Tina Fey won big this past year. Not only did television's funniest leading lady score the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor along with honors from The Comedy Awards and Critics' Choice Television Awards, she also nabbed three Emmy nominations and the number one spot on Forbes' list of Hollywood's Highest-Paid Actresses. Fey, who is the creator, producer and head writer for NBC's 30 Rock, tied with Desperate Housewives hottie Eva Longoria, who both made $13 million from May 2010 to May 2011.

Fey, 41, catapultued to the top of the list thanks to her rank at 30 Rock, and stellar sales of her comedic memoir, Bossypants. The book made it on The New York Times Best Seller List and sold over one million copies since its April 2011 release. The now mommy-of-two – Alice, 6 and newborn Penelope – is pictured here, filming season six of 30 Rock, the show loosely based on her role as a writer for Saturday Night Live.

Accompanying Fey and Longoria on the Forbes list were the other three Housewives, Marcia Cross ($10 million), Felicity Huffman and Teri Hatcher ($9 million each). Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay ($10 million), CSI's Marg Helgenberger ($10 million), Cougar Town's Courteney Cox ($7 million), Grey's Anatomy's Ellen Pompeo ($7 million) and The Good Wife's Julianna Margulies ($6 million) round out the list.

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