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Only worth 18 million


That’s actually on the low side for a famous actress that’s been around for three decades. Did she lose money because of anything?

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Lawyers? She was in trouble years ago.

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Look at her film history IMDB. She got a lot of press, but was never a big star. Her biggest hits were usually ensemble pieces.

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She’s a big star because the public has regarded her that way, and are sometimes cultishly devoted. The early age of the internet of the ‘90s was littered with many worshipful fan pages, like And God Created Noni.

Granted, for a late stage middle-aged actress now, of course most of that hoopla has died down. But at her peak, she chose her own projects. If she wanted flashy Julia Roberts-style parts like Pretty Woman, she could have went that route and been a more traditional highly paid starlet.

You must remember that this is a woman who grew up on a hippie commune in the California Bay Area. Her parents knew Timothy Leary. She didn’t see television until she was almost an adult. She only did a round of publicity talk shows to promote a project once, for Girl Interrupted. She an intellectual and big reader, so therefore she starred in adaptations of Louisa May Alcott and Arthur Miller in her prime years, as opposed to the whole rom-com stuff.

I don’t know what her net worth is now, but basically what this discussion amounts to is, “she’s not a greedy, self-promoting narcissist like me, therefore she’s not really famous and successful.”

It’s about the acting and the characters, folks, and it was a different world then!

Some of you youngsters must have social media derangement syndrome.

;-)

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No, she actually gained about $5,500 in 2001.

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$5,500 ?

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That's how much the clothing she stole was worth.

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thanks

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she peaked early.

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Her claim to fame will be when she was with Johnny Depp back in the day.. That's good for a Memoir when she's out of $$$$

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Or she’ll pose for Playboy like a lot of older actresses dying for attention.

She could also start an OnlyFans page.

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She was famous before she dated Johnny Depp.

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You dont measure their dollars by merely counting years that they were famous.

You need to look at their roles and choices of projects, and the budgets of said projects and those salaries, and the overall success of those projects as a whole

Length of time being famous doesnt automatically amount to much.

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Only?! 😳 Wish I was ONLY worth $18 million.

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Unless you're Winona or her accountant, no one knows how much money she has made. Gossip sites use guesswork to determine a celebrity's worth.

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