How much is Laura Prepon worth?
| Net Worth: | $12 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | March 7, 1980 (age 42) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
About Laura Prepon
Laura Helene Prepon, is an American actress, director, model, producer, and writer. She gained international popularity in the late 1990s when she joined the Fox sitcom That ’70s Show where she played the role of Donna Pinciotti. For the past two decades, she has starred in and produced several films including Orange Is the New Black, Come Early Morning, and The Hero, to name a few. As a model, besides walking in fashion runways in Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, and Sweden, she also graced the covers of magazines such as Maxim, Bella, Celebrity, Edge, G3, and Curve.
She was born on March 7, 1980, in Watchung, New Jersey. She’s the youngest of five children to Michael and Marjorie Prepon. Her father worked as an orthopedic surgeon and her mother is a gourmet home chef and high school teacher. Her father passed away in 1993 during a heart surgery. She attended the Watchung Hills Regional High School and began acting during her teenage years.
“The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, ‘this acting thing is awesome.'” Laura has said. In the 1990s, she joined the acting school Total Theatre Lab based in New York City. A few years later, while there, she began participating in plays such as Ascension Day and A Woman of Property.
She spent the next decade studying drama with acting teacher Caroline Thomas at her drama school. In the late years of the decade, she landed her first role on television in the soap opera They Go On and modeled for various magazines and fashion runways around the world.
In 1998, after winning the audition, she earned a role in the Fox sitcom That ’70s Show. She portrayed the main role of Donna Pinciotti from August 1998 to May 2006. Simultaneously with her work on the show, she appeared in other television projects. She made her film debut in the 2001 independent film Southlander.
In the early 2000s, she joined the cast of the series King of the Hill, American Dad, and Romancing the Bride. She also participated in the films Slackers, Lightning Bug, Karla, and Come Early Morning.
While pursuing an acting career and finding a lot of prosperity in it, Laura also continued modeling. She was named one of the “102 Sexiest Women In The World” by Stuff magazine and, in 2005, she was added to Maxim’s “Hot 100” list. Also that year, she made a cameo voice appearance in the shooter game “Halo 2” as a UN Space Command Marine.
After she left That ’70s Show, she joined other popular sitcoms such as October Road, in which she had a main role, and, How I Met Your Mother, where she had several guest appearances in 2009 and 2010. In 2013, Prepon joined the show Orange Is the New Black. She was a series regular in season six of the seasons and even made her directing debut. She directed a few episodes from seasons 5, 6, and 7.
In addition to acting, Laura also became a director and producer. Besides Orange Is the New Black, she wrote and directed the comedy television movie Neighbros in 2011. Her outstanding performances in That 70s Show and Orange Is the New Black brought her not only international fame, wealth, and millions of followers but also a number of awards and achievements. She is the recipient of two Satellite, and two Screen Guild Awards, and earned herself nominations for a Young Artist and Teen Choice Award.
Prepon’s Total Net Worth
Most of Laura Prepon’s earnings have come from the TV series, That ’70s Show, House, M.D., October Road and Orange Is the New Black. In total, it is estimated that Prepon has earned $23 million dollars in career earnings since the start of her career in 2001.
Of that amount, $2-3 million will have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $20.5 million, will have been taxed at a rounded 48% considering the years that she has been earning and as Prepon has been resided in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $10.66 million dollars, having paid $9.84 million dollars in taxes.
Some of Prepon’s career earnings have been invested in real estate. Laura paid $2.3 million for a property in Los Angeles, California, in 2008. She sold the same property in 2019 for $3.18 million. It is likely that she has invested quite some of her other earnings into the stock market and other investments, as well.
In her homelife things seem stable and secure. Laura married Ben Foster in 2018 and they remain together. They have two children together. It seems that Prepon has family values and is likely frugal with her wealth.
In her personal life Prepon has likely spent $2-3 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $800,000-1.2 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $2-3 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Laura Prepon has a net worth of a rounded up $12 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Laura Prepon is a familiar face on television. She attained national popularity in the late 1990s during her teenage years when she joined the main cast of the well-known sitcom That ’70s Show. Ever since then, the acclaimed actress and director, continued to participate in many other television series and films such as October Roads, Come Early Morning, The Girls on the Train, The Hero, and Orange Is the New Black.
