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Revealed: The highest-paid TV actresses of 2015!

Forbes has released its list of the highest-paid TV actresses in 2015 and holy dollar bills, it’s enough to make your eyes water.
Sofia Vergara

Long gone are the times when model Linda Evangelista refused to get out of bed for less than $10,000, nowadays some of these ladies won’t even leave their house for anything short of a million bucks.

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According to Forbes, Modern Family star Sofia Vergara took out first place raking in an incredible $28.5million this financial year.

Tying in first place was The Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, who reportedly earns around $1 million per episode from the sitcom.

Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (L) tied with Sofia as the highest-paid TV actress of 2015, while Modern Family star Julie Bowen came third.

Not far behind was Sofia’s co-star Julie Bowen, who took around $12 million to the bank, while Taylor Swift’s squad member Ellen Pompeo from Grey’s Anatomy and Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) both earned a cool $11 million each.

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Last month, Forbes released the highest-paid actors list which proved The Big Bang Theory is a giant money earner with the entire main cast all earning over $20 million each.

Ellen Pomeo (L) and Mariska Hargitay (R) earn around $11 million each per year!

The other ladies making up the top ten include Juliana Margulies (The Good Wife) and Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) who brought home a cool $10.5 million.

There were some surprising additions too, with Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project) earning $9 million and Scandal’s Kerry Washington made a very respectable $7 million.

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Enough of that, we’re going back to our two-minute noodles now.

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