Sofia Vergara is World's Highest Paid TV Actress for 6th Consecutive Year

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The World's Highest-Paid TV Actresses 2017: Sofia Vergara Leads with $41.5 Million
by Madeline Berg , FORBES STAFF
Sept. 26, 2017


HBO's "Big Little Lies" and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" may be winning awards, but when it comes to money, it’s all about good old-fashioned broadcast television. Just ask Sofia Vergara, the world’s highest-paid TV actress for the sixth year in a row.

Vergara banked $41.5 million before taxes and fees in the 12 months to June 1, some $15 million more than second-ranked Cuoco of CBS' "The Big Bang Theory", who earned $26 million during the same period.





Her Emmy-nominated role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett accounts for roughly a quarter of Vergara's income, while more than half comes from licensing and endorsement deals with brands such as Head & Shoulders, Pepsi and CoverGirl. (The rest comes from a variety of sources, including movie roles, her talent management agency and speaking engagements.)

She now focuses on licensing deals, rather than straightforward endorsements. In licensing deals, she can control the product and enjoy a stake in its sales, with three perfumes she produces in a partnership with Avon, a line of furniture at Rooms To Go and a coffee machine she helped design with SharkNinja.

“Our endorsement department is a well-oiled machine,” Luis Balaguer, Vergara’s manager and business partner for over 20 years, told Forbes. “Even now, our attention is on the people watching Modern Family and how to appeal to them outside of the show, too.”

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