The Best Paid Actors and Actress

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Jennifer Aniston
Age: 37
Earnings: $18.5 million*

Although she has released two films recently and has several more on the way, it is Jennifer Aniston’s love life that gets all the attention. After her high-profile split with hubby Brad Pitt, she is now said to be hooking up with Break Up co-star Vince Vaughn.

*(10.6M pounds, 15.5M euros, 822.1M rupees, C$21.3M, A$25.1M)

Drew Barrymore
Age: 31
Earnings: $22 million*

Landing her first starring role–in a television commercial for dog food–before her first birthday, Drew Barrymore has been wowing fans ever since. More recently, she appeared alongside Will Ferrell in the animated hit Curious George. Next up: Lucky You, a poker flick scheduled to hit the big screen later this year.

*(12.6M pounds, 18.5M euros, 977.7M rupees, C$25.3M, A$29.8M)

Sandra Bullock
Age: 41
Earnings: $10.5 million*

The Miss Congeniality star may not be armed, but she’s certainly fabulous. And with a handful of films–The Lake House and Grace, among others–due to hit theaters soon, the newly married Bullock definitely has her hands full.

*(6M pounds, 8.8M euros, 466.6M rupees, C$12.1M, A$14.2M)

Tom Cruise
Age: 43
Earnings: $31 million*

The couch-jumping episodes may get Tom Cruise in the tabloids, but it’s his movies that pay the bills. Cruise, who has a very lengthy list of film credits but no Oscars, will star in Mission Impossible III later this year.

*(17.8M pounds, 26M euros, 1,377.6M rupees, C$35.7M, A$42M)

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