20 Celebrities With Surprisingly Low Net Worths

Emily Ratajkowski first gained widespread notoriety in 2013 when she appeared in the music video for the song “Blurred Lines,” and she has widely expanded her resume (and net worth) ever since. In addition to her work as a model and actress, Emrata is also an author (she published a collection of essays, My Body, in 2021), podcast host and the owner of a swimwear line, Inamorata.

While she continues to build her entrepreneurial empire, Emrata has also made plenty of headlines in 2022 for her personal life, thanks to her split from husband Sebastian Bear-McClard and her rumoured new romance with Pete Davidson.

Megan Fox made her acting debut way back in 2001 when she starred along with the Olsen twins in their classic family film, Holiday in the Sun. From there, she popped up in minor television roles and made a splash as Lindsay Lohan's rival in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. But Fox truly started to leave her mark when she signed on for the Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchises.

These days, the actress maintains consistent headlines as she romps around Los Angeles with beau Machine Gun Kelly but has yet to score her next big Hollywood breakthrough.

Before fans adored her for playing Betty Cooper on Riverdale, Lili Reinhart appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011 and took on a variety of small film roles ahead of auditioning twice for her role as the aforementioned Betty in Riverdale.

Since the show's success, Reinhart scored exciting roles in films like Galveston, Hustlers and Chemical Hearts. Slow and steady wins the race! Reinhart is only at the beginning of building her wealth and could find herself sitting in the double digits in the not-so-distance future if she keeps locking down her dream roles. 

Given the continued success and critical claim of Olivia Rodrigo's debut album Sour, it's hard to believe she isn't already a multi-billionaire — but these things take time.

Rodrigo began her music career by singing her way through High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, as Nini Salazar-Roberts. What followed was a record deal in 2020 and a debut on the pop music scene with singles such as "Drivers License" and "Deja Vu." Rodrigo has taken hold of the limelight and won three Grammys at the 2022 Grammy Awards.

She may have been surrounded by riches while playing Sally Draper in Mad Men from 2007-2015, but Kiernan Shipka is young enough to sit at the start of building her future empire.

Following her time on Mad Men, Shipka accepted the role of Sabrina Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The popular three-part series concluded in December 2020. Riverdale fans were thrilled to see her reprise her role as Sabrina Spellman in the episode appropriately titled “Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s).”

Lindsay Lohan is everyone’s favourite Hollywood It-Girl-turned-bad, and she’s still trying to make up for her losses — in every sense of the word. After reaching the peak of her career, Lohan began to party (and publicly air her family’s dirty laundry) and quickly began racking up legal troubles and substance abuse issues. Her public and private mess-ups eventually led to her losing paid gigs. Pair that with stints in and out of rehab and a growing number of unpaid bills, Lohan quickly lost all of her money. More recently, she's been on the comeback trail with a new Netflix holiday movie and a new marriage to financier Bader Shammas.

This famous couple has always come as a packaged deal, and that sentiment rings true when it comes to their mutual debt. Spencer and Heidi Pratt came to fame while dating (and eventually tying the knot) on the popular MTV scripted reality show The Hills. The famous couple dubbed "Speidi" in tabloid fodder made headlines during the late 2000s for their obnoxious displays of affection and sheer stupidity. Their combined fortune was estimated at $10 million at their peak, but they quickly spent it all away. Their money failures included millions of dollars spent on designer clothes and handbags, hair and makeup and Heidi's plastic surgery sessions. Additionally, they spent around $2 million on Heidi's failed musical career. Spencer would later admit to blowing $500,000 on healing crystals that were meant to give off positive energy.

The actress has spent a lot of money on legal fees during her high-profile legal battles with ex-husband Johnny Depp. Her career started slow and steady, but one could argue that it never really took off. While Heard was gaining traction with roles in DC Extended Universe films such as Justice League and Aquaman, her dramatic split from Depp in 2016 took a toll on her financially. At the time, Depp agreed to pay Heard $7 million as part of their divorce settlement, which she vowed to donate. In 2021, the media ran reports that claimed Heard had not yet donated the funds. Her legal team defended her lack of action by suggesting she had to spend millions of dollars defending Depp’s false accusations against her. In June 2022, Depp was awarded more than $10 million in total damages following a much-publicized defamation suit against Heard.