Michelle Yeoh mom Janet Yeoh attended a special screen of the 95th Academy Awards at Dadi Cinema in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Janet watched Michelle win an Oscar.
Michelle becomes the first Asian actress to bag an award for Best Actress at the Oscars, reports The Guardian. The Everything Everywhere All At Once actress’s mother Janet watched her daughter receive academy awards from Kuala Lumpur at a private screening.
Yeoh is the protagonist of the film and plays the role of Ke Huy Quan’s wife.
The Everything Everywhere All At Once is receiving everything everywhere, they have successfully won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor/ Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing, among others.
Michelle’s Oscar comes after nearly four decades of making her acting debut. She made her acting debut in 1984 with the film The Owl vs. Bumbo as Miss Yeung. Since her debut, she has amassed 70 acting credits on her IMDb profile and 11 out of those projects are yet to be released.
Apart from her Oscar-winning role as Evelyn Wang in the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once, she is best known for her appearance in Star Trek: Discovery, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Crazy Rich Asians, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, among others.
Janet Yeoh Is The Superhero For The Actress In Real Life
Michelle Yeoh mom Janet Yeoh watched her daughter win the Best Actress award at the Oscars 2023. Janet attended a special screening of the ceremony in Malaysia.
Janet Yeoh is the superhero for her daughter as Michelle addressed her in the speech after winning Oscar.
The actress shared a post on her Instagram account thanking her friends for having a special screening of the 95th Academy Awards screening for her mum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Janet was very excited about the screening as she arrived at the venue.
Speaking with The Star on the red carpet, Janet said “Malaysia Boleh!” which means “Malaysia Can Do It” and yes, it has done it as Michelle has bagged the award for Best Actress in Oscars 2023.
Michelle dedicated her win to her mother Janet after the win. Back home in Kuala Lumpur, Janet held back tears at the theater and celebrated the victory of her daughter, reports Associated Press. She hugged the family members attending the special screening in joy after the winner was announced.
Speaking with The Star, Janet revealed, Michelle won the award because of her hard work. She watched every minute of the screening eagerly and erupted with joy every time her daughter’s film won an award. She beamed with pride as Michelle dedicated the win to her mum and said she was bringing the award back home to her family.
Janet, earlier last year after watching Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All At Once, asked Michelle why she had to look so old for the film. Michelle revealed her mother would have made a great movie star, according to CNA Lifestyle.
Michelle added, Janet treated her like a little girl and would often ask to comb her hair, get dressed in nicer clothes, and put on make-up. Janet would also often lay out choices of dresses when Michelle was getting ready for special occasions. The mother-daughter duo has a strong bond.
Her Father Was A Malay Politician
Michelle Yeoh dad Kian-Teik Yeoh was a Malay lawyer and politician. Kian was associated with the Malaysian Chinese Association.
Kian-Teik was also the founder and owner of Sri Maju, a bus service founded in Malaysia in 1975. The company offers executive coaches, travel and tour plans, and general bus services in Malaysia.
Unfortunately, her father Kian-Teik passed away on November 5, 2014, at the age of 89 years old at their family home in Malaysia surrounded by his children and wife, according to The Star.
Speaking about her father’s passing, the Crazy Rich Asians star Michelle said she spent a few last days with her father in Malaysia. The actress was filming in Budapest for a television series called Strike Back when she received the call about her dad’s deteriorating health.
She flew back home to be with him during the difficult time. According to Yahoo!, she said, she feels glad that she found time to return to her father after receiving the phone call and managed to spend his last few days together.
Michelle Is Engaged To Jean Todt
Michelle Yeoh fiance Jean Todt started dating her since 2004. The engagement news was confirmed by the actress in The Late Late Show in 2008.
Michelle is not married to anyone at the moment but she is living with her long-term partner and fiance Jean Todt for the past two decades, the pair has not shared the intention of getting hitched together anytime soon.
The pair met for the first time on June 1, 2004, in Shanghai, China. Jean was working as a CEO at Ferrari and was there to unveil a car at an event. Yeoh was at the event to be photographed with the new car for promotional images.
According to Financial Times, Jean slipped a pen and a piece of paper to Yeoh to write down her phone number and the pair began texting over a long distance. They soon started dating and eventually settled in Europe. She has been with Jean since then and the couple resides at their 18th-century mansion in Geneva.
However, Michelle was previously married to Dickson Poon. Michelle Yeoh husband Dickson Poon is a Hong Kong businessman dealing in luxury goods in the retail market. They were married for four years between 1988 to 1992.
In 1998, Yeoh got engaged to Alan Heldman. Her former fiance Alan is an American cardiologist. The pair were engaged for two years between 1998 and 2000. Their engagement did not convert to marriage but the pair called quits on engagement and their relationship in 2000.
Michelle Yeoh Family and Motherhood
Michelle Yeoh children in real life include the son of Jean Todt from his previous relationship. The desire to have a kid and have a family of her own almost made her quit her career in 1990.
According to Bustle, Yeoh was happily contemplating starting her family by having children and was ready to give up on her budding career as an actress.
However, she had several failed attempts at having kids and starting a family which led her right back to where she had left in the entertainment industry.
While the actress might not have had a kid card to play in her life, Michelle Yeoh is a mom of a son Nicolas Todt.
Although technically, Nicholas is not Michelle’s stepson as she is yet to marry his father Jean, the pair have been engaged and he is like a son to the actress.
Jean’s son Nicholas from his previous relationship has followed in his father’s footsteps. He is a French motorsport team owner and owned ART Grand Prix previously. He also serves as manager for some major racing drivers including Daniil Kvyat, Felipe Massa, and Marcus Armstrong, among others.
Yeoh’s onscreen daughter Joy Wang was played by actress Stephanie Hsu in the Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once.