According to Celebrity Net Worth, Edie Falco has an estimated $40 million net worth. Most of that net worth can be attributed to the years of television and film work that Falco has done over the years. It was actually Falco and the rest of the cast on "The Sopranos" who really changed the game when it came to television salaries. According to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, "The Sopranos" was one of the highest viewed shows in HBO's history when it originally aired from 1999-2007. In fact, the show's Season 3 premiere had over 22 million viewers, which was the highest in the channel's history. Only "Game of Thrones" would end up beating that record, but it would take them almost two decades to do it.
Since the show was such a success, the cast fought for higher salaries. Falco told Vanity Fair that they even held sit-ins, which she thought "was a very complicated issue." At the time, she just remembered thinking about how far she had come from working in a restaurant to complaining "about not getting enough money." The cast ended up winning their battle, and by the final season, Falco was making about $500,000 per episode (via Showbiz Cheat Sheet). Now, plenty of actors are making well over $1 million an episode, according to Screen Rant, and it's all thanks to actors fighting for what they believe they're worth.
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