Top 20 Richest Women in Entertainment

Top 20 Richest Women in Entertainment

Forbes Magazine just tabulated “The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment” and there are some surprises in there! The youngest women on the list? The 22-year-old Olsen Twins. But to make the list at all, you need a minimum net worth of $45 million. Cha-ching!

  • 1 — Oprah Winfrey = $1,500 million
  • 2 — J.K. Rowling = $1,000 million
  • 3 — Martha Stewart = $638 million
  • 4 — Madonna = $325 million
  • 5 — Celine Dion = $250 million
  • 6 — Mariah Carey = $225 million
  • 7 — Janet Jackson = $150 million
  • 8 — Julia Roberts = $140 million
  • 9 — Jennifer Lopez = $110 million
  • 10 — Jennifer Aniston = $110 million
  • 11 — Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen = $100 million
  • 12 — Britney Spears = $100 million
  • 13 — Judith “Judge Judy” Sheindlin = $95 million
  • 14 — Sandra Bullock = $85 million
  • 15 — Cameron Diaz = $75 million
  • 16 — Gisele Bundchen = $70 million
  • 17 — Ellen DeGeneres = $65 million
  • 18 — Nicole Kidman = $60 million
  • 19 — Christina Aguilera = $60 million
  • 20 — Renee Zellweger = $45 million

JUDGE JUDY, YO! Check out E! Entertainment’s one-hour special on The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment, which premieres on Saturday, Jan. 20 @ 6PM ET/PT.

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celia,
Maniston will never have a child…….She is fruitless and will remain that way till she falls off this earth.

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how Aniston obtained her wealth Says:

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Thank you for your explanation.

I find you all really funny this list is so not true how did janet jackson get there she just brought out an album and it did not do well, what do i know? all i know is all our arguments are baseless , and if it is true then good on them i say and if jen got any money from the divorce WHICH I KNOW SHE DIDN’T because remember it depends on how much your husband was worth when you got married and how much he made while you were still married(they never made any agreement and jen did not ask for anthing only her name she wanted back and trust me i rememeber that clearly and if she asked they would still be in the process today like alot of rich divorce settlements) and they were married for only four years she is entitled to virtually nothing i am studying law and i know what i am talking about ALL IN ALL CHARITY HAS TO COME FROM THE HEART AND WE DO NOT OWN THE MONEY AT LEAST THEY PAY THEIR TAXES and that in some way helps many people.

Maniston is just like her BFF the big O FRUITLESS. One day she’ll wake us looking like O and realized let me open a school somewhere and adopt all these kids.

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Simon Says:

January 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Maniston has been lying and manipulating the media and YOU for
almosst two years. She needs to pay for it! She’s been GRASPING
for “sympathy” and attention - there are NO “secret” charities for
her…And, in the process, she’s done so much damage to Angelina
Jolie! What a rotten person! Maniston is GREEDY&STINGY, and all
the worst anyone can think of. WHY do some of the US REDNECKS
still like her?? Give me one real reason!
What did Brad&Angie really do?! Fell in love?! God! Everyone knows
by now that his CHILDLESS& FRUITLESS “EXPERIMENTAL MERGER”
was kaput anyways. I am glad that they just live their lives with
their children, loving each other and doing good.
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Great well said. But why are you saying it here. This post have nothing to do with either Angelina nor for that matter Jennifer. Please STOP This is exactly the triangle everyone is trying to get out of!!!

this is crazy -
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answer to your response

but you CANT name any charitable organization. Yes, she does advocate for Saint Jude Hospital. But what is it? wearing a T-shirt.? attend fund raising dinner??

Dont tell me this is private business. The fact is, your Jen does NOT donate.

If you said “Cox’s money is now bracketed with her husband, they took the same last name”, well, what about Lisa Kudrow???. She certainly did NOT take her husband’s last name. Kudrow also did movies.

No matter how you spin it, Aniston got the bulk of her wealth though her divorce.

Just use COMMON SENSE.

