5- Jennifer Lawrence: $25 Million
On number five in our top we find Jennifer Lawrence, the American actress who is also known for playing Raven Darkhölme (Mystique) in the superhero film X-Men: First Class (2011) and its sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
Jennifer Shrader Lawrence on her full name was born on August 15, 1990 and by the age of 14 she knew that she wanted to become an actress.
Before the Hollywood success hit her, Jennifer attended Kammmerer Middle School in Louisville. After that she graduated from high school two years early with a 3.9 average.
To support herself and her acting she served as an assistant nurse at the children’s summer day camp that her mother ran.
But her first major part was as a lead cast member on the TBS sitcom – The Bill Engvall Show which aired from 2007 to 2009.
Her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination was because of her role in the Winter’s Bone (2010). At that time she was the second youngest person to receive a nomination in the category.
With the romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) she earned several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (musical or comedy) and the Academy Award for Best Actress.
At age 22, Lawrence’s performance as Tiffany Maxwell in the David O. Russell-directed romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook (2012) earned her several awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) and the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second-youngest Best Actress winner at the Oscars.
But since 2012, she gained international fame for playing the leading heroine, Katniss Everdeen in the popular franchise The Hunger Games, which put her on the lead in top of the highest-grossing action heroine of all time.
