Watson gets fattest cheque in 2009

LOS ANGELES: Harry Potter star Emma Watson was the highest paid female star in Hollywood in 2009. The ‘Hollywood’s top

40’ earners list compiled by Vanity Fair magazine has the beauty, who earned 20 million pounds, at the top among the women. According to the magazine, she was paid 10 million pounds each for the final two parts of series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

The 19-year-old is also the youngest actress on the list, reports the Telegraph. Meanwhile, Watson’s Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe was placed sixth in with an income of 25.6 million pounds. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay earned the highest in Hollywood 125 million US dollars.