Think Courtney Cox, Think Lisa Kudrow. All got the same pay. All did movies. Why Courney and Lisa’s names not on the list.

from imdb.com

Angelina Jolie

Salary
The Good Shepherd (2006) $10,000,000
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) $10,000,000
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) $12,000,000
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) $7,000,000

Jennifer Aniston

Salary
Along Came Polly (2004) $5,000,000
Rock Star (2001) $3,000,000
Picture Perfect (1997) $2,000,000

Seriusly do not wish such evil on someone you would regret it, fruitless that is really crossing the boundaries and yet you say you love people whom donate and help how can you that is evil it really is mean and bcos of that i pray jen wold have triplets and a wonderful family and it would happen God do i pray.

Angelina may not be on the list but she does more with less. Why can’t Mary-Kate Olsen give 1/3 of her earnings?

Also, it is o

That Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, and Gisele Bundchen can be some of the highest earning women shows how silly this list is.

Great actors like Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett should be earning more that a girl who played Rachel Green for like 7 years. Ridiculous!

Sandra Bullock has not had a hit since God knows when.

Don’t get me started on Angelina Jolie not being on the list then again Angelina is not in the business of making herself into a brand to make money like J-Lo

Rolling my eyes @ 01/18/2007 at 12:11 pm

Err and I ‘m suppose to feel sorry for her? UMMM where is Courtney cox? Why is she always over looked?

How Aniston got her money @ 01/18/2007 at 12:21 pm

This is such a good analysis by Cliniqua

you want to know where MANISTON GOT the BULK of money THAT PUT HER IN THE TOP, and why Courtney COX and KUDROW aren’t on this list WITH HER

….it’s because when she was WITH BRAD PITT, he was generous enough of a husband to include her in PLAN B, HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY…they produced, among other things - CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ….

Plan B, was NOT Maniston’s idea, nor her baby at any point in time - she was a partner IN NAME ONLY - BRAD pulled her in, because he was with her at the time, and initially it was thought that her lame TV SIT-COM HACK A S S could MAYBE get the FILM ROLES that she OTHERWISE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN ON HER OWN,

without BRAD PITT she’s just a blonder version of PATRICIA HEATON on Everybody Loves Raymond.)

So once again, and in all things she can thank BRAD PITT for why we have to be assaulted with her fug face and her big ol’ moneybags in the way of her bought covers courtesy of Huvane. It’s poetic she is wedged in there with the OLSEN TWINS and Judge Judy. Proof that money cannot buy you status in your field. HAHAHAHA!

ALL THAT MONEY Jen has and her MOM GOES To the INDIGENT CARE WARD in L.A.?!! What an evil b*tch! WHY DOESN’T *THAT* make the TABLOIDS in a BIG WAY…if Angelina did that, she’d be drummed out of America!

…..and PUH-LEEZE ,b>don’t tell me about this one, or that one donating and ‘keeping it quiet,’

first of all - as a celebrity, you have an OBLIGATION to make people AWARE, so that on top of your charitable giving, you MIGHT inspire others to either do the same, or at the very LEAST be aware of a situation (be it disease, famine, the impoverished or disadvantaged!) -

no CELEBRITY ’silently and quietly’ donates to issue of import. If they do it ‘quietly’ it’s only because they are CHEAP and they KNOW they could be doing MORE!

Besides, Maniston was asked POINT BLANK to HER FACE if she donated, and she responded, ‘I only concentrate on my tabloid career,’ half-serious IMO, and later said, ‘Charity is not ‘my thing.’ She’s just….AWFUL. UGH.

Mediterranean @ 01/18/2007 at 12:28 pm

OK, more or less, it seems that Jen is very rich woman. I hope that she will also find happiness and peace in her life.

I don’t know how much she has but J-Lo isn’t supposed to be richer than Jen?

About these strange looking twins, last time I watched them, they were cute looking kids in Full House. Then what happened and they have become so rich? Anybody can tell me, please?

I think you guys are fighting over something we, as women, should be proud of. Look how far we have come. Could you have imagined 15 or 20 years ago, that females in the entertainment industry could be so powerful and wealthy!?! It’s amazing!

A lot of people are saying these people should be donating their money, my question is how do you know they don’t? I’ve seen adds where JA is the taking to a leukemia patient, and encouraging supportting their research hospital.

