Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has been named the best-paid actress over the past year by Forbes magazine.
The 46-year-old earned an estimated $56 million between June 2009 and June 2010.
Bullock, who was also named the eighth most powerful star in the magazine’s annual Celebrity 100 list, earned her top spot thanks to her hit films The Proposal, which grossed $320 million at the box office on a $40 million budget, and The Blind Side, which scored an impressive $310 million.
Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz both ranked second on the list, each raking in $32 million.
The figures were calculated by adding pay on movies currently being filmed, as well as pay earned after release.
Forbes also factored in any earnings that actresses might have made from perfume and clothing lines and from ad campaigns.
Jennifer Aniston ranked fourth on the list with $27 million in earnings – the star still receives income from her role in the hit TV sitcom Friends and recently launched her own fragrance.
While Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker was fifth on the list with $25 million thanks to a second big-screen version of the hit TV series and her own perfume range.









