In April 2014, when longtime bachelor George Clooneyannouncedhe was getting married, the world was stunned.

Who was this woman who so easily snatched up Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor?

And, when we learned more about her, it all made sense.

Amal Clooney posing

Then named Amal Alamuddin, theLebanese-British womanwas beautiful, graceful, modest, and intelligent.

“Ukraine is, today, a slaughterhouse,” she said.

“Right in the heart of Europe.

Amal Clooney speaking at the UN

“I still read news headlines not knowing how to process them,” she said.

And the 44-year-old doesn’t just talk the talk she walks the walk.