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

Rooney Mara

By TIME StaffMonday, Apr. 04, 2011
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Age: 25
Occupation: Actress
Previous TIME 100 appearances: 0

For a young actress, Rooney Mara is sure making a big impression on the industry. Her first major role was playing Mark Zuckerberg's love interest in last year's hit The Social Network. Next, she'll star in a remake of the 1984 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street. But her biggest break yet might end up being her portrayal of the socially awkward computer-hacking genius Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first of three U.S. films being made based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Oh yeah: she also finds time to oversee the charity Faces of Kibera, which assists orphans in one of Africa's largest slums.

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