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I'm an associate editor at Forbes covering media and entertainment, with a focus on the movie business. For the magazine, I've written cover stories on and plus features on companies from White Castle to Paddle8. Online, I tally the world's highest-paid to and, keeping tabs on the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood hustle. I also co-edit the 30 Under 30 Music and Hollywood lists, as well as the Entertainment section of Under 30 Europe.

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As a former reporter on Forbes’ team, I covered the world's 1,820+ billionaires, examining how they made, spent and gave away their fortunes. I first joined Forbes as an intern in 2012, covering startups and entrepreneurship. A graduate of Columbia University, I've written for The National newspaper in my hometown of Abu Dhabi and CNN.com in Hong Kong, among others.

Follow me on or get in touch: nrobehmed(at)forbes(dot)com. You can send me a secure tip at forbes.com/tips or submit sensitive documents anonymously and securely at. Sofia Vergara earned $42.5 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, to lead the world’s highest-paid actresses. For the seventh year in a row, Sofia Vergara is the highest-paid actress on television.

Her giant haul, which clocks in at 73% more than second-ranked Kaley Cuoco’s $24.5 million, leads this year’s ranking of the small screen’s top earners. The Modern Family star reigns supreme thanks not only to her salary from her role on the hit ABC comedy but also to a slew of endorsements and lucrative licensing deals, which make up nearly half of her payday. Among them: coffee maker SharkNinja Coffee and furniture chain Rooms To Go.

“Our attention is on the people watching Modern Family and how to appeal to them outside of the show, too,” Luis Balaguer, Vergara’s manager and business partner,. “Our endorsement department is a well-oiled machine.” By contrast, 95% of Cuoco’s earnings can be attributed to her role on Big Bang Theory. Cuoco and her male co-stars took a pay cut, from an estimated $1 million an episode to $900,000 an episode, in an effort to free up cash for ranking newcomers Melissa Rauch (No. 6, $12 million) and Mayim Bialik (No. 6, $12 million). But she still makes plenty from the show, which is now in its final season.

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Related on Forbes: Grey’s Anatomy‘s Ellen Pompeo ($23.5 million) ranks third. Playing Meredith Grey for 15 seasons on Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy has allowed her to negotiate for a hefty upfront fee, a cut of the backend and a producer fee on spinoff Station 19.

“When your face and your voice have been part of something that’s generated $3 billion for one of the biggest corporations in the world, you start to feel like, ‘OK, maybe I do deserve a piece of this,’” Pompeo told in January. Rounding out the top five are Law & Order: SVU‘s Mariska Hargitay (No. 4, $13 million) and Modern Family’s Julie Bowen (No. 5, $12.5 million). Both forgo endorsements and instead make their cash on screen. Together, the world’s 10 highest-paid TV actresses earned a combined $168.5 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, up from $156.5 million in the same period last year.

Returning to the ranking is Homeland‘s Claire Danes (No. 9, $9 million), who last appeared on the list in 2014. Rauch and Bialik are the only newcomers this year.

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Cast renegotiations saw their pay boosted to an estimated $500,000 an episode for the soon-to-conclude show. Three actresses dropped off the ranking: Robin Wright, Mindy Kaling and Priyanka Chopra. Wright did not have any new House of Cards episodes in our scoring period while Kaling’s The Mindy Project concluded. Fewer parts led to a smaller salary for Chopra, who clocked $10 million in 2017.

METHODOLOGY All earnings estimates are from June 1, 2017, through June 1, 2018. Figures are pretax; fees for agents, managers and lawyers are not deducted. Earnings estimates are based on data from Nielsen, Box Office Mojo and IMDB, as well as interviews with industry insiders.

The World’s Highest-Paid Actresses 2018: 1. Sofia Vergara Earnings: $42.5 million Primary Show: Modern Family 2. Kaley Cuoco $24.5 million Big Bang Theory 3. Ellen Pompeo $23.5 million Grey’s Anatomy 4. Mariska Hargitay $13 million Law & Order: SVU 5. Julie Bowen $12.5 million Modern Family 6. (tie) Mayim Bialik $12 million Big Bang Theory 6. (tie) Melissa Rauch $12 million Big Bang Theory 8. Kerry Washington $11 million Scandal 9. Claire Danes $9 million Homeland 10. Pauley Perrette $8.5 million NCIS Send me a secure tip at and follow me on.