SOPHIA LOREN – $75 M
Sofia Villani Scicolone is an actress and model whose first experience in modeling was when she was 14 years old and entered a beauty pageant. After taking on acting lessons and appearing in small roles, she signed with Paramount Pictures and starred in movies such as Houseboat, That Kind of Woman, and Two Women. She later went on to become the first actress to ever win an Academy Award for performing in a foreign film.
As of 2014, Loren has 94 acting roles to her credit and is also ranked the 21st in the American Film Institute’s Greatest Film Star of Classic Hollywood Cinema, currently being the highest-paid living actress on that list. Loren became the first actor who win an Oscar for foreign language performance. She won six best actress awards from David Di Donatello and kept the record.