Live Life Team
While female actors or actresses, still don’t make as much as their male counterparts, they are getting closer. These ten beautiful, talented and intelligent women prove that they can demand top earnings for the films they appear in.
10. Halle Berry
This sex kitten does more than make the men drool and the women envious, she brings in ten million dollars per movie.
9. Jodie Foster
This Academy Award winning star chooses her films very carefully and it seems to have paid off, since she has managed to stay on the top paid actresses list for over two decades now.
8. Drew Barrymore
She started, on-screen, as a child helping E.T. find home and she is still a star today. Each time she makes a movie she expects a cheque in the range of ten to twelve million dollars.
7. Julia Roberts
Once known as America’s sweetheart, Julia Roberts dominated the female world of acting for several years and continues to be a major player. Nowadays she asks for at least ten million for her time.
6. Sandra Bullock
Ms Sandra Bullock, the girl next door, who can be sweet as pie, seriously kick some butt and then be completely dorky, but beautiful. She kicked off her career on a bus in ‘Speed’ and is now well known for being the leading lady in a range of films, including ‘Miss Congeniality I and II’. For all this work she makes ten to fifteen million a film.
5. Renee Zellweger
This sweet girl has no problem transforming her body and becoming either fat or waif-like, depending on the role she is playing. Renee Zellweger banks a nice ten to fifteen million for her natural charm, cute looks and willingness to experiment.
4. Nicole Kidman
One of the most elegant women in the business. Nicole Kidman always carries herself with a sense of pride, responsibility and nobility. And that doesn’t just apply to her persona, she’s also a smart lady when it comes to choosing roles and is regarded as one of the best female actors of this generation. That ten to fifteen million per film goes to show she is greatly appreciated.
3. Cameron Diaz
This sexy blonde is known for her long legs, great smile and killer body. But more than that, she’s a box office draw, because of her natural charm and charisma. Men want to be with her and women want to be her. All this adds up to fifteen million or more, per movie.
2. Angelina Jolie
Often called the sexiest women alive and seen on every magazine cover and tabloid, this busy mother of six, and one half of the Brangelina couple, demands fifteen to just under twenty million every time someone wants to cast her. Not only that, but she is paid millions for photos of her children, however, all that money goes to charity.
1. Reese Witherspoon
This ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ star and Oscar winner for ‘Walk The Line’ commands an impressive fifteen to twenty million dollars per film. She’s the current Hollywood sweetheart.
