Sofia Vergara is still the highest paid TV actress – Publico.es

For the third consecutive year, the Colombian Sofia Vergara, one of the stars of the hit ABC comedy Modern Family , topped the Forbes list as the highest paid actress of television, with earnings of $ 37 million.

As last year, Vergara, who earns $ 325,000 per episode of Modern Family , beat Mariska Hargitay The winning

“At 42, the star of , who came second with 13 million. span> Modern Family continues its series largely due to his business acumen, “says Forbes. In addition to his television work, Vergara has signed agreements with beverage companies, cosmetics, clothes and other companies. She is also one of the founders of Latin World Entertainment, a talent agency, marketing and entertainment management.

Hargitay, star starring 50 Law & Order one of the longest-running dramatic series that are still broadcast on television, earning $ 450,000 per episode and also receives additional revenues associated broadcast chains. Meanwhile, the third step of the list is occupied by the famous protagonist of The Big Bang Theory Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting , 28, and earning $ 11 million a year Penny for playing.

The Emmy winner Julianna Margulies , 48, of the CBS legal drama The Good Wife , tied for fourth place with Ellen Pompeo , 44, star of the ABC drama Grey’s Anatomy , and Cobie Smulders , 32, comedy CBS How I Met vuetra mother . Each earned an estimated $ 10 million figure.

In the fifth appears Alyson Hannigan , the other protatagonista How I Met Your Mother with 9.5 million; sixth place with $ 7 million is for Amy Poehler and follows the actress Mindy Kaling , 35, and writer, producer and star of The Mindy Project in the chain Fox, who took seventh place with $ 6.5 million.

The eighth is for Kerry Washington, Zooey Deschanel and Courteney Cox 6 million and ninth for Lena Dunham , 28. They are followed in ninth place known actress Homeland Claire Danes 5 million and Lena Dunham, creator and star of the HBO series Girls , entered the top 10 with earnings of $ 3.5 million.

The Forbes list is determined by estimating earnings before taxes between June 2013 and June 2014 for the work of the actresses in television, sponsorships, advertising and others, and through conversations with agents, lawyers and managers. The estimate does not include the collections of the manager or other expenses.

The top 10 highest paid actresses of 2014 amounted to a combined total of $ 140 million. That compares with $ 214 million which grossed 10 television actors with higher incomes.