Raking in more money than you will literally ever see in your entire life during a twelve-month period, Jennifer Lawrence has topped Forbes‘ highest paid actress list – usurping her previous places as runner-up (in 2013 and 2014) with a huge $52 million in the 2014 – 2015 period.
And, frankly, no other actress in this world deserves an honour a paycheque as high.
Claiming pay from both of the final Hunger Games instalments shot Jennifer Lawrence almost $20 million above Scarlett Johansson; the list is then populated exclusively by white American women, save for one notable exception. Actress and force of nature at the Chinese box office BingBing Fan ranked fourth on the list with a v. casual $21 million – following her work in a handful of local productions, and X Men: Days of Future Past.
Behold/despair the highest-paid BAMFs on screen:
1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52 million
2. Scarlett Johansson: $35.5 million
3. Melissa McCarthy: $23 million
4. Bingbing Fan: $21 million
7. Angelina Jolie: $15 million
8. Reese Witherspoon: $15 million
9. Anne Hathaway: $12 million
10. Kristen Stewart: $12 million
11. Cameron Diaz: $11 million
12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9 million
14. Amanda Seyfried: $8 million
15. Sandra Bullock: $8 million
16: Emma Stone: $6.5 million
17. Mila Kunis: $6.5 million
18. Natalie Portman: $6 million
Earlier this month, Forbes also released their highest paid actors list – where #1 Robert Downey Jr earned $28 million more than Jennifer Lawrence in the same period; and the top six highest-paid actors earned more than #2 actress Scarlett Johansson.
1. Robert Downey Junior, $80 million
