Sofia Vergara Tops Forbes Highest Paid TV Actresses List 2018
Holy Moly! Sofia Vergara has been Forbes Highest Paid TV Actress for the SEVENTH year in a row!
By Rachel Conrado on October 26, 2018
Holy Moly! Sofia Vergara has been Forbes Highest Paid TV Actress for the SEVENTH year in a row! We all love her in “Modern Family” and obviously she’s ranking in MEGA moolah being on a popular TV show. She made $42.5 million over the past year, but not all of that was from her TV salary, she has TONS of endorsements and licensing deals, which are included in the “Forbes” data. Forbes also released the list of Highest Paid TV Actors list, “The Big Bang Theory” Jim Parsons is #1 on the list ranking in $26.5 Million in 2018.
Here are 10 of Highest Paid TV Actresses of 2018 according to Forbes Magazine:
1. Sofia Vergara, $42.5 million, “Modern Family”
2. Kaley Cuoco, $24.5 million, “The Big Bang Theory”
3. Ellen Pompeo, $23.5 million, “Grey’s Anatomy”
4. Mariska Hargitay, $13 million, “Law & Order: SVU”
5. Julie Bowen, $12.5 million, “Modern Family”
6. A tie between Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch, both with $12 million and both from “The Big Bang Theory”
8. Kerry Washington, $11 million, “Scandal”. The show ended last spring.
9. Claire Danes, $9 million, “Homeland”
10. Pauley Perrette, $8.5 million, “NCIS”. She’s not on the show anymore, so this money was from her paychecks from last season.
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