Ranking The World's 10 Highest-Paid Actresses From Worst To Best

2. Jennifer Lawrence ($52 Million)

Rank On List: 1 Oh, Jennifer. Hollywood's golden girl. Everybody outright loves you, don't they? And why wouldn't they? You're not only gorgeous, but you're talented to boot - they don't give those Best Actress Oscars out to just anyone, do they? Not to mention you're so loveable in real life, too: charismatic and down to Earth and even a bit of a goofball, too - what's not to like? To top it off, then, Jennifer Lawrence is also the highest-paid actress in the world. She's commanding the kind of salary that most people can only dream of, and is raking in more cash than Hollywood leading men such as Tom Cruise (largely thanks to her starring role as badass Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games franchise, which pulls in the big bucks). Lawrence essentially steals every movie that she features in, and is an actress capable of great dramatic heights and huge comic sensibilities. Basically, this girl has got it all, and there's rarely a time when she doesn't outright command the screen. There is something so inherently watchable about her - you can't help but want to be her best friend. But is she the best actress of the 10 featured on Forbes' list? Though she comes super, super, super close, we'd argue that another actress has a slight edge over J-Law...
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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.