Sofia Vergara, the best paid actress in the world

(Los Angeles) star of the Modern Family TV sitcom, Sofia Vergara was in 2020 the best paid actress in the world, outclassing her cinema rivals in favor of the pandemic which plunged Hollywood recipes, according to theAnnual ranking of Forbes magazine published Friday.

With 43 million dollars pocketed over the last twelve months, Sofia Vergara - already in second position last year - is ahead of the Angelina Jolie podium (35 million) and the Israeli Gal Gadot (31 million).

Sofia Vergara affects $ 500,000 per episode for Modern Family and is now part of the America’s Got Talent jury, which assures her "at least ten million dollars per season", not counting her various advertising contracts, according to Forbes.

The coronavirus pandemic has put a stop at most of the big Hollywood productions since last spring, which has heavily weighed on the revenues of the stars: in addition to their cachet, they generally perceive premiums proportional to the entries.

The closure of cinemas because of the COVVI-19 and the absence of new films has enabled several other stars on the small screen to place itself in the leading peloton alongside Sofia Vergara, observes Forbes. Parmi elles on retrouve Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy ; 8^e place avec 19 millions) et Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale ; 9^e place avec 16 millions).

La vedette afro-américaine Viola Davis fait son apparition dans le Top 10 pour la première fois (10^e place ; 15,5 millions) avec son rôle principal dans la série policière Murder, pourtant depuis 2014 sur la chaîne ABC, et la série Le blues de Ma Rainey qui sera prochainement diffusée par Netflix.

Hormis Angelina Jolie et Emily Blunt (6^e place avec 22,5 millions), toutes les actrices du Top 10 ont perçu la majorité de leurs revenus de la télévision ou de la vidéo à la demande, y compris une vedette du cinéma confirmée comme Meryl Streep (5^e place ; 24 millions).

In total, the ten best paid actresses in the world in 2020 have garnered $ 254 million (from June 2019 to June 2020), amounting to 20 % compared to the previous year.

For comparison, the ten best paid players over the same period have obtained more than double, nearly $ 550 million.The number one, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, displayed 87.5 million income, according to the male ranking published by Forbes last month.

Here is the feminine top 10:

1.Sofia Vergara ($ 43 million)

2.Angelina Jolie (35.5 million)

3.Gal Gadot (31.5 million)

4.Melissa McCarthy (25 million)

5.Meryl Streep (24 million)

6.Emily Blunt (22.5 million)

7.Nicole Kidman (22 million)

8.Ellen Pompeo (19 million)

9.Elisabeth Moss (16 million)

10.Viola Davis (15.5 million)