Forbes magazine has released its annual rankings of the highest-paid women on the small screen, and let’s just say it pays to be funny.
Seriously. It pays A LOT. Like a lot a lot.
Via data collected between the previous season (June-June), the publication has confirmed that the three top TV actresses are all comics.
They star on popular comedies, that is. Not that the seven other stars listed below in this annual top 10 fared very poorly in their own right.
Ready to count down from #10 to #1?
Let’s do this…
Julie Bowen – $10 Million
Julie Bowen, of course, stars as Claire Dunphy on Modern Family.
Julianna Margulies – $10.5 Million
The Good Wife star is now unemployed. Who wants to write her next huge paycheck?
Priyanka Chopra – $11 Million
Not too shabby for an actress with just one season of a hit show (Quantico) on her resume.
Stana Katic – $12 Million
No wonder Stana Katic was pissed over basically getting fired from Castle. She made a lot of money!
Kerry Washington – $13.5 Million
Who knew you could make so much money just by burying scandals and secrets in DC?
Ellen Pompeo – $14.5 Million
Heck, she could probably ask for anything she wants at this point. She IS Grey’s Anatomy.
Mariska Hargitay – $14.5 Million
It’s no crime, how much this Law & Order: SVU star makes. She’s worth every penny!
Mindy Kaling – $15 Million
The Mindy Project moving to Hulu did not exactly hurt Kaling’s bottom line.
Kaley Cuoco – $23.5 Million
Forgive the obvious here, but that’s a big number for this Big Bang Theory star.
Sofia Vergara – $43 Million
Whoa there! She tied Cuoco last year for the top spot. But she’s in a class all by herself now