Highest-Paid Actresses 2011 // Hollywood has no shortage of rich and successful female stars. Here's the highest earning actresses of 2011, according to Forbes Magazine.

After a brief hiatus, Angelina Jolie returns to the top of this year's list. The beautiful star was the highest-paid actress in 2009, but last year lost the title to Sandra Bullock. Jolie has recently starred in a number of big-budget action films, including The Tourist and Salt.

Estimated earnings: $30 million

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Sex and the City left your TV years ago. But as the star and producer of the show and second movie -- which hit theaters this past year --Sarah Jessica Parker had no problem raking in the dough. The second film didn't get the best reviews, but it still made $290 million worldwide.

Estimated earnings: $30 million
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Jennifer Aniston may not always be loved by the critics, but Hollywood producers sure support her. In 2011, the actress continued to land high-paying roles -- she starred alongsideAdam Sandler in Just Go with It and made more than a few people laugh in Horrible Bosses.

Estimated earnings: $28 million


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 When Reese Witherspoon isn't beingembarassed by Robert Pattinson, she enjoys making money. Lots of it. Even though her most recent rom-com How Do You Know flopped horribly, the blonde still continues to land high-paying roles in Hollywood. 

Estimated earnings: $28 million

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There was a time when Julia Roberts was the Queen of Hollywood. And while those days are firmly behind her, she still has plenty of reasons to smile. Larry Crowne was a critical failure (35% on RottenTomatoes.com), and a financial disappointment at best (the $30 million budget only saw a $5 million domestic profit), yet Roberts still comes in at No. 5 on Forbes' list.

Estimated earnings: $20 million


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As the star of a little-known film series calledTwilight, Kristen Stewart continues to make a name for herself in Hollywood. The paychecks keep coming as she's currently in London filming Snow White, and is set to star in the film adaptation of On the Road later this year.

Estimated Earnings: $20 million----
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Typing Katherine Heigl's name into a Google search will get you roughly seven times fewer results than if you wrote Kristen Stewart. TheGrey's Anatomy star isn't the most well-known name in Hollywood, but her films Killers and Life as We Know It brought in over $200 million combined at the box office.

Estimated earnings: $19 million
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She may have peaked early with her role in theThe Mask, but Cameron Diaz continues to land high-paying jobs. Knight & Day somehow raked in $260 million, while her latest film Bad Teacher is well on its way to grossing over $100 million.

Estimated earnings: $18 million
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 Sandra Bullock topped this list last year after starring in two huge hits: The Blind Side andThe Proposal. The former landed her an Oscar win for Best Actress. Both brought her loads of money. Still, the actress hasn't had a film out in the last 12 months, so we're more than impressed she made the cut this time around.

Estimated earnings: $15 million

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Few (if any) actresses in Hollywood share the talent of Meryl Streep. Whether she's in comedies like The Devil Wears Prada or intense dramas like Doubt, she never fails to impress. The actress hasn't even starred in a film all year, but you can soon catch her as Margaret Thatcher in the biopic The Iron Lady, due out around Christmas.

Estimated earnings: $10 million

Famous Backsides ,, These ladies' assets have become almost as famous as the stars themselves

When a 2006 British poll found Scarlett Johansson to have the best butt, she was coy about the recognition. "No! There are plenty of girls with nicer butts. There are plenty of girls who work harder for nicer butts," she toldEsquire.

Back in the '90s, Kim Kardashian admiredSalma Hayek for her curvy assets. She said: "In high school I loved Salma Hayek. When you have big boobs or a big butt, you think you can't dress elegantly, but she showed me you can.

45-year-old Halle Berry and her rear-end have somehow managed to look even more firm with age. She is a goddess! Jamie Foxx agrees: the comedian grabbed her butt onstage at the Spike Awards in 2010, and she didn't seem to mind.

After Eva Mendes bared her butt in Training Day, she joked it helped Denzel Washingtonwin an Oscar. Her trademark tush was also the center of attention for a nude scene in The Spirit. She told Fitness her butt seems to be "defying gravity". If you want yours to do the same, she suggests bench step-ups and ball hamstring curls. 

Though the Columbian performer looks fearless on stage, Shakira's didn't always embrace her world-famous lower body. The hip-shaker told UK's Fabulous when she was younger she "wished I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair."

Rihanna loves to show off her backside in leather booty shorts and bedazzled underware onstage. It's no coincidence: the woman is proud of her booty! She said in 2010: "I love my butt, but my legs are my main focus. Everyone wants slim, perfectly toned legs and I'm the same."

Ice T's main squeeze has... well, lots to squeeze. Coco has been trying to ward off man-made butt rumors for years and Kelly Osbourne recently tried to help her cause. She tweeted: "I got to feel @cocosworld ass today & let me tell you it's 100% real and a force to be reckoned w/!" 

In an episode of Mad Men, a group of ad executives stand up to salute curvy Christina Hendricks' rear-end.

Kim Kardashian decided to take action against plastic surgery rumors: she got a butt x-ray! She said on Keeping Up with the Kardashians: "I've said numerous times, 'I haven't had plastic surgery, I haven't had butt implants.' Who the hell of a normal person gets butt implants?... I'm so glad I did this x-ray." But we still think she might be wearing padded panties.

In 1999, word on the street was Jennifer Lopezinsured her butt for a billion dollars. She told reporters it was the wildest rumor she'd heard. A 2011 poll by Nutrisystem Diet Index found the perfect female body would have J.Lo's bubble butt. 

For a petite little thing, Eva Longoria has a surprisingly ample backside. She credits it to her favorite exercise move: the squat. "I think I’ve gained an inch of muscle in my butt," she told Self. "I love working on my butt because I don’t want it to go anywhere."

One of Beyonce's hit singles, "Bootylicious" encouraged women to flaunt their voluptuous body parts. But while many think Beyonce created the slang term, it was actually first coined by Snoop Dogg in the song "Dre Day".

Actress Jessica Biel has an athletic derriere, and Christina Ricci wants one too! She told UK's Elle: "I asked my trainer, 'Can you give me Jessica Biel's butt? I want a bigger butt.'" Unfortunately, it was a no-go because of Ricci's 5'0" stature.

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