The world’s highest paid actress is 57 years old, earned $ 41 million to beat Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Scarlett Johansson, Gal | Hollywood

When Forbes released its latest list of the world’s highest paid actors, people noticed one thing. It was more male dominated than it had been in recent years. Only three women came to the top 20 and none of them were ‘young stars’. In fact, the world’s highest paid actress by 2024 is 57 years old, an age where few women get the ‘leading lady’ part. Still, this superstar has not only managed to preserve his stature, but also make films on his own terms. (ALSO READ: How Dwayne Johnson turned around Flop Red to his advantage, earned $ 103 million to become the world’s highest paid actor?

The world’s highest paid actress

According to Forbes listNicole Kidman was the highest paid actress in the world in 2024. With $ 31 million Net (and $ 41 million gross) earnings of the year, the Australian actor beat all female actors all over the world. She was eighth on the overall list, ahead of Will Smith and Adam Sandler and just behind George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Forbes Nicole described as the ‘reigning queen of AMC theaters’ and added that she has become one of the most bankable stars in the TV miniseries room. “

How Nicole Kidman beat younger stars

Nicole Kidman managed 2024 by virtue of being part of several high -profile projects, all of which were about her star status. She starred in three shows – the perfect couple (Netflix), Lioness (Paramount+) and Expats (Amazon Prime Video) – Raking in $ 1 million per Episode in them all. In addition, Nicole also has contributing in two romance – babygirl and a family affair. Both of these films were successful and both contained her character to younger men. These allowed Nicole to top the list for the first time in 17 years. The last time she was the world’s highest paid actress was back in 2007 when she made $ 28 million.

Where are the young stars?

The absence of young stars on the list is not limited just to the top location. The other two women in the top 20 are Mariska Hargitay (61 years old) and Scarlett Johansson (40 years old). Both of them earned over $ 25 million in 2024. Stars such as Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney and Florence Pugh did not reach the list when they appeared in supporting roles or not considered ‘bankable’.

“Their fees have jumped on future projects, says representatives around Hollywood, and they are among the toughest players to book right now, but consensus is that they will have to continue to prove that the success came as a direct result of their invoicing to achieve top earnings in the coming years,” Forbes wrote.