Lisa Kudrow – $1 Million Per Episode

Although she finished her studies with a degree in biology, originally hoping to become a physician like her father, Lisa Kudrow eventually shifted her sights to a career in the entertainment industry. When she was still an aspiring actress, however, Lisa also spent some time working with her father and even contributed to one of his research studies. Since then, she has become one of Hollywood’s most recognizable figures.

Nowadays, Lisa is most known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the now-iconic show Friends. For the first season, the actress and her co-stars earned only $22,500 per episode, though that paycheck eventually rose to $40,000 by season two. The cast were receiving an impressive $1 million per episode by the show’s last two seasons. To top it all off, she has also been receiving a portion of its royalties, which is somewhere around $10 to $20 million.