George Clooney’s first wife Talia Balsam is still turning heads at 66.
The actress, who starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in HBO’s Divorce from 2016 to 2019, stepped out recently with her Mad Men husband John Slattery at the Museum of Modern Art for the Nuremberg screening.
The couple looked effortlessly chic, with Balsam commanding attention like only a true Hollywood beauty can.
Decades after her brief marriage to Clooney, she’s built a thriving acting career and a high-profile life of her own.
Clooney, known for a string of famous flings, eventually settled down with Amal Alamuddin.
He was previously linked to Lisa Snowdon, Krista Allen, Sarah Larson, Elisabetta Canalis, and Stacy Keibler.
George Clooney and Talia Balsam married in a spontaneous Las Vegas ceremony in December 1989 after five years of dating; (pictured in 1990)
By 1993, they had divorced, and Clooney famously vowed he would never marry again
It wasn’t until marrying Amal that he found stability, with the couple welcoming twins Ella and Alexander in June 2017.
Clooney’s path to family life began after his first marriage.
Clooney wed Balsam in a spontaneous Las Vegas ceremony in December 1989 after five years of dating.
By 1993, they had divorced, and Clooney famously vowed he would never marry again.
Reflecting on the union years later, he told Vanity Fair: ‘I probably — definitely — wasn’t someone who should have been married at that point.
‘I just don’t feel like I gave Talia a fair shot. I was responsible for the failure of that marriage.’
Balsam comes from a storied Hollywood lineage.
She is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Martin Balsam and actress Joyce Van Patten, who herself hailed from a showbiz family.
Talia Balsam continues to turn heads at 66, stepping out recently with her Mad Men star husband John Slattery at the Museum of Modern Art for the Nuremberg screening (pictured November 4)
Talia and John married in 1998; (pictured 2019)
Balsam went on to build a steady television résumé, appearing as Mona Sterling on Mad Men from 2007 to 2014, and playing Cynthia Walden on Homeland in 2012; (pictured 2009)
It wasn’t until marrying Amal that he found stability, with the couple welcoming twins Ella and Alexander in June 2017; (pictured June 2025)
She grew up surrounded by acting talent and developed a love for the craft early on.
Balsam and Clooney first crossed paths in 1984 while co-starring in a play.
Clooney, 23, was striving to establish himself as a serious actor, while Balsam, 25, was finding her footing in the industry.
Balsam went on to build a steady television résumé, appearing as Mona Sterling on Mad Men from 2007 to 2014, and playing Cynthia Walden on Homeland in 2012.
She has been married to Slattery since 1998, and the couple share one son.
