The best-paid actress worldwide was Sofia Vergara in 2020, with an annual income of 43 million U.S. dollars. Angelina Jolie came second. She earned roughly 35.5 million U.S. dollars with for example her leading role in "The Eternals".
Annual income of the world's best-paid actresses in 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Forbes. (2020). Annual income of the world's best-paid actresses in 2020 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264476/best-paid-hollywood-actresses-in-2012/
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Forbes, Annual income of the world's best-paid actresses in 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264476/best-paid-hollywood-actresses-in-2012/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Annual income of the world's best-paid actresses in 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Forbes, October 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264476/best-paid-hollywood-actresses-in-2012/