Tina Fey | AGE 51 | $75 Million

Tina Fey has always dreamed of becoming a comedian ever since she started watching Saturday Night Live. She kept on honing her comedic writing skills while she was in high school. She later enrolled at the University of Virginia, where she later graduated with a degree in drama. Her career began while she was in Chicago, where she studied under the Second City comedy troupe.Fey kept sending comedy sketches to Saturday Night Live until she was hired to be their writer while working with the troupe.

She later took on the role of the head writer after Adam McKay stepped down. Aside from writing sketches, she also appeared more on the show, especially in the Weekend Update, which she did with fellow comedian Jimmy Fallon. She wrote the script for Mean Girls, which became a hit. Her subsequent work was in 30 Rock which was considered one of the best TV shows of all time. Fey has been collaborating with Amy Poehler for some time now, with the latest being in Wine Country.