AMAL CLOONEY It's her time!

SINCE THE LAWYER MARRIED THE WORLD’S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR, GEORGE CLOONEY, HER HUSBAND’S CAREER HAS TAKEN A BACK SEAT SO SHE CAN SHINE

- Kylie Walters

It’s hard to believe that just a decade ago, George Clooney was Hollywood’s most committed bachelor, having sworn off marrying and starting a family when his 1989 union with actress Talia Balsam ended in divorce. With a constant succession of blonde beauties on his arm, it was always going to take someone very special to get the notorious playboy to settle down.

But in 2013, the actor and filmmaker more than met his match when he first laid eyes on Amal Alamuddin (now Clooney). The international human rights lawyer and activist was named as one of Time’s Women of the Year on March 3 for her work in fighting to free journalists imprisoned for reporting on oppressive and tyrannical regimes.

“You have to have dogged determination,” the British-Lebanese barrister, 44, told the magazine about her work. “You’re coming up against people whose power and existence depends on them continuing to commit serious abuses, and they’re not going to give up. So we definitely can’t give up on our side.”