Ellen Barkin Engaged to Amal Alamuddin's Colleague Ben Emmerson

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The 'New Normal' actress is engaged to the British barrister after meeting him at George Clooney's wedding last September.

February 5, 2015

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Ellen Barkin is set to walk down the aisle for the third time at 60 years old. "The New Normal" actress is engaged to 51-year-old Ben Emmerson, a British lawyer and Queen's counsel, after meeting him at George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding in September 2014.

"They totally hit it off. It happened quickly but she's totally fallen for him and flies to see him all the time," a source reveals to Us Weekly, before adding that Clooney and his wife are happy for them. "They both love Ellen and Ben so they think this is so great and love that they made a great match happen," the insider said.

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Ellen Barkin was previously married to actor Gabriel Byrne with whom she shares two children. They divorced in 1999. Her second marriage was to Ronald O. Perelman from 2000 to 2006.

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