Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Sofia Vergara top the Forbes' highest paid TV actress list
Forbes have released the list of World’s Highest Paid TV Actresses 2015.
Forbes have released the list of World’s Highest Paid TV Actresses 2015.
Unsurprisingly Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting from The Big Bang Theory is in the list - matching their male counterparts who were in the World’s Highest Paid TV Actors 2015 list released a few weeks ago.
Kaley's $28.5 million is on a par with that of her co-stars Jim Parsons ($29 million) and Johnny Galecki ($27 million). The 29-year-old actress who has won multiple awards for her role as Penny in The Big Bang Theory was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014.
The top spot is shared between Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Columbian-born Sofia Vergara. Sofia who rose to fame in her native Columbia is best known for playing the part of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family.
In 2012 and 2013 she was also given the title of top earning actress and last year she was rated the 32nd most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes.
Also making the list is Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo who earnt $11.5 million compared to her co-star Patrick Dempsey who earnt $12 million.
RANK TV ACTRESS 2015 EARNINGS 1 Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting $28.5 million 1 Sofia Vergara $28.5 million 2 Julie Bowen $12 million 3 Ellen Pompeo $11.5 million 4 Mariska Hargitay $11 million 5 Julianna Margulies $10.5 million 5 Amy Poehler $10.5 million 6 Mindy Kaling $9 million 7 Kerry Washington $7 million 7 Patricia Heaton $7 million 8 Tina Fey $6.5 million 8 Emily Deschanel $6.5 million 9 Pauley Perrette $6 million 10 Robin Wright $5.5 million 11 Zooey Deschanel $5 million * Indicates a joint ranking.
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