Modern Family Star Is Highest Paid TV Actress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X6ANgxNKADA8OzMWcfhZSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0yNDA7cT03NTt3PTQwMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/454189916-1-400x240-20140904-114510-529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/X6ANgxNKADA8OzMWcfhZSA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0yNDA7cT03NTt3PTQwMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_uk/News/skynews/454189916-1-400x240-20140904-114510-529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="first" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; padding: 0px;"> Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has been named the highest paid US television actress for the third year in a row.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> The 42-year-old earned $37m (£22m) in the last year, significantly more than the top paid actor, Ashton Kutcher, who made $26m (£15m).</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> Forbes magazine said the Colombia-born actress reportedly makes $325,000 (£197,000) an episode for playing Gloria in Modern Family, but earns much more from endorsements.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> She is also the co-founder of multi-million dollar talent management and marketing firm Latin World Entertainment, and earlier this year she launched her own perfume.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> In second place is Law and Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay, whose estimated earnings total $13m (£8m), while Kaley Cuoco of The Big Bang Theory took home an estimated $11m (£6m) for third place.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> Tied in fourth spot were The Good Wife star Julianna Margulies who earned $10m (£6m), as did Ellen Pompeo of Grey's Anatomy and Cobie Smulders of How I Met Your Mother.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> Forbes' list is determined by estimating pre-tax earnings between June 2013 and June 2014 from the actresses' TV work, endorsements, residuals and advertising work, and by talking to agents, managers and lawyers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> The estimate does not include management fees and other expenses.</div> <div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1409856424942_1379" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"> The top 10 actresses on the 2014 list made a combined $140m (£85m). That compares with the $214m combined earnings of the 10 leading TV actors.</div>

Modern Family Star Is Highest Paid TV Actress

Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has been named the highest paid US television actress for the third year in a row. The 42-year-old ear...

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