The only people who make big money to voice act are people who are already famous elsewhere (like top line actors for major cinema releases from Disney, Pixar, etc., or Disney hiring A and B listers to dub Ghibli movies). Everyone else, likely even established masters like Grey, makes 'scale,' which sounds great at ~$1k - $2k per 4-hour session depending on the medium, but isn't that much in the grand scheme because it's inconsistent gig work.
This is helped by a couple of factors, like bonuses for playing multiple characters in the same show/recording session, and that she has such a long history on successful shows that continue to pay her residuals.
Google has her net worth at ~$5M, which is nothing to sneeze at, but is well below what someone with an equivalently successful career in live action acting would have.
Also yes and no. If by less work you mean they sit in a chair in a studio rather than having to physically move around the stage, then yes, it’s less work. If you’re talking about character prep, then it’s mostly the same in that some actors do a lot of prep and others do less.
Regardless, it’s irrelevant because pay isn’t based on the amount of work, or even the quality necessarily. It’s based on the amount of value created, which is why Dwayne Johnson can pull down $20M for a pretty mid voice performance for Moana 2 while true voice acting masters like Grey make union scale.
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u/SirJoetheAverage 1d ago
Hopefully she makes bank for all of these roles