seems that the some of the leading ladies in the television entertainment business is going places and how. One such name is that of actress Katherine Heigl. According to the Forbes, Heigl is among the top contenders for the spot of the highest paid female stars in the television industry.

She faced tough competition from only one person and that is the present Czarina of the television entertainment circuit, former supermodel Tyra Banks. Banks has clinched the number one spot and is followed by Heigl for the highest earning females in television. Banks’ took home an estimated $30 million from her various projects like that of “America’s Top Model” and “The Tyra Banks Show” and behind the camera work as well as numerous onscreen cameos.

Armed with an earning of nearly about $18 million from her various endeavors like “Grey’s Anatomy” as well as several movies like “The Ugly Truth” [which released this year], Heigl has taken up the second spot for the women who are raking in the moolah. From the looks of it, it seems that Katherine Heigl is slowly and steadily making her mark in the acting business, shifting between movies and television. If Forbes’ list is anything to go by, Heigl has already turned in to one of television’s most bankable actresses.

The Forbes top 10 list is rounded off by such other names as Marg Helgenberger ($9.5 million), Eva Longoria Parker ($9 million), Mariska Hargitay ($8.5 million), Julia Louis Dreyfus ($8 million), Maura Tierney ($8 million), Tina Fey ($7 million), Marcia Cross ($6.2 million), Jennifer Love Hewitt ($6 million) and Ellen Pompeo ($6 million), who follow the top two names. [Source]

“Grey’s Anatomy” actress Katherine Heigl, who’s currently in Atlanta shooting “Life As We Know It,” has posted the first pictures of little Naleigh, her 10-month-old baby she adopted with musician hubby Josh Kelley.

The budding big screen star recently announced on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that the couple was adding the special needs infant from South Korea to their family.

According to her charitable Website, /www.jasonheiglfoundation.org/, Heigl and Kelley named the baby after her mother Nancy and her sister Leigh.

To see the first family portrait. [CLICK HERE]

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Mom-to-be Ellen Pompeo showed off her growing baby bump as she returned home from a visit with her Grey’s Anatomy co-star Katherine Heigl and her new daughter Naleigh, 10 months. After a 6-month wait, Katherine and her husband Josh Kelley brought home their adopted baby girl this weekend!

“It’s been a big part of my life and my family,” Katherine told Ellen DeGeneres this week of her decision to adopt. “My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her back in the 70s and so I just always knew that this is something I wanted to do.”

Former Grey’s star T.R. Knight was also spotted on his way to visit the new mom and her family this morning.

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show Katherine Heigl; Nick Cannon. (N) 4 p.m. Friday.  KNBC

According to RadarOnline.com, Katherine Heigl and husband Josh Kelley are adopting a baby this week. “She and Josh are so happy,” the source said.

Apparently, the couple have wanted a baby for a long time, the source said, and the adoption process has been in the works for at least six months.”Katherine and Josh are adopting a baby,” the actress’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE.

The baby girl is from Korea. Her full name is Nayleigh, and she is approximately 10 months old.

“She is thrilled,” a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com.

Heigl is on leave of absence from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and starts filming the big-screen feature ‘Life As We Know It’ next week.

The actress also recently hosted a baby shower for her ‘Grey’s’ co-star Ellen Pompeo. [Source]