Kate Winslet

$76,700

For someone who appears at first glance to be the classic English rose, Winslet's career has been consistently interesting. One minute she's appearing in something quirky and unusual (Heavenly Creatures, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) then she's busy with Oscar-nominated (or failing that, massively successful at the box office) period frolics (Sense & Sensibility, Titanic) or tough, ‘hard work but worth it' pieces like Revolutionary Road or The Reader (finally winning Best Actress in 2009 after six nominations.) They don't call her the best English-speaking actress of her generation for nothing - her presence shrieks Quality Picture.