Golden Globe-Nominated TV Actors With Exceptionally High Salaries

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the 2021 awards season to start fashionably late, but it has finally arrived. The 78th Golden Globes will be held virtually on Sunday, Feb. 28, and many of your favorite television stars are vying for top honors.

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Of course, the term television actors has taken on a rather broad meaning in recent years, as many A-list movie stars have made the transition to this type of project. You might assume television pays a fraction of silver-screen work, but that isn’t always the case.

GOBankingRates conducted a study to find out which Golden Globe-nominated actors earned the highest paychecks for their work. Salary information wasn’t available for everyone — i.e., Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland, Olivia Coleman and more — so it’s possible some people who didn’t make the list would be on it if their earnings were made public.

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Prepare to be impressed with how much starring on a television show can pay. Here’s a look at this year’s Golden Globes-nominated television actors with notably high salaries.

8. Anya Taylor-Joy

• Show nominated: “The Queen’s Gambit”
• Salary per episode: $39,049
• Salary per season: $273,346
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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7. Matthew Rhys

• Show nominated: “Perry Mason”
• Salary per episode: $100,000
• Salary per season: $800,000
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

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6. Jodie Comer

• Show nominated: “Killing Eve”
• Salary per episode: $136,499
• Salary per season: $1.1 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

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5. Don Cheadle

• Show nominated: “Black Monday”
• Salary per episode: $150,000
• Salary per season: $1.5 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

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4. Bob Odenkirk

• Show nominated: “Better Call Saul”
• Salary per episode: $200,000
• Salary per season: $2 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

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3. Laura Linney

• Show nominated: “Ozark”
• Salary per episode: $300,000
• Salary per season: $3 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

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2. Jason Bateman

• Show nominated: “Ozark”
• Salary per episode: $300,000
• Salary per season: $3 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

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1. Nicole Kidman

• Show nominated: “The Undoing”
• Salary per episode: $1 million
• Salary per season: $6 million
• Category nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

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Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at the 2021 Golden Globe TV Actor nominations and found (1) the name of each nominated actor; (2) show nominated for; and (3) category nominated in, all sourced from Variety's roundup of the nominations. Then, GOBankingRates found the (4) salary per episode and (5) salary per season for each actor from contemporaneous sources. All data was collected on and up to date as of Feb. 3, 2020.

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Jennifer Taylor

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