Halle Berry | AGE 54 | $90 Million

Hally Berry started entering beauty pageants in the ’80s. After winning several minor pageants, she won second place in the 1986 Miss USA contest and, later, the title of Miss USA World. By the late ’80s, she shifted her focus from modeling to acting, landing a role in the sitcom Living Dolls. More film and TV roles followed in the mid-’90s, and she had grown into one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

Some of her record-breaking gigs were the 1996 Executive Decision, where she amassed her first major paycheck of $1 million, and the James Bond film Die Another Day, where she received $4 million. What’s even more astonishing is her $14 million paycheck from the 2004 Catwoman movie! Furthermore, Berry also won the role of Storm in the X-Men movie franchise— a role that furthered her prominence and Hollywood credit score.