Rooney Mara & Tom Sturridge
In the next year, Rooney (younger sister of actress Kate) will star in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the comedy Youth in Revolt, but for right now, she's focused on her humanitarian efforts. After traveling to Africa with a volunteer group, Rooney established the nonprofit Faces of Kibera to benefit kids in a small village in Kenya. "We've already been able to do so much," she says. While most ingénues struggle to balance fame with a career, she seems markedly poised. "It makes you a better actor if you have real-life experiences that you can draw from."—S.J-D.
Rooney wears a Chloé by Hannah MacGibbon dress. Alternative Apparel henley, $35.
"I begged them to cast me," Tom admits, of his role in Pirate Radio, a film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman about an illegal rock 'n' roll station in the 1960s. "Being on set was idyllic; we blasted The Kinks, The Who, and The Stones...." This fall, Tom, who grew up in London with best bud and flatmate Robert Pattinson, heads to the West End as the lead in the new play Punk Rock. "I'm a bit nervous," he says. "I haven't been on stage since nursery school, when I played a donkey in the nativity." —LINDSAY TALBOT
Tom wears a Melet Mercantile shirt, $164. April77 jeans, $135. Miansai pendant necklace, $200.
