Television actress and spokesmodel Sofia Vergara leads the list of the highest paid actresses for the second consecutive year.

Forbes magazine found the 41 year-old actress earned the top spot by virtue of her salary for "Modern Family," but also because she has emerged as a merchandising and licensing powerhouse and commercial spokeswoman, thanks at least in part to her appeal in both the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds.

The Forbes list says Vergara earned an estimated 30 million dollars in the past year from all of her various business dealings. The magazine said that total puts Vergara way ahead of the others on the list.

The other top earners on the list include Mariska Hargitay of NBC's "Law and Order: SVU" where she pulled down 14 million dollars last year. Forbes said Hargitay's series salary plus residual payments from the show's repeat runs in syndication was the source of her earnings..

CBS sitcom star Kaley Cuoco of top-rated "The Big Bang Theory" tied with Hargitay for the No. 2 spot; and No. 3 Melissa McCarthy of "Mike and Molly earned an estimated 10 million dollars from the sitcom and several movies. In fact, McCarthy moved up 14 slots from the previous year, thanks to her successful movie career, staring in hits like "Identity Theif" and co-starring with Sandra Bullock in "The Heat".

The Forbes list did not include "reality" stars or TV personalities such as news anchors and talk show hosts, TV judges (such as Judge Judy Sheindlin, who is said to be TV's top-earning personality of all) and others such as Oprah Winfrey - who appears on TV and also co-owns her own TV network.

Also on the list: Ellen Pompeo of "Grey's Anatomy" Cobie Smulders and Alyson Hannigan of "How I Met Your Mother, Amy Poehler, Julianna Margulies, Lena Dunham and Zooey Deschanel.