Michelle Yeoh is the first person of Asian descent who has won the Academy Award for Best Actress, know her 2023 net worth
Michelle Yeoh was born on the 6th of August in 1962 and presently her age is 60 years as of 2023. Michelle Yeoh is a well-known Malaysian actress.
Who is actress Michelle Yeoh, net worth 2023, bio, age, height, husband, children, nationality and movies list
Michelle rose to name and fame in the 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action movies where she has performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam in 1985 with Cynthia Rothrock, Police Story 3rd: Supercop in 1992 with Jackie Chan, and Holy Weapon in 1993. The 60 year old has a height of 5 feet 4 inches.
here’s Halle Berry tearfully presenting Michelle Yeoh her Best Actress Oscar. they’re the only two women of color to win the award in 95 years pic.twitter.com/nsM2qFCA1l
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) March 13, 2023
Michelle Yeoh’s family and education
Michelle Yeoh is a follower of Buddhism. She was married to Hong Kong entrepreneur Dickson Poon, who is the owner of businesses such as Harvey Nichols and Charles Jourdan, from 1988 to 1992. In 1998, Yeoh was engaged to Alan Heldman, an American cardiologist.
In early 2004, Michelle began dating Jean Todt, then general manager and the CEO of Scuderia Ferrari and later on the president of FIA. In July of 2008, Michelle confirmed her engagement to him during an interview with Craig Ferguson on CBS’s The Late Show. She lives in Geneva, Switzerland, with Todt.
Yeoh currently does not have any children. However, the 60-year-old is a stepmother to Nicolas Todt, the son of her fiancé Jean. She was born to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Yeoh completed her School at an all-girls boarding school while she later on studied at the UK’s Royal Academy of Dance based in London, majoring in ballet.
However, a spinal injury prevented her from becoming a ballet dancer, and later on, transferred her attention to choreography and other arts. She received a degree in the subject of BA, in creative arts with a minor in drama in late 1982.
Michelle Yeoh career
In late 1983, when Michelle Yeoh was 20, she won the Miss Malaysia World contest and Yeoh was Malaysia’s representative in the Miss World 1983 pageant in London.
Yeoh began her movie career in action and martial arts movies, where she did her own stunts. In June of 2022, it was declared that she will star in the eight-part series The Brothers Sun for Netflix.
In 2008, Yeoh visited the city of Vietnam for a film and a documentary of the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation. Yeoh is a patron of the Save China’s Tigers project committed to protecting the endangered South China tiger.
Michelle Yeoh’s net worth
Michelle Yeoh is estimated to have a net worth of around 40 million dollars as of 2023.