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Angelina Jolie tops best paid actress list.


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 Jolie made Au16.5 million is the past year, making her Hollywood's top earning actress.

Angelina Jolie made Au16.5 million is the past year, making her Hollywood's top earning actress.

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 in Au15.3 million, a study by Forbes showed.

Most of Jolie's income came from her share of the profits from the action film Wanted, but she was also paid a large upfront sum for her role in Salt - about a CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency.


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Aniston earned most of her millions from the romantic comedy Marley and Me and her upcoming film The Baster baste 1  
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 came in at number three with Au14.7 million, most of which came from her role in Mamma Mia, while Sarah Jessica Parker was ranked fourth with Au14 million in earnings following the movie version of TV series Sex and the City.

Cameron Diaz rounds out the top five, banking Au12.2 million between June 2008 and June 2009.

Forbes.com said it spoke to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to work out what actresses were paid upfront for movies they are currently shooting and what pay they might have earned after a movie hit the theaters.

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"As is still typical for Hollywood, our actresses earned significantly less than their male counterparts," Forbes said, adding that the top earning male actor, Harrison Ford, made Au40 million.

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