Jennifer Lawrence tops list of best-paid actresses

Natalie Portman, centre, poses for photographers at the screening of the film Sicario at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
No. 18: Natalie Portman – $6 million  (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
No. 16 (tie): Mila Kunis – $6.5 million  (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)
No. 16 (tie): Emma Stone – $6.5 million  (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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No. 13 (tie): Sandra Bullock – $8 million  (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
No. 13 (tie): Amanda Seyfried – $8 million  (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette, File)
No. 13 (tie): Meryl Streep – $8 million  (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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No. 12: Gwyneth Paltrow – $9 million  (Getty Images)
No. 11: Cameron Diaz – $11 million  (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
No. 9 (tie): Kristen Stewart – $12 million  (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
No. 9 (tie): Anne Hathaway – $12 million  (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
No. 8: Reese Witherspoon – $15 million  (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
No. 7: Angelina Jolie – $15 million  (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
No. 6: Julia Roberts – $16 million  (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Invision/AP, File)
Jennifer Aniston arrives at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
No. 5: Jennifer Aniston – $16.5 million  (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
No. 4: Bingbing Fan – $21 million  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
No. 3: Melissa McCarthy – $23 million  (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
No. 2: Scarlett Johansson – $35.5 million  (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
No. 1: Jennifer Lawrence – $52 million (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Natalie Portman, centre, poses for photographers at the screening of the film Sicario at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)
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Jennifer Aniston arrives at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

WASHINGTON – The world’s highest-paid actresses took home a bundle in the past 12 months – though it wasn’t nearly as much as their male counterparts.

The list, released by Forbes on Thursday, puts Jennifer Lawrence at the top with $52 million, leaving second-ranked Scarlett Johansson in the dust. The surprise may be Chinese actress Bingbing Fan, whose endorsement with Chopard and L’Oreal count heavily, Forbes says, along with her role in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

The top four women made more than $20 million, Forbes reports; the top 21 men each cleared that bar.

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