How Dating George Clooney Helped These Gorgeous Women Succeed In Showbiz

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How Dating George Clooney Helped These Gorgeous Women Succeed In Showbiz

Megan Angelo | Sep. 7, 2011

George Clooney has the paparazzi running as he hops from Venice to London.

And keeping them almost as busy is Stacy Keibler, a sometimes actress and former professional wrestler.

Keibler's probably been photographed more over her past six weeks with Clooney than during the rest of her life combined.

We're just waiting for the forthcoming news that she's won a role in the next hot ensemble film.

Or that she's hitting the recording studio.

Or hosting a reality competition.

That's because dating Clooney -- especially since his second divorce is an unmatchable publicity bump for a showbiz lady on the verge.


Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis, who dated Clooney from 2009 to 2011, just landed a spot on "Dancing With the Stars."

When "Fear Factor" alum Sarah Larson starting dating Clooney in 2007, she quit her cocktail waitress job. By 2008, People had named her one of their "Most Beautiful" -- and she had a modeling contract with an L.A. agency.

Renee Zellwegger and Clooney have been linked several times -- perhaps not coincidentally in 2001, when "Bridget Jones's Diary" came out, and in 2006, when Zellwegger starred in "Miss Potter." Then, in 2007, they went around claiming they had never dated at all -- just in time for their team effort, "Leatherheads," which came out in 2008.

Former "Baywatch" babe Krista Allen has also been off and on with Clooney -- they were most recently "on" in 2008, when Allen starred in the USA miniseries "The Starter Wife" and two films, neither of which made much of a splash. But she was cast in ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" the same year.

After they finally ended their erstwhile five-year romance in 2006, Clooney's ex Lisa Snowdon won several British TV-hosting gigs -- and a radio job that's still going strong.

The press never quite managed to nail down the rumored romance between Clooney and Lucy Liu, but cameras captured them kissing on New Year's Eve 2006 -- just weeks before Liu's "Lucky Number Slevin" came out. [I never saw any pics - did you? ~ Katiedot]

French actress Celine Balitran may have caught the George train too early. After their 1996-1999 romance, she appeared on a reality show, but doesn't appear to have an acting credit since 2004.

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How Dating George Clooney Helped These Gorgeous Women Succeed In Showbiz

Megan Angelo | Sep. 7, 2011


That's because dating Clooney -- especially since his second divorce is an unmatchable publicity bump for a showbiz lady on the verge.