George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin

While Amal Alamuddin rose to international fame after marrying one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, the London-based Lebanese lawyer has long been a celebrity in the Druze community.

Alamuddin met Clooney through a mutual friend at a charity fund-raising event in Italy. They kept in touch after the dinner party, and their friendship blossomed into a romantic connection. Clooney requested Alamuddin to pay him a visit at Abbey Road Studios, where he was working at the time. He planned an extravagant proposal for her on April 28, and in September 2014, the pair married in an elaborate ceremony in Venice, Italy. Given Alamuddin’s background as a human rights lawyer and Clooney’s experience of activism and public advocacy, they built the Clooney Foundation for Justice in late 2016. They continue to collaborate with nonprofits and organizations to bring justice to classrooms, courts, and underserved communities.