Amal Clooney met George when she was 35 years old. The couple met at the actor’s Lake Como home in July of 2013 when a mutual friend stopped by while en route to Cannes with Amal in tow.
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Amal Clooney and George Clooney went on their first official date in October 2013 and were engaged by the next spring on 28 April 2014. They married on 27 September 2014 in Venice’s city hall (at Ca’ Farsetti).
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Amal Clooney is a Lebanese-British Adjunct Professor and barrister whose clients include Maria Ressa, former President Mohamed Nasheed; Julian Assange, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Mohamed Fahmy, and Nadia Murad.
Amal Clooney is representing a group of Iraqi victims from the Yazidi community seeking accountability for genocide and other crimes perpetrated by ISIS, including Nobel Peace Prize Laurette, Nadia Murad.
In 2021, Amal Clooney was co-plaintiffs’ and victims’ counsel in the first case in which an ISIS member was convicted of genocide and sentenced to life in prison.


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