Keira Knightley has taken the second spot in Forbes' annual study of the highest-paid Hollywood actresses, with her £16 million losing out to Cameron Diaz's £25 million. She is the only Briton to make the top ten in the actress or actors lists, but three of our young stars made it on to the "tweens" list — Daniel Radcliffe (how well do you know the birthday boy?) was top alongside Miley Cyrus, with costars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint taking joint sixth and joint eighth positions respectively. The Harry Potter effect was most evident in J K Rowling's position at the top of the Celebrity 100 list, thanks to the massive £150 million she took home last year. Just goes to show the pen can certainly be mighty.
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Top 10 actors
1. Will Smith - 80 million dollars (£40 million)
2. Johnny Depp - 72 million dollars (£36 million)
3= Eddie Murphy - 55 million dollars (£27.5 million)
3= Mike Myers - 55 million dollars (£27.5 million)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - 45 million dollars (£22.5 million)
6. Bruce Willis - 41 million dollars (£20.5 million)
7. Ben Stiller - 40 million dollars (£20 million)
8. Nicolas Cage - 38 million dollars (£19 million)
9. Will Ferrell - 31 million dollars (£15.5 million)
10. Adam Sandler - 30 million dollars (£15 million)
Top 10 actresses
1. Cameron Diaz - 50 million dollars (£25 million)
2. Keira Knightley - 32 million dollars (£16 million)
3. Jennifer Aniston - 27 million dollars (£13.5 million)
4= Reese Witherspoon - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
4= Gwyneth Paltrow - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
6. Jodie Foster - 23 million dollars (£11.5million)
7. Sarah Jessica Parker - 18 million dollars (£9 million)
8. Meryl Streep - 16 million dollars (£8 million)
9. Amy Adams - 14.5 million dollars (£7.25 million)
10. Angelina Jolie - 14 million dollars (£7 million)
Top 10 "tweens"
1= Daniel Radcliffe, 19 - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
1= Miley Cyrus, 15 - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
3. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, 22 - 15 million dollars (£7.5 million)
4. Jonas Brothers, aged 15 to 20 - 12 million dollars (£6 million)
5. Zac Efron, 20 - 5.8 million dollars (£2.9 million)
6= Ashley Tisdale, 23 - 5.5 million dollars (£2.75 million)
6= Emma Watson, 18 - 5.5 million dollars (£2.75 million)
8= Hilary Duff, 20 - 5 million dollars (£2.5 million)
8= Rupert Grint, 19 - 5 million dollars (£2.5 million)
10. Vanessa Anne Hudgens, 19 - 3.2 million dollars (£1.6 million)

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I'm impressed.. I didn't know Keira Knightley would be that high up!
1I love Keira Knightly's hair there but I'm always stumped by this: From what I can tell, it looks like Emma Watson makes more money than Rupert Grint--shouldn't they make the same amount? There on screen the same amount of time and they probably work the same amount--why does she make more? Maybe I'm biased because I love Rupert Grint but still...
Sorry for the rant.
2keira deserves it she is a hard worker and is really talented, as for the Harry potter teens, i wish i culd be this young and have the money they have!! oh well....
3Rupert should definitley have the same pay as Emma. That is so unfair knowing they both work hard at their jobs.
4I Love all Harry potter star! Especially Daniel, Rupert and Emma. I just want to say congratulation guys! This is the result of your hard work..!
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