Witherspoon, Jolie top list of high-paid actresses

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - What a difference an Oscar makes when it comes to being among Hollywood's top-paid actresses, with Reese Witherspoon named on Friday as the highest earner of them all.

Witherspoon, who won the Oscar for best actress in 2005's "Walk the Line," earns an estimated $15 million to $20 million per movie and holds top spot on The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of high-paid actresses.

Angelina Jolie, who won the supporting actress Oscar in 2000's "Girl, Interrupted," landed in the No. 2 slot.

She also reportedly earns $15 million to $20 million a movie, but was paid only $8 million in a supporting role for the recent "Beowulf," the show business newspaper said.

Witherspoon, by contrast, can easily command more than $15 million if she stars in a comedy in the vein of her "Legally Blonde" hits, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Cameron Diaz, who is the voice of Princess Fiona in the animated "Shrek" movies, came in the No. 3 slot with an asking price of more than $15 million.

Two more Oscar winners, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger, landed in the No. 4 and No. 5 positions with estimated asking prices of $10 million to $15 million per film.

Rounding out the top 10 were familiar faces earning over $10 million a movie. In order, they were Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster and Halle Berry.

(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte, editing by Belinda Goldsmith)