Nicole Kidman Now Highest Paid Actress

(AP)  Nicole Kidman is the queen of Hollywood when it comes to money.

The Oscar winner, who earns as much as $17 million per movie, tops the fifth annual list of highest-paid actresses released Wednesday by The Hollywood Reporter.

Kidman, 39, ranked second on last year's list behind four-time top-earner Julia Roberts, who didn't make the list this year. She spent time with her 2-year-old twins.

In second place, with $15 million per movie, was Reese Witherspoon, 30, who won the best-actress Oscar this year for her performance in "Walk the Line."

Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively. They also get $15 million for each film.

Rounding out the top 10 are Halle Berry ($14 million), Charlize Theron ($10 million), Angelina Jolie ($10 million), Kirsten Dunst ($8 million to $10 million) and Jennifer Aniston ($8 million).

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Photos: The Kidman-Urban Nuptials
Photos: Nicole Kidman
Photos: Reese Witherspoon

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The list will appear in the Women in Entertainment Power 100 issue to be published by The Hollywood Reporter on Dec. 5.

[hermit22]

Now if a minister who gets called everytime there is a wreck in the middle of the night, or some drunk beat his wife, or somebody needs a ride, or somebody wants to get married, or dies, or....or can't pay the electricity, or can't feed the kids, or doesn't have a place to stay, or wants someone to speak, or get his wife and kids to do the music, or feed the poor and hungry,or....would get 1 or 2 percent of her 17,000,000
the rants would be going up from coast to coast.

[olebd]

What a vulgar shame.

We really need to quit supporting the movie/entertainment/sports industries.

Yet our soldiers and those who save lives everyday are paid a fraction of this amount.

[oleander8]

This kind of money is just plain stupid.

[bluestardad]

what a no talent ***!