer for television work and modelling at the age of 17; she appeared in the commercial ad of 17 of Pepsi.
The actress has won several awards, including awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Best Supporting Actress, Best actress for television, Outstanding supporting actress for a comedy series, Favorite TV and many more. She is one of the known endorsers and also into business. She charges around Rs 43 million as her work fees.
Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, widely known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress & is one of the highest-paid actresses across the globe and is considered as one of the most influential people in the World. Even she was listed as World’s 100 most powerful woman in Forbes. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on March 22, 1976.
Apart from being an actress, she is one of the known producers in the industry. She started her journey in 1991 as a teenager and made her screen debut with the movie The Man in the Moon.
Later in the year 1996, she got the lead role in the movie Fear, but this was not enough; Reese got her breakthrough from a supporting role in Cruel Intentions.
The actress is still known for her character Elle Woods in the comedy Legally Blonde, which was released in the year 2001.
She has done movies like This Means War, Wild, Home Again, Just Like Heaven, Walk the Line, How Do You Know, Gone Girl, Brave, Mud, Monsters Vs Aliens, Lucy in the Sky, Sing and many more. She has won many awards, including BAFTA Award for Best Actress in the leading role, Academy Awards for Best Actress, Golden Globe Awards, Guild Awards, SAG Awards, and she has also received the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The actress charges around $35 million for her work, and not only this, she is a successful businesswoman as well. She is one of the most recognized and loved actresses from the 90s era and still continues to spread her charm around the World.
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is one of the prominent actresses from the American film industry and one of the most influential personalities.
Apart from being an actress, she is a known filmmaker & humanitarian, and she is known as one of the highest-paid actresses from Hollywood, and she is maintaining the position yet.
The actress was born in Los Angeles, California, United States, on June 4, 1975. She started her career from year 1982 as a child artist along with her father, Jon Voight, in the movie Lookin’ to Get Out in 1982.
Her career somewhere started from the movie Cyborg in 1993, which was a low budget production film; later, in 1995, she got the lead role in a major movie named Hackers.
She has been part of many movies, including Maleficent, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Original Sin, Mr. & Mrs Smith, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Wanted, Girl, Interrupted, The Tourist, Gia, Salt, By the Sea, Taking Lives, Unbroken, The Bone Collector, Hackers, Kung Fu Panda, Alexander, Shark Tale, The Good, etc.
She has been involved in humanitarian stuff; all this started when she was filming for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, and she witnessed the effects of a humanitarian crisis; to learn about these conditions, she started visiting refugee camps around the World, and she was shocked by looking at the sufferings and situation, and at first she donated $1 million to an international UNHCR, and this was one of the highest donations UNHCR received from any individual.
Angelina has won many awards, including Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Award, Academy Award, BAFTA Award for best leading actress, Award for best actress motion pictures, outstanding leading female actor, best leading actress, etc. The actress charges around $35.5 million for her work.
Gal Gadot
Gal Godat is a well-known Israeli actress & model, and at the very young age of 18, she was crowned as Miss Israel in 2004. After that, she even served as a soldier for two years in Israel Defense System, and later she started building her career in modelling and acting. She was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, on April 30, 1985.
She is also a well-known producer. The actress got her 1st International role in the movie Fast & Furious in 2009 as Gisele Yashar, and later she appeared in other instalments of the film franchise.
She achieved her global stardom while playing the role of Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe. Later she got her solo film named Wonder Woman in the year 2017. She has worked in many films, including Red Notice, Death on the Nile, Batman Vs Superman, Fast Five, Wonder Woman 3, Justice League, Cleopatra, Criminal, F9, The Flash, Furious 7, Knight & Day, etc.
For her outstanding performances, she has won many awards like Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in an action movie, Award for most popular US actress in China, recognition for a best female action hero, spotlight award, breakthrough award, Award for the best lead performer in a movie, best actress of the year, etc.
She is also considered one of the 100 most influential people in the World, and twice she has received the ranking of the highest-paid actress in the World. She charges the whopping amount of around $31.5 million.
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts, widely recognized as Julia Roberts, is considered one of the most bankable stars from Hollywood and is known for her versatile acting in every genre of movies like action, romance, comedy and thrillers. She was born in Smyrna, Georgia, the United States, on October 28, 1967.
She started her journey in 1987 while she appeared in 1988 on Mystic Pizza and in Steel Magnolias in 1989. She established herself as a lead actress with the romantic movie named Pretty Woman in the year 1990.
She has appeared in many films, including Secret in Their Eyes, Notting Hill, Larry Crowne, Eat Pray Love, My Best Friend’s Wedding, America’s Sweethearts, Closer, Conspiracy Theory, Runaway Bride and several more.
For her fantastic performance, she has won awards like Academy Awards for best actress, BAFTA Awards for best actress, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, People’s Choice Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Teen Choice Award, London Film Critics Award, Glamour Award for The Class Act, etc.
She also owns her production company known as Red Om Films, and she is a philanthropist as well. The actress charges around $ 30 million for her work.
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence is one of the prominent actresses, and in the years 2015 and 2016, she got the spot as the highest-paid actress in the World. The actress has been listed on Forbes Celebrity 100 list and is one of the most influential people in the World. She was born in Indian Hills, Kentucky, the United States, on August 15, 1990.
She started her career from the year 2006, and a talent scout spotted her while she was vacationing in New York City and altered the movie to Los Angeles & started her acting career. She was a part of The Bill Engvall Show from 2007 to 2009, and she made her film debut with a supporting role in the drama Garden Party in 2009.
She got her breakthrough from her character Ree Dolly in a mystery drama Winter’s Bone in 2010.
