Revealed: Pamela Adlon & Career Highlights Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Pamela Adlon has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What Is Pamela Adlon's Net Worth and Salary?

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As a teenager, Adlon made her film debut in 1982's "Grease 2," and from 1983 to 1984, she had a recurring role as Kelly Affinado on NBC's "The Facts of Life." She appeared in the films "Bad Manners" (1984), "SpaceCamp" (1986), and "After Midnight" (1989), and she played Rebecca in 1989's "Say Anything…" alongsideJohn CusackandIone Skye. Pamela guest-starred on "Night Court" (1984), "The Jeffersons" (1984), "Wiseguy" (1989), "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1989), and "21 Jump Street" (1989), and she played Toni Rutledge on ABC's "The Redd Foxx Show" in 1986. In her twenties, Adlon struggled to find roles, so she turned to voice work. In the '90s, she voiced characters in the film "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" (1992) and English dubs of "Princess Mononoke" (1997) and "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1998) as well as television shows such as "Bobby's World" (1992–1998), "Rugrats" (1992–2004), "Phantom 2040" (1994–1996), "Adventures from the Book of Virtues" (1996–1998), and "The Blues Brothers Animated Series" (1997). Adlon voiced Ashley Spinelli on ABC's "Recess" from 1997 to 2001.

From 1997 to 2010, she voiced Bobby Hill on theMike Judge-created"King of the Hill," which aired on Fox. "King of the Hill" aired 259 episodes over 13 seasons and earned Pamela a Primetime Emmy. She also played Miranda Halpern on Fox's "Down the Shore" (1992) and appeared in the films "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990), "Bed of Roses" (1996), "Sgt. Bilko" (1996), and "Some Girl" (1998) in the '90s.

From 2007 to 2008, she had a recurring role as Attorney Emma Path on ABC's "Boston Legal," and from 2007 to 2014, she played Marcy Runkl, wife ofEvan Handler's character, on theDavid Duchovny-ledseries "Californication." Pamela appeared in the films "Conception" (2011), "9 Full Moons" (2013), "First Girl I Loved" (2016), "I Love You, Daddy" (2018), "Bumblebee" (2018), "The King of Staten Island" (2020), and "Holler" (2020) and the documentary "I Know That Voice" (2018), and she guest-starred on "Monk" (2009), "Parenthood" (2012), "Rake" (2014), "Young Sheldon" (2019), and "This Is Us" (2020). From 2016 to 2022, she starred as Sam Fox on the semi-autobiographical FX series "Better Things," which aired 52 episodes over five seasons and earned her nominations from the Primetime Emmys and Golden Globes.

Adlon won a Primetime Emmy for voicing Bobby Hill on "King of the Hill" (1997–2010), and she has also lent her voice to projects such as "Problem Child" (1993–94), "Jungle Cubs" (1996–1998), "Quack Pack" (1996), "101 Dalmatians: The Series" (1997–1998), "Pepper Ann" (1997–2000), "Recess" (1997–2001), "Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" (1999–2001), and "Milo Murphy's Law" (2016–2019).

Pamela Adlon is an American-British actress, voice artist, writer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $16 million. Adlon is best known for her voice work and for playing Marcy Runkle on "Californication" (2007–2014), Pamela on "Louie" (2010–2015), and Sam Fox on "Better Things" (2016–2022). She created "Better Things" and served as a writer, director, and executive producer on the series, and she was a writer and producer on "Louie." Pamela has more than 200 acting credits to her name, including the films "Grease 2" (1982), "Say Anything…" (1989), "Sgt. Bilko" (1996), "Lucky 13" (2005), and "The King of Staten Island" (2020) and the television series "The Facts of Life" (1983–1984), "TheRedd FoxxShow" (1986), "Down the Shore" (1992), and "Lucky Louie" (2006).

In the 2000s, Adlon has voiced Zelda Cruz on "Zombie College" (2000–2001), Milo Francis Oblong on "The Oblongs" (2001), Otto Osworth on "Time Squad" (2001–2003), Hector MacBadger on "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks" (2003–2007), Andy Johnson on "Squirrel Boy" (2006–2007), Olsen Benner on "Bob's Burgers" (2012–2020), and Vidia in the films "Tinker Bell" (2008), "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure" (2009), "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue" (2010), "Secret of the Wings" (2012), "The Pirate Fairy" (2014), and "Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast" (2014). Pamela co-starred withLouis C.K.on the HBO series "Lucky Louie" in 2006, and she reunited with him for the FX sitcom "Louie," which aired from 2010 to 2015 and earned Adlon two Writers Guild of America Awards.

Pamela Adlon was born Pamela Fionna Segall on July 9, 1966, in New York City. Her mother, Marina, is English, and her father, Don (who passed away in 1994), was American. Don came from a Jewish family, and Marina, who was an Anglican, converted to Judaism before marrying him. Don wrote science-fiction novels and comic books, and he was a television writer and producer. During her youth, Pamela's family lived bi-coastally between New York and Los Angeles, and their NYC home was the Carnegie House on West 57th Street. At the age of 9, Adlon began doing voice-over work at a radio station owned by one of Don's friends, and when the family was in L.A., Pamela appeared in film and television projects. She spent one semester at Sarah Lawrence College, then she moved to Laurel Canyon in L.A., where she shared a house with future Emmy-winning "Breaking Bad" starAnna Gunn.

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