Emma Stone becomes world’s highest-paid actress: Forbes

Stone, 28, collected 26 million dollars, due to her Oscar-winning performance in the movie-musical juggernaut La La Land , reports variety.com. Stone spoke on gender parity earlier this year, sharing that her male co-stars have taken salary cuts so she could receive equal pay. Actress Jennifer Aniston was runner-up with 25.5 million dollars. 

While she continues to receive millions in royalties even a decade after Friends ended, the actress, who appeared The Yellow Bird , also monetises different endorsements. 

Lawrence dropped down two slots to number three with 24 million dollars, almost half of her 46 million dollars earnings in 2016.  Most of her paycheck comes from Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming cryptic horror movie Mother!, Red Sparrow , and her Dior endorsement. 

Emma Watson is the sole newcomer on this year’s list after Beauty and the Beast became the top-grossing movie of the year so far at 1.26 dollars billion.