Jennifer Lawrence | Passengers | $20 Million

American actress Jennifer Lawrence was born in Indian Hills, Kentucky, USA. She once earned the Academy Award for Best Actress and she was the second-youngest winner of the award. As the highest-paid actress in 2016, it is only befitting that Jennifer Lawrence received $20 million for the science fiction/romance movie Passengers, made in the same year.

As a big star herself, Lawrence even got the top billing over her co-star, Chris Pratt. The now 30-year-old star was only 26 when she did the movie, but she earned several credits and accolades with her intense portrayal of Aurora Lane, a journalist, and writer, who caught the heart of Jim Preston, played by Pratt.Ever since Lawrence did The Hunger Games franchise, it helped her rise to stardom. Followed by other great films, like Silver Linings Playbook¸ Red Sparrow, American Hustle, and the X-Men movies, Lawrence has become one of the best stars in Hollywood today.