Amy Adams | AGE 46 | $60 Million

Amy Adams sang in a choir and trained as a ballet dancer during her high school years. After graduation, she and her mom hired a moving company to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia, where she opted to attend college. To support her acting career, she worked as a waitress and a greeter at a Gap store. Adams got her start in the acting scene in the mid-’90s by performing in theater before landing a couple of minor roles in television and film.

She was cast in Drop Dead Gorgeous with a supporting role alongside Kirsten Dunst and Kirstie Alley in 1999.It was encouragement from Alley that prompted her to move to Los Angeles to launch a film career. Adams’ movie parts were initially B movies until, in 2007, she landed the starring role in the hit musical romantic comedy film Enchanted.