The 2011 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st

TIME 100 Candidates

Chelsea Handler

By TIME StaffMonday, Apr. 04, 2011
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Age: 36
Occupation: Comedian, author and television personality
Previous TIME 100 appearances: 0

After proving that she could hold her own among the men of television comedy, Chelsea Handler moved her attention from her widely popular show Chelsea Lately to comedic writing. Two of her books, Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, hit No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, and in 2010, the funnywoman was given her own publishing imprint, Borderline Amazing/A Chelsea Handler Book, on which her newest work, Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me, will be released in May.

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