At a time when few women have their own franchises, the women on the world's highest-paid actresses list are establishing themselves as women who can make their own movies without worry. Forbes has revealed its list of the highest-paid actresses in the world for 2015 - eighteen actresses earned a total of 281 million US dollars. The list includes those who earn at least 6 million US dollars annually. And who is the biggest earner this year?
Even though today's elite female players are still well paid, they cannot in any way compare to the male elite. The 34 highest-paid players in 2015 earned a total of 941 million US dollars, 21 of them earned more than US$20 million – only four women on the female list managed to earn more. And the barrier to entering the list of the best paid is much higher for men - they must earn at least 13 million US dollars. Even though the really top female movie stars still get paid the same as their male counterparts, there is still not enough work or roles for the female part to really compete with the male part.
For now, we can trust you that the highest paid actress of 2015 has earned 52 million US dollars.
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You can see which actresses made it to the list this year and what their earnings are in the gallery.
