--- title: Sofia Vergara Is the Highest-Paid Actress in Television description: Sofia Vergara tops the list of highest-paid actresses on the small screen for the fifth year in a row, thanks to her endorsement deals. canonical: https://time.com/4493851/sofia-vergara-highest-paid-tv-actress/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T20:16:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:38.612Z og:title: Sofia Vergara Is the Highest-Paid Actress in Television og:description: The 'Modern Family' star clocks in at nearly $43 million this year og:url: https://time.com/4493851/sofia-vergara-highest-paid-tv-actress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77ae9d0a53b6729/6988a616ab6d77922d6ab399/sofia-vergar-highest-paid-woman-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sofia Vergara Is the Highest-Paid Actress in Television twitter:description: The 'Modern Family' star clocks in at nearly $43 million this year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd77ae9d0a53b6729/6988a616ab6d77922d6ab399/sofia-vergar-highest-paid-woman-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:50 video:published: 2016-08-23 section: entertainment topics: highest paid actresses, Forbes rankings, Hollywood salaries, celebrity earnings, box office revenue, Hunger Games franchise, endorsement deals genre: news, business report tones: informative, factual, brisk, neutral emotions: interest (medium), curiosity (low) sentiment: neutral audience: entertainment news readers, film fans, business and finance readers, general news audiences people: Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, Fan Bingbing organizations: Forbes products: Hunger Games, Ghostbusters transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Sofia Vergara Tops the List of the World's Highest-Paid TV Actresses for the Fifth Year in a Row > Sponsored content. 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Forbes has released their list of highest paid actresses and Jennifer Lawrence tops the list once again._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video reports on Forbes' ranking of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, with Jennifer Lawrence topping the list again at $46 million. It notes her earnings are down from the previous year and attributes much of her income to the Hunger Games franchise. The segment then lists the runners-up, including Melissa McCarthy, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston and Fan Bingbing, and explains how the earnings were calculated. ## Key points - Jennifer Lawrence tops the Forbes ranking of highest paid actresses with $46 million for the year. (00:00) - Lawrence's earnings are down from $52 million the previous year but still earned her the top title. (00:09) - Most of Lawrence's earnings come from her role as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games franchise. (00:16) - The Hunger Games franchise earned more than $650 million at box offices worldwide. (00:16) - Melissa McCarthy ranks second with $33 million, following her Ghostbusters role. (00:25) - Scarlett Johansson ranks third with $25 million. (00:31) - Jennifer Aniston, the former highest paid actress, ranks fourth with $21 million. (00:35) - Fan Bingbing rounds out the top five with $17 million. (00:35) - Earnings are calculated by adding total pay from movies, television and endorsement deals. (00:44) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:25] Lawrence tops the Forbes actress earnings list. Jennifer Lawrence is named the highest paid actress, with her earnings and the source of her income explained. - [00:25 to 00:50] Runners-up and how earnings are calculated. The rest of the top five are listed with their earnings, followed by an explanation of how the totals are computed. ## Key quotes - [00:00] interviewer: "According to a new ranking from Forbes, Jennifer Lawrence claims the top spot is the highest paid actress in Hollywood once again, earning $46 million for the year." - [00:16] interviewer: "The majority of her earnings come from her role as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games franchise, which earned more than $650 million in box offices worldwide." - [00:44] interviewer: "The earnings are calculated by adding up total pay for movies, television and endorsement deals." ## Questions this video answers - Who is the highest paid actress according to the Forbes ranking? [00:00] - How much did Jennifer Lawrence earn compared with the previous year? [00:09] - What role is the main source of Jennifer Lawrence's earnings? [00:16] - Who are the top five highest paid actresses on the list? [00:25] - How are the actresses' earnings calculated? [00:44]  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 8:16 PM UTC  Sofia Vergara arrives at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) Sofia Vergara arrives at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) John Shearer—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 8:16 PM UTC [_Modern Family’s_](http://entertainment.time.com/2009/10/15/modern-family-watch-mothers-day/) [Sofia Vergara](http://time.com/3531603/sofia-vergara-interview-thyroid-cancer/) is the highest-paid actress in television for the fifth year in a row, clocking in at nearly $43 million in the past year before management fees and taxes, which is also the most that any tv actor, male or female has ever made. According to [_Forbes_](http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2016/09/14/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2016-sofia-vergara-stays-the-queen-of-the-small-screen-with-43-million/#49e3a1a06a7f), her sizable income has experienced a 66% increase since last year — and it’s not for playing the vivacious Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the small screen. Instead, the income bump comes via endorsement and licensing deals, among them a furniture line and a deal with _Head and Shoulders_. For actress Kaley Cuoco, who comes in second at a little more than half of what Vergara makes with a hot $24.5 million, her earnings come almost exclusively from her work on _The Big Bang Theory_. The actress currently holds one of the biggest tv salaries along with her _Big Bang_ castmates, each making nearly $1 million per episode filmed. Cuoco and Vergara’s rankings are also significant because they’re positive examples of what closing the [gender wage gap](http://time.com/money/4465918/womens-equality-day/) can look like. Both actresses make as much as their comparable male counterparts on their respective shows (for Vergara, Ty Burrell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson; for Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki), which some attribute to the fact that [ensemble casts will often negotiate salaries together](http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/12/business/friends-deal-will-pay-each-of-its-6-stars-22-million.html?%5Fr=0). 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