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Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses

By Staff

Hollywood Highest Paid Actresses
Hollywood's Highest Paid Actresses

The 'Tomb Raider' star Angelina Jolie has topped the list of 'highest paid actresses' in Hollywood, followed by Julia Roberts on the second spot according to the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment: Power 100 list.

In 2008, Jolie's movies earned nearly 1 billion dollars worldwide, and the actress herself commands more than 15 million dollars a movie.

Last year's topper Resse Witherspoon slipped down to third spot, followed by Charlie's Angel's star Cameron Diaz on the fourth.

Katherine Heigl, newly minted screen queen made a tremendous leap onto the A-List, counting herself on the fifth position of Hollywood's highest-paid actresses, with earnings at 13 million dollars for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey's Anatomy.

Heigl can next be seen on the big screen in the 2009 romantic comedy The Ugly Truth, opposite Gerard Butler.

Top five 'Highest paid actresses' are-:

1.Angelina Jolie
2.Julia Roberts
3.Resse Witherspoon
4.Cameron Diaz
5.Katherine Heigl

Story first published: Monday, December 8, 2008, 14:29 [IST]