38) ANGELINA JOLIE

RANK LAST YEAR: Not ranked.

TITLE: Hot Mama.

CAREER DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: $907 million.

2005 BOX OFFICE: $186 million.

STATUS REPORT: Real-life relationship with costar Brad Pitt drove Mr. and Mrs. Smith to $486 million worldwide. Continues UN work with refugees and orphans. Will voice monster Grendel’s mom in Robert Zemeckis’s animated Beowulf, which will use motion-capture technology pioneered in The Polar Express.

NEXT: Robert De Niro–directed CIA tale The Good Shepherd.

YES, IT’S TRUE: Said to be having nude portraits of herself painted during the various stages of her pregnancy.