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Modern Family's Sofia Vergara is the highest paid actress in the world according to Forbes

Modern Family's Sofia Vergara is the highest paid actress in the world according to Forbes

With movie theatres being in the dark due to coronavirus, stars capitalised on salaries from television streaming services in 2020
05 Oct, 2020

With a sum total of $43 million, Modern Family's Sofia Vergara has topped the Forbes ranking of highest paid actresses in the world this year.

However, this isn’t the first time she has been honoured with the title.

Vergara, who is a Colombian-American actress, television producer, comedian, presenter as well as model, was also deemed the top-earning actress in American television in the year 2012, 2013, and 2016.

This year, she’s followed by the likes of Angelina Jolie ($35 million) and Gal Gadot ($31 million) who bagged second and third on the list respectively.

With movie theatres being in the dark since last March due to the unfortunate onset of the coronavirus pandemic, television stars like Sofia herself made room at the top of the pay scale; capitalising on lucrative salaries from traditional television and streaming services.

Playing the role of Gloria on ABC's Modern Family, the star was paid $500,000 per episode.

Consequently, she was hired as a new face and judge on America's Got Talent - a show that is committed to paying her at least $10 million each season, as reported by Forbes.

Others in the list include Melissa McCarthy ($25 million), Little Women's Meryl Streep ($24 million), Emily Blunt ($22.5 million), The Prom's Nicole Kidman ($22 million), Ellen Pompeo ($19 million), The Handmaid's Tale Elisabeth Moss ($16 million) and Viola Davis ($15.5 million) - who made it to the list for the first time with her role as Annalise Keating in the popular series How To Get Away With Murder.

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BrownFlower Oct 05, 2020 08:58pm
It's good to see women now being paid at the level of male celebs.
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alisabir Oct 06, 2020 09:43pm
She has worked really very hard to accomplish this, and honestly she deserved it. I hope we have a biography for as well as we have for other celebrities.
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