Nicole Kidman Now Highest Paid Actress
Nicole Kidman can claim a new crown. The Hours Oscar winner is the new chart-topper on the fifth annual list of highest-paid women actors in the film industry, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Kidman, who commanded a salary of nearly $22 million for her upcoming movie The Invasion (set for August 2007 release), rose from the No. 2 spot she previously held.
Julia Roberts, whose salary has reached $26 million a movie, was No. 1 for the first four years of the trade paper's ranking. But she didn't pop up on this year's list at all – having taken a break from the screen to star in the Broadway drama Three Days of Rain and to care for her twins with husband Danny Moder, Hazel and Phinnaeus.
Assuming the No. 2 spot by commanding $19 million per movie is this year's Walk the Line Best Actress Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon.