Jennifer Lawrence Leads List of Highest Paid Actresses

LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lawrence leads the list of highest paid actresses according to the annual study published by Forbes.

The "Hunger Games" actress, who turned 25 last week, moved up from second place on the list last year by earning $52 million over the past fiscal year or from June 2014 to June 2015. Her income over the past 12 months puts her way out in front of the second-place Scarlett Johansson, who pulled in $35.5 million over the same span.

Lawrence was followed by followed by Melissa McCarthy with $23 million, and China's Bingbing Fan at $21 million.

The list includes:

1. Jennifer Lawrence: $52,000,000

2. Scarlett Johansson: $35,500,000

3. Melissa McCarthy: $23,000,000

4. Bingbing Fan: $21,000,000

5. Jennifer Aniston: $16,500,000

6. Julia Roberts: $16,000,000

7. Angelina Jolie: $15,000,000

8. Reese Witherspoon: $15,000,000

9. Anne Hathaway: $12,000,000

10. Kristen Stewart: $12,000,000

11. Cameron Diaz: $11,000,000

12. Gwyneth Paltrow: $9,000,000

13. Meryl Streep: $8,000,000

14. Amanda Seyfried: $8,000,000

15. Sandra Bullock: $8,000,000

16. Emma Stone: $6,500,000

17. Mila Kunis: $6,500,000

18. Natalie Portman: $6,000,000