Katherine Heigl – $30 million

Katherine Heigl’s career started in the modeling industry with Wilhemina Models. Her focus shifted to acting with That Night (1992), marking her big-screen debut. She created ripples in Roswell and gained more recognition from her role in Grey’s Anatomy. Talking to USA Today in 2014 about her role in the series State of Affairs, she admitted that she’s terrible at politics. 

Heigl addressed the infamous incident when she pulled out of the 2008 Emmy consideration while slamming Grey’s Anatomy writers for not giving her material warranting the accolade. Thankfully, she seems to have left that cloud behind hr and is slated to star in the upcoming TV miniseries Woodhull.