Entertainment | Naomi Watts Hollywood's Most Profitable Actresses Naomi Watts delivers big hits for relatively little pay By Jason Farago Posted Oct 6, 2009 9:39 AM CDT Copied Actress Naomi Watts arrives on the occasion of the unveiling of the "Extreme Beauty in Vogue" exhibition, in downtown Milan, Italy, Monday, March 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Straitened studio heads unwilling to give $10 million to divas and hope for a hit should call Naomi Watts' agent right now. The Australian star of Mulholland Drive and The Ring is the most bankable actress in Hollywood, Forbes calculates. Her films earned an average of $44 for every dollar she was paid. The magazine looked at the 100 highest-earning actresses in film and found that lower-paid performers, at least by Hollywood standards often give studios a better return on investment. The remainder of Forbes' list of most profitable actresses: Jennifer Connelly, $41 Rachel McAdams. $30 Natalie Portman, $28 Meryl Streep, $27 Jennifer Aniston, $26 Halle Berry, $23 Cate Blanchett, $23 Anne Hathaway, $23 Hilary Swank, $23 Read These Next The country of Eswatini is about to be on your radar. 500 tons of emergency food for kids abroad: Headed for the trash. Union says 17 immigration court judges have been fired since Friday. Trump has dubbed it the 'Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.' Report an error