Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh has married her long-term partner Jean Todt in a ceremony in Switzerland - nearly two decades after the French businessman proposed.

Yeoh, 60, who earlier this year became the first woman of Asian descent to win a Best Actress Oscar, confirmed her marriage to Todt, 77, a former Ferrari executive. on Instagram over the weekend.

“19 years and YES!! we are married!! Thank you to our families for loving us all these years,” wrote the Malaysian actress.

They met in Shanghai in June 2004 and a month later, Jean Todt proposed. After 6,992 days, on July 27, 2023, they got married in Geneva.

Yeoh entered a new level of status as an actress this year for her acclaimed performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." Her other well-known performances are those in films such as "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" (2021), "Crazy Rich Asians" (2018), "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" (2008). , "Memoirs Of A Geisha" (2005) and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000).