The actress has appeared in many movies like Mother, Joy, Passengers, Serena, Red Sparrow, House At The End of The Street, The Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook, X-Men series, Don’t Look Up, American Hustle, etc.
For her performance, she has won many awards like Academy Awards for best actress, Golden Globe Awards, MTV Movie Awards, BAFTA Awards, Saturn Award, Satellite Award, People’s Choice Awards etc. She has given many blockbuster series and movies in her acting journey and has earned around $28 million from her work last year.
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston is a well-known producer and American actress. She is the daughter of actors Nancy Dow and John Aniston, and at a very early age, she began working as an actress with an uncredited role in the year 1988 from film Mac and Me.
She appeared in a significant role in horror comedy named Leprechaun in 1993, and from the year the 1990s, she began to progress with her career, and now she is listed as one of the highest-paid actresses in the World.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on February 11, 1969. Apart from being a successful actress, she is a producer and businesswoman.
The actress has appeared in the movies like The Switch, Just Go with It, Wanderlust, Horrible Bosses, The Bounty Hunter, Horrible Bosses 2, Mother’s Day, Storks, Swept Away, etc.
She has won SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Award, and she has earned around $28 million for her work and is one of the known endorsers in the industry.
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa Ann McCarthy is well recognized American actress, producer, comedian, writer and fashion designer.
She has been named as one of the most influential people in the world, and multiple times she has been featured as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world; she is ranked number 22 out of 25 in the list of greatest actors of the 21st century.
She was born in Plainfield, Illinois, the United States, on August 26, 1970. She started her career in 1997 by appearing in television, but she gained recognition from her role Sookie St. James on the television series Gilmore Girls from 2000 to 2007. In 2011, when she appeared in the movie Bridesmaids she got the critical acclaim.
Melissa has worked in movies like Spy, Superintelligence, Ghostbusters, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Heat, Shooter, Tammy, Charlie’s Angeles, Thunder Force, The Happytime Murders, Central Intelligence, The Kitchen, The Kid, St. Vincent, The Hangover III and many more.
For her performances, she had been nominated for Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Critics Choice Awards and she has won the Primetime Emmy Awards twice.
She is married to an American filmmaker, comedian, actor Benjamin Scott Falcone. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world and she earned around $ 25 million for her work.
Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco is one of the prominent American actress and producer. She is also known as Kaley Cuoco- Sweeting and she was born in Camarillo, California, United States on November 30, 1985.
Kaley was a very aspiring tennis player at a time, and she was practicing it since she was just three-years-old but later, she gave up the sports at the age of 16 to pursue a career in acting.
She started her journey from the year 1992 with a television film named Quicksand: No Escape, and she finally got her Bridget Hennessy in the sitcom named 8 Simple Rules from 2002 to 2005.
The actress has appeared in many movies like Hop, Bratz, The Wedding Ringer, The Man from Toronto, The Penthouse, Why Him?, Cougar Club, Growing Up Brady, Meet Cute, Crimes of Fashion, Alley Cats Strike, Picture, Perfect, To Be Fat like Me, Killer Movie, Burning Bodhi, etc.
For her amazing performances, she has won awards like Choice TV Breakout Female, Best Television Actress, Best Supporting Actress in a comedy role, Favorite comedian television actress and has been nominated for a best young actress in a cable movie, best young actress in a cable movie, choice tv actress, best young adult performer in a teenage role, favorite tv comedy actress, choice tv actress comedy, favourite tv actress and many more.
The actress charges around $ 25 million for her work, and this 35-year-old, she counted as one of the highest-paid actresses.
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise Streep, recognized as Meryl Streep, is one of the prominent American actresses and is mainly described as the best actress. The actress is known for her versatile acting seven the adaptability of accent. She was born in Summit, New Jersey, United States, on June 22, 1949.
She started her acting career in the year 1975 in Trelawny of the Wells, and in the year 1977, she made her film debut with the movie Julia, and for her fantastic performance, she was nominated for Oscar. She has appeared in movies including The Post, Doubt, Into the Woods, The Devil Wears Prada, Florence Foster Jenkins, The Iron Lady, It’s Complicated, Sophie’s Choice, Ricki And The Flash, The Glover, August: Osage County, The Prom, Death Becomes Her, Out of Africa and many more.
Meryl has been nominated & recognized for many awards due to her screen & stage performance.’
She has won Academy Awards three times, AACTA Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Grammy Award, Tony Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Cesar Awards, and she has won 204 awards till now. She charges around $ 24 million whopping amount for her work.
Margot Robbie
Margot Elise Robbie is a well-known Producer and actress and is widely recognized for her roles in independent films and blockbuster movies. In the year 2019, she was ranked as one of the highest-paid actresses by Forbes.
She was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, on July 2, 1990. The actress started her journey in the year 2008 from a television series named Neighbors the was aired from 2008 to 2011, and later in 2011-2012, she appeared in Pan Am, but in the year 2013, she got her breakthrough from a black comedy film named The Wolf of Wall Street.
She has appeared in movies including Suicide Squad, Focus, The Legend of Tarzan, Bombshell, Terminal, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, Dreamland, Z for Zachariah, Mary Queen of Scots, The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, Promising Young Woman, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, Peter Rabbit, The Lego Movie 2 and many more.
For her performances in the movies, she has received many awards like the Award for the best-supporting actress, British academy film awards, Award for best international supporting actress, AACTA award for best international lead actress. The actress charges a whopping amount of $23.5 million for her work.
So these are the highest-paid actress all around the globe, some started from the television or some other means, and this has made their ways to success and are known by a large audience& has set the example for the coming generation. It is challenging for anyone to fill these shoes as they have raised the bar to a new level with time.
edited and proofread by nikita sharma
