Last updated: October 2026
Rouba Saadeh is a Lebanese fashion professional from Beirut who has spent most of her working life inside the luxury fashion world. A lot of people first search her name because she was once married to Italian actor Michele Morrone, but her own career at the Lebanese fashion house Elie Saab is the best documented part of her story. This Rouba Saadeh biography pulls together what public sources agree on, and it points out the spots where they don’t. One quick warning before we start: other women share her name, including the Syrian-Lebanese economist Rouba Mhaissen, so double-check which person a website is actually talking about.
Rouba Saadeh Quick Facts
The table below gives the basics in one place. Where a detail comes from biography sites rather than an official record, I’ve marked it as reported. Some of these details also differ from site to site, and I explain those differences further down.
| Detail | What public sources say |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rouba Saadeh |
| Born | April 15, 1987 (widely reported, no official record found) |
| Age in 2026 | 39 |
| Birthplace | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Lebanese |
| Profession | Fashion designer and studio manager |
| Employer (reported) | Elie Saab, Beirut |
| Title since January 2022 (reported) | Ready-to-Wear Studio Manager |
| Education (reported) | Graphic design and MBA at Lebanese American University; fashion diploma at Istituto Marangoni |
| Languages (reported) | Arabic, English, French, Italian |
| Former spouse | Michele Morrone (married 2014, divorced 2018, reported) |
| Children | Two sons |
| Net worth | Not verified. Web estimates are unsourced (estimated, as of 2026) |
Rouba Saadeh Early Life and Education
Most biography sites say Rouba Saadeh was born in Beirut on April 15, 1987. No official record backs that up, so it’s best treated as widely reported rather than confirmed, and at least one site gives April 5 instead. Her mother is reported to be Manolia “Mano” Saadeh, and she has two siblings, including a sister named Abir. She has shared very little about her childhood, so any long, detailed account of her early years online is probably filler.
The education details line up better across sources. She went to Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour in Baabda, then studied graphic design with a digital media focus at the Lebanese American University (LAU), finishing around 2008. Several sites say she added an MBA at LAU in 2011, followed by a postgraduate diploma in fashion design at Istituto Marangoni around 2012. Most say the fashion school was in Milan, though a couple of sites say London, and one mentions a summer course at Central Saint Martins that I couldn’t confirm anywhere official.
Rouba Saadeh Career: A Timeline From Public Sources
Her career started in graphic and web design, not fashion. A professional database lists freelance graphic design work from 2008 to 2021, and one biography mentions a web design job at the telecom company Alfa-MIC1 between 2009 and 2011. In September 2013 she joined Elie Saab as an assistant to the head of the design team, and she returned to the company in 2019 for the role that eventually led to her current job. The table shows each step and how solid the source is.
| Date | Step | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2008–2021 | Freelance graphic designer | Professional database listing |
| 2009–2011 | Graphic web designer, Alfa-MIC1 | One biography site |
| Sept 2013 | Assistant to head of design team, Elie Saab | Several biography sites |
| Sept 2013–Dec 2014 | Founder and CEO, Le Paradis Des Fous | Database listing; other sites only say 2013 |
| June 2019 | Ready-to-Wear Coordinator, Elie Saab | Database plus several sites |
| Aug 2021 | Ready-to-Wear Studio Supervisor | Database listing |
| Jan 2022 | Ready-to-Wear Studio Manager | Database plus several sites |
| Apr 2025 | “Design Director, RTW Womenswear” | Unconfirmed, one listing only |
The Concept Store: Le Paradis Des Fous
Around the time she first joined Elie Saab, Rouba also opened a concept store in Beirut called Le Paradis Des Fous (some sites spell it “Les”). A concept store is a curated shop that mixes designer clothing, accessories, and lifestyle items under one personal point of view. Sources describe it as a designer-based store that brought in talent from different countries. The database listing puts her time as founder at about fifteen months, ending December 2014, but I found no news coverage or official statement about when or why it closed, so I’m not treating that as settled.
What a Studio Manager Actually Does
Ready-to-wear means clothes made in standard sizes, as opposed to couture pieces made for one client. Biographies describe her role as coordinating with designers and keeping collections moving through production. Those descriptions are fairly general, though, and I couldn’t find an official Elie Saab page that lays out her exact duties.
Rouba Saadeh and Michele Morrone: Marriage, Divorce and Sons
Michele Morrone’s Wikipedia page lists his 2014 marriage to Rouba Saadeh, whom it calls a Lebanese stylist. Most biographies say the marriage lasted about four years and ended in 2018, which was before his global fame from the Netflix film 365 Days in 2020. How the two met is not clear. One site says it happened in 2011 while he was visiting Lebanon, while others only say mutual friends, and none of them points to an interview, so I’m leaving that open.
The couple is reported to have two sons, Marcus (born 2014) and Brando (born 2017). Since they are children, I’m keeping details to what has already been widely published. Reports describe a friendly, cooperative co-parenting setup, but no legal or custody details have been confirmed publicly. I also found no verified reports of a new marriage or relationship for Rouba, and she is generally described as private.
Latest Updates: Her Annahar Interview in Early 2026
The one real recent development I found is a TV interview. Lebanese outlet Annahar published an episode of its show Dad Unscripted, hosted by Gil El Ghobri, with Rouba as the guest, and its page appeared online around early 2026. Annahar’s promo says she speaks for the first time at length about life after the divorce, the rumors around her, her own relationship with her father, and how Morrone’s presence in the boys’ lives has gone up and down over the years. In the written teaser she says it feels good to know she gave her sons a healthy, stable home.
I only had the promo and the write-up, not the full episode, which Annahar says is on its YouTube channel. So I’m not going to summarize anything beyond what those pages state. Most written biographies I checked don’t mention this interview at all, which is odd, since it’s her most direct public statement so far.
Rouba Saadeh Facts That Get Mixed Up Online
Many biography sites copy each other, so small mistakes spread fast. These are the ones I noticed while cross-checking, and they’re worth knowing if you’re comparing articles.
- Birthday: April 15 is the common date, but at least one site says April 5.
- Job title: older pages call her a studio supervisor, while newer ones say studio manager, which matches the January 2022 date. One database listing shows a “Design Director” title from April 2025, but the same listing also calls her an intern, so I’m treating it as unconfirmed.
- Education: one site credits a degree to her high school, and the location of her fashion school changes between Milan and London.
- Name spelling: you’ll see Roubah, Rouba Saade, and even “Ruby” in some English posts.
- Social media: one older article says she deleted Instagram, while newer ones describe her as active but private, so I can’t confirm either.
- Net worth: many sites say $500,000 to $2 million, but none show where the number comes from. Treat it as an estimate, as of 2026, not a fact.
How This Was Researched
I checked about a dozen biography pages that rank for this name, plus Annahar’s own write-up, Wikipedia entries for Michele Morrone and Elie Saab, and a professional database listing for her job history. I compared dates across at least two sources where I could and marked anything that rested on one source. The gap I wanted to fill was simple: most existing pages repeat each other, skip the conflicts, and miss her 2026 interview. Where something was unclear, I said so instead of guessing.
Accuracy Note
This biography is based on publicly available information, including news coverage, interviews, and biography pages. Some details, such as her birth date and job titles, could not be checked against official records. If you spot anything outdated or incorrect, please let us know so we can update it.
Written and researched by Laura Castillo, contributor at icons golf cart