HALLE BERRY: $80M
Academy Award-winning star Halle Berry is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, where a single mother raised her and her sister. Berry moved to New York City after making a splash on the local pageant scene, where she was nearly impoverished and had a short moment of deprivation. With the starring role, she finally found success and burst through in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever. Berry parlayed her elegance and charm into some substantial cash at the bank in the ensuing years. She was one of the actresses in the top layers of the Hollywood pay scale during the 2000s and had a fortune of around $80 million as of 2019.
LADY GAGA: $275M
Lady Gaga birthed as Stefani Germanotta, born and raised comfortably in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The young Germanotta, a skilled pianist, and singer went to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts before strolling through the city’s underground music scene. After years of the hustle and bustle, she ended up breaking with a new name and hit single, Just Dance, in 2008. In 2015, she was even chosen by Billboard as the Woman of the Year. As of 2019, Gaga is worth roughly $300 million, far beyond sufficient wealth to get anything from her core.