Jennifer Lawrence Tops Forbes World's Higest Paid Actresses of 2015 (Top 20 List)

Jennifer Lawrence is the highest-paid actress of the year.The 25 year old banked a whopping $52 million dollars.

According to Forbes, American hollywood actor, Jennifer Lawrence, has been named the world's highest paid female actress of 2015. The 25-year-old Hunger Games star banked a whooping $52million, $16.5million more than second placed Scarlett Johansson, with $35.5m (£22m).

It puts Lawrence ahead of most of the men. Only Avengers star, Robert Downey Jr is ahead with earnings of $80m. Bridesmaids star, Melissa McCarthy, came third with $23m and she's now one of the most sought after stars in Hollywood.

The top 18 in the Forbes list;

1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52,000,000
2. Scarlett Johansson: $35,500,000
3. Melissa McCarthy: $23,000,000
4. Bingbing Fan: $21,000,000
5. Jennifer Aniston: $16,500,000
6. Julia Roberts: $16,000,000
7. Angelina Jolie: $15,000,000
8. Reese Witherspoon: $15,000,000
9. Anne Hathaway: $12,000,000
10. Kristen Stewart: $12,000,000
11. Cameron Diaz: $11,000,000
12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9,000,000
13. Meryl Streep: $8,000,000
14. Amanda Seyfried: $8,000,000
15. Sandra Bullock: $8,000,000
16. Emma Stone: $6,500,000
17. Mila Kunis: $6,500,000
18. Natalie Portman: $6,000,000