Angelina Jolie and Sofia Vergara are two leading names on this list of highest-paid actresses by Forbes magazine. All of them are talented, professional, beautiful, and hard-working. That's why they are the most highly-paid actresses of the year.
Top 10 Highest-Paid Actresses Of 2020
Forbes magazine released the list of 10 highest-paid actresses in 2020. This list is based on the incomes before taxes of these beautiful actresses from June 2019 till June 2020.
Sofia Vergara
The Colombian-American TV actress is the world's top-earning actress this year. She earned 43 million US dollars (Rs. 3.1 Arab) thanks to the success of the TV series "Modern Family" released this April.
She also earns 10 million US dollars (Rs. 73 Crore) every season of the reality show America's Got Talent. Besides, a great part of her income comes from her own business. She has a jean brand and a furniture brand which are pretty popular in the US.
Angelina Jolie
With the huge income of $35.5 million (nearly Rs. 2.6 Arab), Angelina Jolie occupied the second place in this list. Her earnings mainly come from her acting works. Last year, the blockbuster Maleficent 2 in which Jolie played the lead role made a giant box office of $491 million (Rs. 35.9 Arab).
After that great success, she continued to sign the avenger movie "The Eternals".
Gal Gadot
Although the blockbuster "Wonder Woman 1984" of her didn't come to the movie theaters as planned, the Israeli actress still earned a huge sum of money from the movie "Red Notice". The movie also starred Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds. She earned over Rs. 2.5 Arab this year.
Melissa McCarthy
Superintelligence's actress Melissa McCarthy is in fourth place with Rs. 1.8 Arab. Last year, she joined two big projects, including "Superintelligence" and "Thunder Force" directed by her husband. Besides, she has signed the Disney's blockbuster "The Little Mermaid" to play the role of Ursula.
Meryl Streep
The Mamamia's actress earned Rs. 1.7 Arab. She joined three movies last year, including Let Them All Talk, Little Woman, and The Prom.
Top 6 - 10
- Emily Blunt: Most of Blunt's earnings this year comes from two projects "A Quiet Place" and "Jungle Cruise". They brought her over Rs. 1.6 Arab.
- Nicole Kidman: This actress also earned Rs. 1.6 Arab for joining the film "The Prom" with Meryl Streep and TV series "The Undoing".
- Ellen Pompeo earned nearly Rs. 1.4 Arab before tax this year. She receives over Rs. 4 Crore for each episode of the TV series "Grey’s Anatomy".
- Elisabeth Moss earned Rs. 1.17 Arab this year. She got over Rs. 7.3 Crore for each episode of the TV series "The Handmaid’s Tale". Moreover, she also appeared in the film "Invisible Man" with the box office of Rs. 9.8 Arab.
- Viola Davis: This is the first time she is featured in this Forbes magazine's list of the top-paid actresses. She earned Rs. 1.13 Arab for acting in two films "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom".