The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists

Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung

NATALIE PORTMAN

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AGE: 26
OCCUPATION: Actress
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Preternaturally beautiful and keenly intelligent about her career choices, Portman had another modest art-house hit this year in The Other Boleyn Girl — her wooden scenes from Star Wars are but a distant memory. Next up: Jim Sheridan's war drama Brothers.

CON: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

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