George Clooney is reportedly engaged to Amal Alamuddin, an Oxford-educated lawyer from England. Here the couple are seen leaving Berners Tavern in London on October 24, 2013.
Alamuddin is photographed outside her hotel in New York on March 19.
Alamuddin leaves her hotel in New York on March 19.
Alamuddin departs Berners Tavern in London on October 24.
Alamuddin appears at the launch of the Limoland clothing line on May 7, 2013, in New York.
- Amal Alamuddin, 36, first appeared in Clooney's public life in October
- The British lawyer was Clooney's date at the White House in February
- Alamuddin's wearing "a conspicuous ring on her left ring finger," People reports
- She's "on his level," a source close to Clooney says
Los Angeles (CNN) -- George Clooney told Esquire in September he had no "aspirations" to be married with children. That was a month before he was seen with Amal Alamuddin in October.
Could Clooney finally have met his match in Alamuddin, a 36-year-old Oxford-educated British lawyer who reportedly shares the actor's passion for crusading for international human rights?
There is plenty of speculation that Alamuddin may be the woman who converts Clooney -- with two Oscars and a firm hold near the top of Hollywood's A-list -- from confirmed bachelor to family man.
Has Clooney met his match?
The latest gossip started Saturday with reports from People magazine and the New York Post's "Page Six" column quoting unnamed sources saying the couple are engaged to be married.
People source: 'This is real'
The Post headline read: "George Clooney, eternal bachelor, is engaged." Its source said the couple had "hoped keep the engagement quiet, but they can't hide the fact that they are very happy."
Has George Clooney found the one? People magazine reports he plans to marry British human rights attorney Amal Alamuddin. The actor's been spotted wooing Alamuddin with exotic trips, and the pair were very cozy at a White House movie screening. The debonair actor has an illustrious dating history; just take a look:
Stacy Keibler: Clooney dated reality TV and WWE star Stacy Keibler from 2011 to 2013. He was hesitant to discuss his romance with Keibler, as he told the Hollywood Reporter in 2012, "there is so little in my life that is private." News spread in July that the two had broken up for an undisclosed reason. Keibler went on to marry entrepreneur Jared Pobre in Mexico in March.
Elisabetta Canalis: Clooney dated Italian actress and TV personality Elisabetta Canalis from 2009 to 2011 (we're sensing a pattern here). Their relationship was closely watched, and some thought Clooney had popped the question in 2010 when Canalis was photographed with a bauble on her finger. But it was actually a napkin ring she'd placed there as a joke.
Sarah Larson: Clooney and Sarah Larson started dating in 2007, but the romance was comparatively short-lived. Although their affair survived a motorcycle accident and a walk down the red carpet at the 2008 Academy Awards -- Larson being the first lady love of Clooney's to do so -- their relationship ended that May.
Krista Allen: Clooney fell for "Baywatch" actress Krista Allen in 2002. They met on the set of Clooney's directorial debut, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," and reportedly dated on and off until around 2008.
Lisa Snowdon: Clooney dated British model and media personality Lisa Snowdon on and off for about five years after reportedly meeting her on the set of a commercial in 2000.
Celine Balitran: The actor's affinity for international amour has a long history. He met Parisian law student and waitress Celine Balitran in 1996 while filming "The Peacemaker" in the City of Light. The two were an item until 1999.
Karen Duffy: Former MTV VJ Karen Duffy hooked Clooney in 1995, and while their romance didn't last, the friendship did. Duffy was spotted on a boat ride with Clooney and then-girlfriend Canalis in 2010.
Kelly Preston: Before Kelly Preston wed John Travolta, she was attached to Clooney. The actress lived with the actor during their courtship, which began in 1987. Clooney gave Preston a pet pig as a gesture of love, which he ended up keeping after they broke up in 1989.
Talia Balsam: The only woman who can claim to be an ex-wife and not just an ex-girlfriend is Talia Balsam, whom Clooney wed in 1989 after his relationship with Preston ended. The couple's history dated to 1984, but it wasn't enough to sustain the marriage. They divorced after three years of matrimony.
George Clooney's love life
People quotes a "source with knowledge of the situation" saying "George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but they also aren't really trying to hide this, it doesn't seem. I think it's like they want the people they love to know that this is real, that they plan on being together forever."
Alamuddin appeared to be "showing off" an engagement ring while dining with Clooney at a Malibu, California, restaurant Thursday night, the Post report said. People reported that Alamuddin "had a conspicuous ring on her left ring finger."
Clooney's representative Stan Rosenfield responded to CNN's request for confirmation with a very short nondenial Saturday: "I do not comment on his personal life."
Clooney watchers may be surprised by an engagement, but the clues were out there.
Esquire's Alex Bilmes interviewed Clooney sometime in late September, just before "Gravity" was released in theaters. The article appeared in the magazine's December issue, which hit newsstands in November.
Why isn't he married with kids, Bilmes asked. "I haven't had aspirations in that way, ever," Clooney answered.
He was married from 1989 until 1993 to "No Strings Attached" actress Talia Balsam. Clooney points to that brief period of matrimony as evidence he "wasn't very good at it."
"I was quoted as saying I'll never get married again pretty much right after I got divorced and then I've never talked about it since," he told Esquire.
He said in September that he realized being 52, unmarried and childless might not look good to the public, but that he shouldn't "rush out and impregnate someone." But Clooney said he has no "dislike or distrust" of being married with children.
Alamuddin enters Clooney's life
While it's not confirmed when George met Amal, the two were photographed together in London in October. Clooney made an unusual public denial that he was dating Alamuddin, telling People in late October that the girlfriend reports were "all made up."
There's good reason to believe the relationship did not start earlier, since Clooney had just split with Stacy Keibler in July. Although Keibler denied it was because she saw no hopes of a marriage to Clooney after two years, the TV host wasted no time finding a husband. She married entrepreneur Jared Pobre in March.
If Clooney's relationship with Alamuddin did begin in October, it quickly accelerated. She was his date for a White House screening of his film "The Monuments Men" in February.
"They were holding hands," according to one of the World War II vets who attended the screening. Harry Ettlinger, 88, called her "a beautiful lady."
People quoted another unnamed "observer" who said the two were "stuck like glue."
People source: 'She's on his level'
There was no doubt remaining about their closeness in March when Clooney took Alamuddin on an African safari. Photographers caught the cuddling couple watching the wildlife in Tanzania and later vacationing in the Seychelles.
If Clooney's match is to be a lawyer, he's apparently picked an A-list attorney.
A British website ranked "The 21 Hottest Barristers in London" last July. Alamuddin was at the top. She "achieves the seemingly unattainable ideal of contemporary femininity: she is both breathtakingly beautiful and formidably successful," the rankers said.
A "source who has worked with Clooney" was quoted by People earlier this year suggesting why Alamuddin might be different from the long list of Clooney's ex-girlfriends who've lasted for a few months or a year or two since his divorce in 1993. "She isn't someone who is pursuing a career in acting or entertainment," the source said. "She's on his level."
CNN's Joan Yeam contributed to this report.
