Elisabeth Shue – 58 – $20 Million

Elisabeth Shue amassed a net worth of $20 million through starring in popular movies such as The Karate Kid and the Back to the Future sequels. She debuted on Broadway in 1990 and starred in Some American Abroad. By the following year, she brought electricity to the big screen with her performances in The Marrying Man and Soapdish. She was also featured in a series of supporting roles in movies like Twenty Bucks. For her role in Leaving Las Vegas opposite Nicolas Cage, she garnered an Academy Award nomination.

Shue’s acting career attained its zenith with the said film, and a departure from her usual girl-next-door roles began to happen. She emerged to portray troubled women in her succeeding films, for which she won acting awards and nominations. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Shue continued to work in a few blockbusters.