Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone fail to make it to Forbes highest-paid actresses list, Scarlett Johansson tops again
Hindustan TimesFor the second consecutive year, Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has topped the Forbes’ list of highest paid female actors in the world. Big Little Lies actors Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman are placed at the third and fourth spot on the list, with the earning of USD 35 million and USD 34 million, respectively. Forbes noted that though the combined earnings of highest-paid female actors grew by 69 per cent to USD 314.6 million, it was still way below than the combined haul of their male counterparts who raked in USD 588.3 million. Scarlett Johansson - $56 million In the highest paid actors’ list, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar stood at the fourth spot having beaten the likes of Bradley Cooper and Chris Evans with the earnings of $66 million.