No. 1: Sofia Vergara
$37 million
Vergara, 41, continues her streak as the top earning TV
actress – three years running -- in large part due to her business savvy
– the Colombia native secured endorsement deals with Diet Pepsi,
CoverGirl, Head & Shoulders and AT&T, among others. She also has
a 12-year contract with K-Mart and a fragrance, movie roles and, of
course, a reportedly $325K per episode take-home for
Modern Family.
Off-camera, the talent management and entertainment-marketing firm she
co-founded, Latin World Entertainment, is launching a Spanish-language
tech news site. Combining all of her various ventures together, and
Vergara out-earns FORBES’ second-highest paid actress by more than $20
million.
No. 2: Mariska Hargitay
$13 million
Hargitay remains the second-highest earning television
actress for the second year in a row due to a salary increase for her
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning turn as Detective Olivia Benson on
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The drama, which was renewed for a 16th season, boasted a double-digit
increase in viewership the past season, largely attributable to
Hargitay’s star power. After hours, the 50-year-old runs her own
non-profit, The Joyful Heart Foundation, to confront childhood sexual
abuse. In addition to her $450K per episode salary for SVU, Hargitay
earns significant profits from extensive syndication of the popular
show.
No. 3: Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting
$11 million
At 28, Cuoco is one of the youngest actresses on FORBES’ list. She takes home a reported $350K per episode for
The Big Bang Theory,
Chuck Lorre’s top-rated comedy, and profits considerably from
syndication of the popular show. The actress also has an endorsement
deal with Priceline and a movie coming out in 2015 with Kevin Hart.
Cuoco and the rest of her
Big Bang cast mates recently renegotiated her salary for a significant raise that is reportedly worth up to $1 million per episode.
No. 4 (TIE): Julianna Margulies
$10 million
Margulies, 48, new to the Celeb 100 this year, is an Emmy and Golden
Globe award-winning actress and producer best known for her roles as
Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC drama
ER and currently stars in the CBS legal drama,
The Good Wife, as the attorney Alicia Florrick
. In addition to her $6.5 million haul for her roles as actress and producer of
The Good Wife,
Margulies profits from a multiwindow syndication deal for the show and a
lucrative L’Oreal contract -- all of which helped her jump nine spots
from last year's list.
No. 4 (TIE): Ellen Pompeo
$10 million
A veteran on FORBES’ list, Pompeo is still raking in millions for her role as Meredith Grey on the long-running ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy, which is tied as the network’s top series among the adult demographic and is ranked third in overall viewership, after Castle and Scandal. The actress, 44, and cast mate Patrick Dempsey signed on for an additional two seasons of the show in January.
No. 4 (TIE): Cobie Smulders
$10 million
It was a big year for Vancouver-native Smulders, 32, who earned a
reported $340K per episode for the last season of the CBS sitcom
How I Met Your Mother
and made additional profits from her roles in Captain America: Winter
Soldier and other smaller movies. Combined with almost $1.5 million in
syndication revenues for
HIMYM, and Smulders rose a few spots
on FORBES’ list this year. And fans need not worry -- despite the end of
the show, Smulders can still be seen on movie screens in the near
future:
Avengers: Age of Ultron comes out in 2015.
No. 5: Alyson Hannigan
$9.5 million
Like Smulders, Hannigan, 40, earned a reported $340K per episode, according to insiders, during the ninth season of
HIMYM.
Adding in syndication values bumps Hannigan up to $9.5 million. After a
short siesta from television, the mother of two will return to the
small screen in the fall, starring in the Ben Affleck/Matt Damon sitcom,
More Time With Family, on CBS.
A veteran on FORBES’ list, Pompeo is still raking in millions for her role as Meredith Grey on the long-running ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy, which is tied as the network’s top series among the adult demographic and is ranked third in overall viewership, after Castle and Scandal. The actress, 44, and cast mate Patrick Dempsey signed on for an additional two seasons of the show in January.
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