Angelina Jolie, who will
next be seen on the big screen in the film "Maleficent," is
Hollywood's highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the
last year, according to Forbes.
Jennifer Lawrence
She easily surpassed this year's Best Actress Oscar
winner Jennifer Lawrence, who came in second with $26 million,
and pushed
Kristen Stewart of the "Twilight" series, who topped the list last
year, into third place with earnings of $22 million.
"Hollywood hasn't shied away from Jolie. She's still
one of the few actresses who can demand a paycheck north of $15 million for the
right movie - like Disney's retelling of the old Sleeping Beauty story, Maleficent,"
Pomerantz, wrote on Forbes.com.
Pomerantz, wrote on Forbes.com.
Jolie, 38, made headlines earlier this year when she
revealed she had a double mastectomy after learning she had inherited a high
risk of breast cancer. "Maleficent" will be released next summer.
The celebrity mother, who has three biological and three
adopted children with her fiance, actor Brad Pitt, rose from third place on
2012's list.
*Jennifer Aniston, whose newest movie "We're the
Millers" will be released in U.S. theaters next week, captured fourth
place with earnings of $20 million.
*Emma Stone, who appeared in "The Amazing
Spider-Man" with real-life boyfriend Andrew Garfield was No. 5 with $16
million.
Compiling the
ranking was based on estimated earnings from June 2012 to June 2013.
*Sandra Bullock, who was third in last year's list,
dropped to No. 7 with estimated earnings of $14 million.
*Julia Roberts slipped from sixth to 10th place this
year, taking home $11 million.
Oscar-winner Bullock wowed audiences with the female
buddy comedy "The Heat." Her 2009 film "The Blind Side,"
who which she won a best actress Academy Award, earned $309 million on a budget
of $30 million, according to Forbes.
*Mila Kunis, at No. 9, was a newcomer to the ranking this
year with earnings of $11 million. Two films she starred in, "Ted"
and "Oz: The Great and Powerful," earned a combined $1 billion at the
global box office.
...by Patricia Reaney.
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