When Forbes launched its most up-to-date record of the world’s highest-paid actors, folks observed one factor. It was extra male-dominated than it had been in recent times. Solely three girls made it to the highest 20, and none of them had been ‘younger stars’. In truth, the world’s highest-paid actress of 2024 is 57 years previous, an age when few girls are getting the ‘main woman’ half. But, this celebrity has not simply managed to keep up her stature but additionally make movies on her personal phrases.
Nicole Kidman attends the 82nd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 5, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole(REUTERS)
The world’s highest-paid actress
In line with the Forbes record, Nicole Kidman was the highest-paid actress on this planet in 2024. With $31 million web (and $41 million gross) earnings within the yr, the Australian actor beat all feminine actors around the globe. She was eighth within the general record, forward of Will Smith and Adam Sandler and simply behind George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Forbes described Nicole because the ‘reigning queen of AMC Theaters’, including that she “has develop into one of the crucial bankable stars within the TV miniseries area”.
Nicole Kidman attends the thirtieth Annual Critics Alternative Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on February 7, 2025. (Picture by Michael Tran / AFP)(AFP)
Nicole Kidman attends the thirtieth Annual Critics Alternative Awards at
How Nicole Kidman beat youthful stars
Nicole Kidman dominated 2024 by advantage of being a part of a number of high-profile tasks, all of which revolved round her stardom. She starred in three exhibits – The Good Couple(Netflix), Lioness (Paramount+), and Expats (Amazon Prime Video) – raking in $1 million per episode in all of them. As well as, Nicole additionally starred in two romances – Babygirl and A Household Affair. Each these movies had been profitable, and each featured her character reverse youthful males. These allowed Nicole to prime the record for the primary time in 17 years. The final time she was the world’s highest-paid actress was again in 2007, when she made $28 million.
This picture launched by A24 exhibits Nicole Kidman in a scene from Babygirl.”(Niko Tavernise/A24 by way of AP)(AP)
The place are the younger stars?
The absence of younger stars within the record shouldn’t be restricted simply to the highest spot. The opposite two girls within the prime 20 are Mariska Hargitay (61 years previous) and Scarlett Johansson (40 years previous). Each of them revamped $25 million in 2024. Nonetheless, stars like Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, and Florence Pugh didn’t make it to the record as they appeared in supporting roles or aren’t thought of as ‘bankable’.
“Their charges have jumped for future tasks, say representatives round Hollywood, and they’re among the many hardest actors to e book proper now, however the consensus is that they might want to proceed to show that the success got here as a direct results of their billing with a purpose to obtain prime earnings in future years,” wrote Forbes.
