JULIA ROBERTS

AGE: 40
OCCUPATION: Actress
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 1
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: Last seen on the big screen in 2004's Closer and Ocean's 12, the Oscar-winning actress and mother of three proved her acting chops are still top-notch, earning rave reviews (and a Supporting Actress Golden Globe nod) for playing a brassy Texan socialite in the drama Charlie Wilson's War.

CON: Since having twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel, in 2004 and son, Henry, three years later, Roberts has been keeping her famously toothy smile to herself, bowing out of most projects to spend time with her family.