Natalie Morales — $2 Million

Natalie Morales is both multilingual and multi-talented. She can speak English, Portuguese and Spanish and graduated from her Journalism and Media Studies class as Summa Cum Laude. Morales maintained this excellence in a 20-plus year career in which she has covered everything from the Columbine shootings to the Olympic Games.

She joined the NBC Today team, first as a correspondent and then as the co-anchor of the show’s third-hour segment. Morales eventually became the news anchor on Today, succeeding Ann Curry. In 2016 Morales moved to Los Angeles to become the host of Access Hollywood while also corresponding as the west coast anchor for Today.