Amal Clooney is a Lebanese-British barrister who has worked at Doughty Street Chambers, specializing in international law and human rights. Some of her high-profile clients include Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in his fight against extradition; the former prime minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko; Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy; and Nobel Prize laureate Nadia Murad. Moreover, she has also represented the Maldives in pursuing justice for Rohingya people at the UN International Court of Justice.
Born Name
Amal Alamuddin
Nick Name
Amal
Sun Sign
Aquarius
Born Place
Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality
British, Lebanese
Education
Amal went to girls’ grammar school, Dr Challoner’s High School in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire.
Amal then received an Exhibition scholarship and hence attended St. Hugh’s College, Oxford. Amal also got a Shrigley Award there. In 2000, she graduated from this college with a Bachelor of Arts in Jurisprudence (Oxford’s equivalent to the LLB).
The next year, in 2001, Amal went to New York University School of Law to earn the Master of Laws degree. At that time, at the International Court of Justice, she was a clerk for the clerkship program.
Occupation
Barrister, Human Rights Activist
Family
- Father – Ramzi Alamuddin (Retired professor of business studies at the American University of Beirut)
- Mother – Bariaa (née Miknass) Alamuddin (Foreign editor of the Pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat)
- Sibling – Tala (Sister)
- Others – Samer (Older Paternal Half-Brother), Ziad (Older Paternal Half-Brother)
Amal’s dad Ramzi Alamuddin has two sons from his first marriage Samer and Ziad.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 8½ in or 174 cm
Weight
57 kg or 126 pounds
Boyfriend / Spouse
Amal Clooney has dated –
- (2013-Present) – Amal started a relationship with American actor George Clooney in September 2013 after meeting at a charity event and they soon got engaged on April 28, 2014. They officially married on September 27, 2014, at Ca’ Farsetti. The former mayor of Rome and George’s friend, Walter Veltroni did their marriage. George is roughly 17 years older than Amal. She is the second wife of George Clooney. In June 2017, the couple welcomed fraternal twins named Ella (daughter) and Alexander (son).
Race / Ethnicity
White
She is of Lebanese Arab and Lebanese Druze descent.
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Tall frame
- Trilingual (knows French, English, and Arabic)
- London’s hottest female barrister
- Lustrous black hair
Measurements
34-24-34 in or 86-61-86 cm
Dress Size
4 (US) or 36 (EU)
Shoe Size
8.5 (US) or 39 (EU)
Religion
Her religious beliefs are not known.
Her mom is a Sunni Muslim, while her dad is a quasi-Muslim sect in Lebanon.
Best Known For
Being the wife of famous actor George Clooney since September 2014
First TV Show
In 2013, she guest appeared in TV news show Access Hollywood as herself (lawyer) in an episode dated June 13, 2013.
In 2014, Amal has appeared in several television shows such as Inside Edition, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, and Omg! Insider.
Personal Trainer
To fit in short dresses, she had worked incredibly on her limbs. She has an amazingly lean figure.
Before the wedding too, she went on a crash diet to look good and fit in her wedding gown.
Amal Clooney Favorite Things
- Makeup Color – Pink
Source – PopSugar.com
Amal Clooney Facts
- Amal knows languages like French, Arabic, and English.
- During the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s, Amal’s family relocated to London. She was 2 at that time.
- In the early 2000s, when she was at NYU, she received the Jack J. Katz Memorial Award for excelling in entertainment law.
- Amal’s wedding dress was designed by New York based designer .
- Clooney-Alamuddin wedding pictures were sold to People magazine in order to raise money for the charity.
- Amal is an advisor to the former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Syria.
- During the complete wedding weekend, British makeup artist did Amal’s makeup.
- She has now deleted her Twitter account. But, before that, she had almost 1,800 followers, which included actor and former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.
- The lawyer Amal Alamuddin handles the international law, human rights, extradition, and criminal law cases for the London’s Doughty Street Chambers firm.
- She has also represented WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s case in 2011 during his fight against extradition by Sweden.
- There is a blog dedicated to Amal’s news and style at amalalamuddin.style.
- Alongside the likes of , , , and , she was shortlisted for the 2014 British Fashion Award in the “Best British Style” category.
- She was named Barbara Walters’ “Most Fascinating Person of 2015”.
- In 2016, she co-founded the Clooney Foundation for Justice alongside George Clooney and has served as its president.
- The Amal Clooney Award was launched in the year 2019 by to celebrate ‘incredible young women’.
Facts of Amal Clooney
- full nameAmal Clooney
- Date of Birth February 03, 1978
- Age 46 years 10 months
- Horoscope Aquarius
- Lucky Number 3
- Lucky Stone Amethyst
- Lucky Color Turquoise
- Best Match for Marriage Aquarius, Gemini, Sagittarius
- weight57 kg
- height5 ft 8½ in