--- title: George Clooney and Amal Kids Are Born description: The Hollywood A-lister and human rights lawyer have welcomed their first children together, a boy and a girl. canonical: https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-06T16:20:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:00.565Z og:title: George and Amal Clooney Welcome Their Newborn Twins og:description: It's a boy and a girl for the actor and lawyer og:url: https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1076a899a2217aa0/6988cf6f0b72e3864a6ee071/george-amal-clooney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4592 og:image:height: 2583 og:image:alt: Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the screening of ' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George and Amal Clooney Welcome Their Newborn Twins twitter:description: It's a boy and a girl for the actor and lawyer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1076a899a2217aa0/6988cf6f0b72e3864a6ee071/george-amal-clooney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George and Amal Clooney Welcome Their Newborn Son and Daughter > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Elyxandro Cegarra/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) CANNES, FRANCE - 2016/05/12: Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the screening of 'Money Monster' at the annual 69th Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. (Photo by Elyxandro Cegarra/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 6, 2017 4:20 PM UTC George Clooney and Amal Clooney have welcomed their twins, one girl and one boy, on Tuesday morning, [PEOPLE confirms](http://people.com/babies/george-clooney-amal-clooney-welcome-twins/). These are the first children for both the actor and director George, 56, and high-profile human rights attorney and activist Amal, 39. “This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into their lives. Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days,” Clooney’s [rep told PEOPLE.](http://people.com/babies/george-clooney-amal-clooney-welcome-twins/) The Clooneys, who dated for about a year before they married, tied the knot in 2014 at a wedding [in Venice](http://www.instyle.com/celebrity/george-clooney-and-amal-alamuddins-wedding-photos). During the last year, Amal has maintained her position as a public [advocate for human rights](http://time.com/4499106/amal-clooney-isis-war-crimes/?iid=sr-link1) and a consistent [anti-genocide](http://time.com/3687958/amal-clooney-turkey-armenian-genocide/?iid=sr-link6) champion, while Oscar winner Clooney kept up his role as a [public figure](http://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/) and [spirits entrepreneur](http://time.com/4716549/george-clooney-amal-baby-names/). In February, they attended the [César Awards](http://time.com/4682928/george-clooney-president-donald-trump-cesar-awards/) in Paris together and [went shopping](http://motto.time.com/4686954/george-amal-clooney-twins-furniture/) for nursery furniture, before heading to their [home in the English countryside](http://people.com/babies/george-clooney-amal-pregnant-twins-babymoon/) for the remainder of the wait for the infants’ arrivals. Long-time friend Rande Gerber, husband to Cindy Crawford, has mentioned that he has high hopes for Clooney as a father. “He is going to [be an amazing dad](http://people.com/babies/george-clooney-amal-baby-names-tequila/), and Amal is going to be an incredible mother,” Gerber previously [told PEOPLE.](http://people.com/babies/george-clooney-amal-pregnant-twins-babymoon/) Fellow actor Julia Roberts also only had positive things to say about the new parents: “They are a great couple, [and they don’t need advice](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/05/19/julia-roberts-george-clooney-babysit-kids/) from me or anybody else,” she [told Ellen DeGeneres](http://people.com/babies/julia-roberts-george-clooney-amal-clooney-parenting-advice-twins/) earlier in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/"},"headline":"George and Amal Clooney Welcome Their Newborn Son and Daughter","datePublished":"2017-06-06T16:20:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:00.565Z","description":"The Hollywood A-lister and human rights lawyer have welcomed their first children together, a boy and a girl.","url":"https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Parenting","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1076a899a2217aa0/6988cf6f0b72e3864a6ee071/george-amal-clooney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1076a899a2217aa0/6988cf6f0b72e3864a6ee071/george-amal-clooney1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the screening of '","caption":"Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the screening of '","creditText":"Pacific Press—LightRocket via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4798411/george-amal-clooney-kids-born/","name":"George and Amal Clooney Welcome Their Newborn Son and Daughter"}}]}] ```