Over the past 12 months, the five highest paid acting nominees of the 2021 Oscars earned a combined 41 million U.S. dollars. On top of the list was the actor, producer, and writer Sacha Baron Cohen, earning 22 million U.S. dollars. Coming next with a difference of 15 million U.S. dollars was the U.S. American actress Viola Davis. In the third position came the actor Chadwick Boseman, who died in August 2020.
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