Rouba Saadeh is a Lebanese fashion professional and the former wife of Italian actor Michele Morrone. Her career includes graphic design, a fashion concept-store venture, and ready-to-wear studio management at Elie Saab.
Saadeh and Morrone married in 2014 and divorced in 2018. They share two sons, Marcus and Brando. Although their relationship brought her wider public attention, her professional background began years before Morrone’s international breakthrough in 365 Days.
At a Glance
| Detail | Documented information |
|---|---|
| Publicly documented name | Rouba Saadeh |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Professional background | Graphic design, fashion, and studio management |
| Fashion-house association | Elie Saab |
| Fashion education | Istituto Marangoni |
| Entrepreneurial project | Le Paradis Des Fous |
| Former husband | Michele Morrone |
| Marriage | 2014–2018 |
| Children | Marcus and Brando |
Lebanese Background and Reported Age
Saadeh’s background is rooted in Lebanon, where she studied and began her professional life. Published profiles identify Beirut as her birthplace, while her later employment also connects her to the Lebanese capital.
Famous Birthdays lists her birthday as April 15, 1987. Based on that reported date, she turned 39 in April 2026. However, an accessible primary record or direct statement confirming her complete birth date was not found, so it should be treated as reported rather than independently verified.
The same profile reports that she has a brother and a sister. Reliable firsthand accounts of her parents and childhood remain limited, making a detailed description of her upbringing difficult to establish.
Her Lebanese background appears consistently in reporting about her career and marriage. Her former marriage to an Italian actor does not establish Italian citizenship or ancestry.
Education in Design, Business, and Fashion
Published accounts place Saadeh at Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour before Lebanese American University. Famous Birthdays identifies her university qualifications as a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and a master’s degree in business administration.
These qualifications also appear in professional-history listings. However, publicly accessible institutional records confirming the exact graduation dates were not located.
Her connection with Istituto Marangoni has support through her publicly indexed LinkedIn profile, which names the institution. Beirut.com also reported that she studied at its Milan location.
Professional-history listings additionally mention summer courses at Central Saint Martins and NABA. These short programs should be distinguished from full undergraduate or graduate degrees.
The available information describes an educational path across visual communication, business, and fashion. Exact dates and qualification titles require greater caution than that broader account.
Early Graphic Design Work and Her Business Venture
Saadeh’s listed professional history begins with an internship at Publicis Graphics Lebanon in 2008. It then records graphic and web design work at Alfa-MIC1 between 2009 and 2011, alongside a longer period of freelance graphic design.
Her move into fashion included an assistant position supporting the head of Elie Saab’s haute couture and ready-to-wear design team in 2013.
Around the same period, she established Le Paradis Des Fous, a designer-focused concept-store venture. Professional-history listings identify her as founder and CEO from September 2013 through December 2014.
Published descriptions associate the venture with presenting work from different designers. It added an entrepreneurial chapter to a career that had previously centered on design employment.
Those historical employment dates do not establish when the business legally closed or whether it continued under different management. Its current operating status is not publicly verified.
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Rouba Saadeh’s Career at Elie Saab
Saadeh returned to Elie Saab’s ready-to-wear operation in 2019. A secondary professional-history listing records her progression from coordinator to studio supervisor in 2021 and studio manager in January 2022.
Dated reporting supports the broader progression. Beirutista described her as a senior ready-to-wear coordinator in June 2020, while Beirut.com identified her as the ready-to-wear studio manager in July 2024.
Specific project credits provide further evidence of her professional involvement.
Director Mounia Akl’s official project portfolio includes Saadeh’s public account among the Elie Saab team credits for Retour aux Sources and Hymne à la Vie. Akl connects both fashion films with the pandemic period in Lebanon.
Retour aux Sources draws on nature and the Lebanese mountains. Hymne à la Vie explores human connection during confinement.
These credits identify Saadeh as part of the fashion house’s team. They do not assign her sole responsibility for the garments, films, or creative direction.
Her documented management role should therefore remain distinct from claims that she independently designs the collections or serves as the house’s creative director.
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How She Met Michele Morrone
Accounts of Saadeh and Morrone’s first meeting differ across online biographies. Morrone offered his own version during an interview on Luca Casadei’s One More Time podcast.
In Radio Deejay’s December 2023 account of the interview, he recalled meeting Saadeh near Milan’s Piazza Duomo while working for a flooring-renovation business.
According to Morrone, they began talking despite a language barrier. He later traveled to Lebanon with her, where her father gave him work.
His recollection provides a directly attributable account, although Saadeh has not supplied a jointly published version in the sources reviewed.
The couple married in 2014. Their relationship and marriage preceded Morrone’s worldwide recognition through 365 Days, which arrived in 2020.
Their Divorce and Relationship Afterward
Saadeh and Morrone divorced in 2018 after four years of marriage.
In the podcast interview reported by Radio Deejay, Morrone connected the separation to his difficulty balancing family responsibilities with his commitment to acting. He also described the eventual decision to divorce as mutual.
That explanation represents his perspective. It cannot establish Saadeh’s feelings or serve as a complete account of their marriage.
Morrone said they continued to care about and respect each other afterward. The same December 2023 report quoted him saying that Saadeh had been in another relationship for three years.
This is a dated statement about her circumstances at that time. It does not confirm her relationship status in October 2026, and no reliable confirmation of a subsequent marriage was found.
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Raising Marcus and Brando
Saadeh and Morrone have two sons. Marcus was born on September 24, 2014, and Brando followed on September 1, 2017.
Some online biographies misspell the younger child’s name as “Brado.” PEOPLE’s family reporting uses Brando.
Its profile, updated in September 2026, reports that the boys live with Saadeh in Beirut while their father spends time with them around his international work.
The article also documents family moments Saadeh shared publicly, including the brothers trying motocross in 2024. These accounts establish continuing family involvement without revealing a legal custody arrangement.
Income Sources and Unverified Net-Worth Figures
Saadeh’s professional background includes fashion-house employment, graphic design, and an earlier business venture. These identify areas of work, but they do not establish her salary, profits, assets, or current business income.
No credible public financial disclosure or transparently supported net-worth estimate was found. Specific dollar figures appearing in celebrity biographies should therefore be treated as unverified.
Her former husband’s earnings cannot establish her personal wealth. Likewise, a typical salary for someone with a similar job title cannot reliably determine her income.
What Is Documented About Her Life Today?
As of October 2026, Saadeh’s publicly indexed LinkedIn profile continues to identify her with Elie Saab as a ready-to-wear studio manager. This is her latest identifiable professional designation in the material reviewed, rather than a newly issued employer announcement.
Recent family reporting continues to connect her home life with Beirut. A new independent label, business launch, or collection under her own name could not be reliably established.
The strongest account of Saadeh’s adult life follows identifiable professional stages: graphic design, a concept-store venture, and increasing responsibility within Elie Saab’s ready-to-wear operation. The project credits add a concrete record of her participation in the fashion house’s creative work.
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