These Female Icons Are Dominating TV Screens Once Again

Now: Kaley Cuoco Is One Of The World’s Highest Paid Actresses

Kaley Cuoco struck gold when she landed the lead of Penny Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory. At this point, the actress has been on the series for an entire decade, honing in on the craft of comedy. The Big Bang Theory is met with consistently high ratings and catapulted Cuoco into fame and riches. The actress pulls in over $1 million an episode and topped the 2015 list of the world’s highest-paid TV actresses with her $28.5 million paychecks. Cuoco has also won two People’s Choice Awards and one Critics’ Choice Television Award for her work on the series.