The 'Twilight Saga' actress earned a reported $34.5 million over the last year, narrowly beating Cameron Diaz - who earned $34 million - to the top slot in Forbes magazine's annual list.
Kristen's earnings came from her $12.5 million salary plus profit share for both instalments of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts I and II', and also her role in 'Snow Whit and the Huntsman', while Cameron's earnings came from her salaries for 'Bad Teacher', 'The Green Hornet' and 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'.
Sandra Bullock was placed third in the list, for the $25 million she earned for forthcoming movie 'Gravity', as well as profits she is still making from 2009 film 'The Blind Side'.
Rounding out the top five are Angelina Jolie with $20 million and Charlize Theron with $18 million.
Julia Roberts placed sixth with earnings of $16 million over the period May 2011 to May 2012, $1 million more than seventh placed Sarah Jessica Parker.
'The Iron Lady' star Meryl Streep and 'Bridesmaids' actress Kristen Wiig took joint eighth place with earnings of $12 million, while Jennifer Aniston completed the top 10 with $11 million.
Hollywood's highest-paid actresses according to Forbes magazine:
1. Kristen Stewart, $34.5 million
2. Cameron Diaz, $34 million
3. Sandra Bullock, $25 million
4. Angelina Jolie, $20 million
5. Charlize Theron, $18 million
6. Julia Roberts, $16 million
7. Sarah Jessica Parker, $15 million
8 = Meryl Streep, $12 million
8 = Kristen Wiig, $12 million
10. Jennifer Aniston, $11 million
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.jamthecat | Jun 21, 2012, 08:46 PM EDT
Why? And why do we care?
Bythebay | Jun 21, 2012, 11:50 AM EDT
"Buzzzzz", so what! This is the best so called "Irish American" news you can come up with?
johnshiel | Jun 21, 2012, 10:44 AM EDT
murph, yeah, cynicism almost always deserves a seat at the table... But relegating this list of actresses to a "TnA system" is way over the line, so says I...
Murph46 | Jun 21, 2012, 10:24 AM EDT
PhlutiePhan-C'mon guy,you know better than that ,how many Hollywood actresses really do good,they are in a TnA system.When they get old they are put out to pasture.A simple commodity,and many (Lohan etc.)are truly simple!
PhlutiePhan | Jun 21, 2012, 10:02 AM EDT
So, what are these very talented women doing to better society. It appears that they are just using their wealth to further their ambition for power and authority. There talent comes from a higher power and they should act accordingly which they do not.