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Topics: Celebrity Net Worth, Celebrity, Money, TV and Film
Jess Battison
Topics: Celebrity Net Worth, Celebrity, Money, TV and Film
Famous actors tend to be pretty rich, big shock. But what might actually shock you is the 90s star who is worth a whopping £2,500,000,000.
Sure, the likes of Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise might have been some of the biggest names in film during that decade.
However, many people have never even heard of this Hollywood star - she’s actually been pretty inactive in the industry recently.
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Yes, she. Despite men typically being the higher paid stars (whether that’s even or not) the richest actor in the world is a woman.
With a reported net worth of a mega $3 billion as of 2023, Jami Gertz landed in the industry back in 1981.
The actor also played Dr Melissa Reeves in the 1996 blockbuster Twister - the revival of which recently landed in cinemas featuring Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
Gertz also appeared in The Lost Boys as well as the iconic Sixteen Candles.
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The now 58-year-old has also popped up in popular TV series such as Seinfeld, The Neighbours, Modern Family and This is Us.
Most recently, the star was in the 2022 film, I Want You Back - if you’ve heard of that.
But those film and TV roles aren’t really why her fortune dwarves the likes of George Clooney, Robert De Niro and Adam Sandler's net worth.
In 1989, Gertz married billionaire investor Tony Ressler and together they are part owners of NBA team the Atlanta Hawks and minority owners of the Milwaukee Beavers.
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And while she might be absolutely loaded, the pair are well known for their charitable endeavours.
In 2012, the Giving Back Fund named Gertz and her husband as the number one donor to charity of any other celebrity after a record $10 million donation to the Ressler-Gertz Foundation, which primarily focuses on the arts, education, health and Jewish organisations.
There does however seem to be a whole load of people unable to put their finger on Gertz or any of her roles.
One person had to reach out to the internet for enlightenment: “I’m off to Google first cos this is giving I don’t know who this person is.”
But while people claim to not have a clue who she is and she has accumulated wealth beyond her acting gigs, her philanthropy is perhaps what sets her apart.