Michelle Yeoh Marries Jean Todt: A Celebratory Union After 19 Years Engaged


Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock

Michelle Yeoh and her longtime love, Jean Todt, have lastly tied the knot after 19 years collectively.

“Completely satisfied marriage #JeanTodt & #michelleyeoh love you a lot ❤️❤️,” System One driver Felipe Massa wrote through Instagram on Thursday, July 27, confirming Yeoh, 60, and Todt, 77, had wed earlier that day.

Massa even shared a glimpse of the couple’s marriage ceremony program, which learn, “We met in Shanghai on 4th June 2004. On twenty sixth July 2004, J.T. proposed to marry M. Y. and he or she stated YES! At this time after 6,992 days on twenty seventh July 2023 in Geneva surrounded by loving household and mates, we’re so glad to rejoice this particular second collectively.”

Neither Yeoh — who earned her Academy Award win in March for her function in All the pieces, All the pieces All at As soon as — nor Todt have shared additional particulars from their intimate nuptials. Massa, 42, included a number of images of the newlyweds’ ceremony in his Thursday tribute, revealing that Yeoh walked down the aisle in a white shirt and matching skirt. The bride later became a fitted lace robe for the reception. Todt, for his half, opted for a darkish go well with and blue tie all through the event. In a single snap, Massa beamed subsequent to the couple whereas Yeoh held up her Oscar trophy.

Yeoh and Todt met when the actress was employed for a publicity marketing campaign for Ferrari. Todt was the CEO of the luxurious automobile model on the time. After their whirlwind romance and proposal, Yeoh and Todt weren’t in a rush to tie the knot.

“We’ve been threatening to get married for such a very long time. Typically we are saying, ‘Wait, didn’t we already do it?’” she joked to The Guardian in 2021.


Jean Todt and Michelle Yeoh Courtesy of Felipe Massa/Instagram

Final month, a supply solely stuffed Us Weekly in on the pair’s determination to lengthen their engagement. “They obtained engaged in a short time, however after they began planning a marriage, no dates labored as a result of they each have been so busy with their careers,” the insider instructed Us. “They wish to joke with mates that they’re going to elope at any second and that pleasure appears to be what they love.”

The supply additionally famous that the twosome are “safe of their relationship” and totally “dedicated to one another.”

Yeoh — who was just lately filming the Depraved motion pictures in London forward of the SAG-AFTRA strike and subsequent manufacturing hiatus — was beforehand married to businessman Dickson Poon between 1988 and 1992. Upon her first marriage, she took a break from making motion pictures.

“Once I obtained married, it was a aware determination to depart appearing,” Yeoh instructed Bustle in a March profile. “It wasn’t due to strain from Dickson and his household or something like that — as a result of in Asia, it does occur the place the ladies are [expected to be] a married housewife or a mom as quickly as doable and never work. However at the moment, it was my selection to depart as a result of I’m not a superb multitasker.”

She added: “I appeared in awe at among the actresses who have been in a position to juggle being a mom, take the youngsters to highschool, and act or produce. It blew my thoughts. I felt if I continued appearing, I’d be continuously away from dwelling. I couldn’t perceive how I may have a full [career while] being married. I actually, actually wished to start out a household. That was my new profession transfer. I wasn’t pondering, ‘Oh, I’ve to search out one other job.’”

Yeoh in the end discovered she was unable to have youngsters of her personal, and the couple determined to break up. “I didn’t need for us to be bitter 10 years down the highway,” she recalled to Bustle. “In Asian households, individuals wish to have little children [because] they’re an extension and a legacy. And when you might have the conclusion [that you can’t have kids], it’s important to take care of it. You take care of the curveballs which might be thrown at you.”