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Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes best-paid actress list for 2nd year

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/life/08/23/20190823-scarlett-johansson.jpg"/><figcaption>Marvel</figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES, United States—Superhero Black Widow is a woman at the top of her game, and so is the actress who plays her—Scarlett Johansson is the world&#x27;s highest paid actress for the second year in a row, according to Forbes&#x27; annual ranking published Friday.Johansson, 34, earned $15.5 million more than she did in 2018, primarily due to the immense global success of &quot;Avengers: Endgame&quot;—the final chapter of the saga—for which she earned $35 million.The actress will take up the Black Widow mantle again in 2020 for an eponymous spin-off film.But even though Johansson and her cohorts on the list all earned more than $20 million, pay inequality is alive and well in Hollywood. Johansson earned $56 million total over the past year, but that amount lands her at only eighth place for the combined list of highest-paid actors and actresses.For comparison, Robert Downey Jr., Johansson&#x27;s &quot;Avengers&quot; costar, earned about $55 million for his turn as Iron Man in &quot;Endgame.&quot;According to the Forbes ranking of highest-paid actors in the world, published Wednesday, Downey Jr. comes in at third place with $66 million total, behind fellow Avenger Chris Hemsworth ($76.4 million) and Dwayne Johnson ($89.4 million).For the women, second place goes to Sofia Vergara, an industry veteran but a newcomer to the list. The &quot;Modern Family&quot; sitcom star earned $44.1 million between June 1, 2018 and June 1, 2019.She is followed by Reese Witherspoon ($35 million) and Nicole Kidman ($34 million), costars on the series &quot;Big Little Lies.&quot;Jennifer Aniston, who came in third in 2018 mainly due to advertising campaigns for major brands, has been relegated to fifth place with a mere $28 million for the year. The former &quot;Friends&quot; star—a show which also featured a guest appearance from Witherspoon—stars in a new series for Apple&#x27;s on-demand web television service.Other new list arrivals include Elisabeth Moss, boosted by the series &quot;The Handmaid&#x27;s Tale,&quot; and Australian actress Margot Robbie.Angelina Jolie, who was number 2 on the list in 2018, did not make the cut this year, along with Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lawrence.The top 10:<ol>	<li>Scarlett Johansson ($56 million)</li>	<li>Sofia Vergara ($44.1 million)</li>	<li>Reese Witherspoon ($35 million)</li>	<li>Nicole Kidman ($34 million)</li>	<li>Jennifer Aniston ($28 million)</li>	<li>Kaley Cuoco ($25 million)</li>	<li>Elisabeth Moss ($24 million)</li>	<li>Margot Robbie ($23.5 million)</li>	<li>Charlize Theron ($23 million)</li>	<li>Ellen Pompeo ($22 million)</li></ol>

LOS ANGELES, United States—Superhero Black Widow is a woman at the top of her game, and so is the actress who plays her—Scarlett Johansson is the world's highest paid actress for the second year in a row, according to Forbes' annual ranking published Friday.

LOS ANGELES, United States—Superhero Black Widow is a woman at the top of her game, and so is the actress who plays her—Scarlett Johansson is the world's highest paid actress for the second year in a row, according to Forbes' annual ranking published Friday.