Before heartthrob George Clooney marriedAmal Alamuddinin 2014, he was married to actress Talia Balsam.

Clooney married Balsam when he was 28 years old in Las Vegas in 1989.

The two divorced four years later in 1993, according toOK Magazine.

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But who exactly is Balsam?

Although it’s been years, Balsam is still often associated with Clooney as his first wife.

“I’m totally used to it now.

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And he does talk about it more than I do!”

she told theSunday Expressin 2013.

Now it’s just a fact.

It doesn’t even enter my head any more."

“George is charming,” Balsam toldPeople.

“He remains charming.

I’ve worked with him.”

They both have spoken in regards to not beingready for marriagemultiple times.

“I probably definitely wasn’t someone who should have been married at the point,” Clooney toldPeople.

“I just don’t feel like I gave Talia a fair shot.”

“I’m married, very happily married, now,” she toldPeople.

And I think that’s what makes this sort of a universal thing."