I also think we should stop all this cattiness between JA and AJ. They are both beautiful, and strong women. Let them be.

Cliniqua…..have you thought of getting counselling for your obsessions? Off your trolley aren’t you? Why don’t you go and get some evidence to back up your ‘belief’ that your heroin(e) gives loads of dosh to charity? JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE SAYS THEY DONATE X AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CHARITY, UNLESS IT’S REGISTERED IT CANNOT BE PROVED EITHER WAY….GEDDIT?

shitstirrer @ 01/18/2007 at 12:37 pm

Sian! Cliniqua is so far up her own **** that she can’t help talking a load of ****.

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shitstirrer Says:

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you caqn go F*ck Yourself.

Good for you Jen…. on paper as well, worth SO MUCH MORE than Jolie, in EVERY WAY.

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D Says:

January 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I think you guys are fighting over something we, as women, should be proud of. Look how far we have come. Could you have imagined 15 or 20 years ago, that females in the entertainment industry could be so powerful and wealthy!?! It’s amazing!
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I agree - on some level we shoul dbe proud however I find it incredibly hard to be happy that Sandra Bullock or Aniston makes more (an will always make more) than Helen Mirren, Meryl STREEP, or Judi Dench.

Meryl Streep the most extraordinary woman of her generation and she can’t earn more than a sitcom actress?

If we continue like this, women who are good at branding will be making all the money while the serious artists will be left out in the cold.

We need to focus on how to change things for the better. TV actors are overpaid.

It is a hard question, how do you put value on talent? Meryl may be talented but she may not be in films that bring in big bucks plus she is older.

However, I think if producers want Meryl, they should pay the Aniston big bucks to have her in their film.

A Yale educated, multi Oscar winner SHOULD NEVER make less than the star of Derailed.

boomstick -

We comment NOT because jolie is not on the list. We are merely analyzing how Jen got her wealth. We are commenting on why with all that money,

1) why she did NOT donate or donate “CHEAP”?
2) why her mother is in indignant care in LA?
3) why she continue to milk the divorce for public sympathy.

We comment not because of jolie not on the list.

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chez Says:

January 18th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Good for you Jen…. on paper as well, worth SO MUCH MORE than Jolie, in EVERY WAY.
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Aniston=Millions

Jolie= Three kids, 1/3 earnings to charity, Oscar, SAG, Golden Globe award (Gia/Girl Interrupted/George Wallace) and Representative of UN on behalf of refugees.

On paper=Jolie “worth” more

Number One Before I Leave You Jerks - the bullk of the divorce money with Pitt was earned by her. She still gets a whopper of an income from friends.

You people on this blog are infamous losers. I was just reading about the Angie freaks on Just Jared a few minutes ago on two legitimate blogs.

Bye, losers.

At the time of the divorce Jennifer’s networth was $80 million, and Brad’s worth was $100 million. I read that on USA Today. So the amount of worth today makes sense.
She is a very rich girl alright.

I absolutely agree with the Cliniqua past.

The power of a donated sum of money is not just the money itself but the act of giving is inspiring to others. Especially if it is a celebrity donating - the effect of the donation will go far beyond the actual amount of money.

In today’s celebrity and idol obsessed world, whether we like it or not, people tend to look up to celebrities and use them as role models. People do what the celebrities do, wear what the celebrities wear and so on!

How many people had heard of the South Africa problems and Namibia if not for Oprah and Angelina and Brad.

And how many people would have donated to Oprah’s Angel network that helps people with AIDS, had Oprah made a secret private donation to a South African charity!

So you see - I have no problem with a celebrity getting publicity for an act like that if it means MORE exposure for the charities as well.

The only people that complain about celebrities getting publicity are those who dislike people more successfull than themselves!

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Margaret Says:

January 18th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Number One Before I Leave You Jerks - the bullk of the divorce money with Pitt was earned by her. She still gets a whopper of an income from friends.

You people on this blog are infamous losers. I was just reading about the Angie freaks on Just Jared a few minutes ago on two legitimate blogs.

Bye, losers.
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Bye winner!

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