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Reese earns the biggest bucks
01/12/2007 12:15 - (SA)
Los Angeles - What a difference an
Oscar makes when it comes to being among Hollywood's top-paid
actresses, with Reese Witherspoon named on Friday as the
highest earner of them all.
Witherspoon, who won the Oscar for best actress in 2005's
Walk the Line, earns an estimated $15m to $20m
per movie and holds top spot on The Hollywood Reporter's annual
list of high-paid actresses.
Angelina Jolie, who won the supporting actress Oscar in
2000's Girl, Interrupted, landed in the No 2 slot.
She also reportedly earns $15m to $20m a
movie, but was paid only $8m in a supporting role for
the recent Beowulf, the show business newspaper said.
Comedies
Witherspoon, by contrast, can easily command more than $15m if she stars in a comedy in the vein of her Legally
Blonde hits, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Cameron Diaz, who is the voice of Princess Fiona in the
animated Shrek movies, came in the No 3 slot with an asking
price of more than $15m.
Two more Oscar winners, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger,
landed in the No 4 and No 5 positions with estimated asking
prices of $10m to $15m per film.
Rounding out the top 10 were familiar faces earning over
$10m a movie.
In order, they were Sandra Bullock, Julia
Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster and Halle Berry.
- Reuters
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