Kerry Washington: Highest paid actress in the world

In 2012 it looked like the actress’s spectacular career was winding down. Suddenly, she was back on top. People With Money reports on Tuesday (June 16) that Washington is the highestpaid actress in the world, pulling in an astonishing $82 million between May 2014 and May 2015, a nearly $50 million lead over her closest competition.

People With Money’s factors

In compiling this yearly list, the magazine considers factors such as upfront pay, profit participation, residuals, endorsements and advertising work. The American actress has an estimated net worth of $245 million. She owes her fortune to smart stock investments, substantial property holdings, lucrative endorsement deals with CoverGirl cosmetics. She also owns several restaurants (the “Fat Washington Burger” chain) in Washington, a Football Team (the “New York Angels”), has launched her own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderwashington – US), and is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Kerry) and a fashion line called “Kerry Washington Seduction”.

The ranking is significant for many Kerry fans, who have been waiting for her triumphant return to the glory days for what seems like a lifetime. She has accumulated her net worth through being a successful Hollywood actress. In 2012, Kerry Washington began appearing in a TV show called “Scandal” which is broadcasted on the ABC channel. In these TV series, she has been portraying a character of Shonda Rhimes, who is a former crisis management advisor for the President. In 2013, she was named as one of the highest paid actresses on TV by Forbes.

Thus, it also proves that Kerry Washington net worth is going to increase even more in the upcoming years. Kerry Washington is also known from movies, as well as from the TV series. She was casted to appear in films such as “Django Unchained” by Quentin Tarantino, “The Last King of Scotland”, “Ray” and the films of “Fantastic Four”, in which she appeared between the years 2005-2007. These appearances in films also added a lot of revenues to the total amount of Kerry Washington net worth. Also, Kerry Washington appeared in films “Our Song”, “Night Catches Us” and “The Dead Girl”. Kerry Washington was born in New York City, in the neighbourhood of Bronx, to her mother who worked as an educational consultant and professor and her father who was involved into real estate. After graduating from high school, Kerry Washington was studying at the George Washington University.

In 1998 she graduated and got her degree in sociology and anthropology. Also, she was a student at the Michael Howard Studios in New York. In 1994, Kerry Washington appeared in her first film which was “Magical Make Over” and it was a film made for television. It was released in 1994. In 2000, she appeared in a 3D version of a movie called “Our Song”. In 2001, she appeared in a film called “Save the Last Dance” and two years later she appeared in another movie called “The Human Stain”. Thus, appearances in film increased the overall amount of Kerry Washington net worth a lot. In 2004, she appeared in a film called “Bad Company”, where she acted alongside Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock. In the same year she appeared in a film called “She Hate Me” by Spike Lee. In both of these movies, her appearances received mainly positive reviews from critics. After that, she appeared in films, such as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, “I Think I Love My Wife” and “Little Man