Michelle Yeoh celebrates birth of grandchild on New Year's Day: 'A little miracle'
Michelle Yeoh is ringing in the new year as a happy grandma.
The Oscar-winning actress revealed in an Instagram post Tuesday that she and husband Jean Todt welcomed a grandchild on New Year's Day. Yeoh posted a candid photo of her hand cradling a baby's foot.
"A little miracle on the first day of 2024 ❤️✨ we are so truly blessed," Yeoh captioned the post. "Can’t tell (you) how happy I am for this very very special bundle of joy ❤️✨"
In a follow-up post, Yeoh posed with Todt for a sweet shoutout to Todt's son Nicolas and his partner. Yeoh also shared the name of her new grandchild.
"Thank you darling Nicolas and Darina for making us the happiest and proudest Grandparents!!" Yeoh wrote. "Welcome baby Maxime ❤️💖✨❤️💖✨"
Yeoh also gave fans an inside look at her visit with baby Maxime, sharing a photo of herself with Todt and Nicolas at what appears to be a hospital. In another photo, Yeoh can be seen holding Maxime, who was wearing a cream-colored hat.
"Love love love ❤️🥰❤️🥰✨✨" Yeoh wrote.
Yeoh's latest addition to the family follows a prosperous 2023 for the actress. In March, Yeoh won an Oscar for her role in the action-comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once," becoming the first Asian woman – and only the second person of color behind Halle Berry (2001's "Monster's Ball") – to win best actress in the award show’s history.
And in July, Yeoh celebrated a personal win when she married longtime fiancé Todt. Yeoh and the former chief executive of Ferrari first became engaged in July 2004.
The 61-year-old actress earned praise for calling out ageism in her Oscar speech, saying, "Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime."
"Any time you talk to an older actress, they will tell you: As your numbers rise, the roles diminish," Yeoh told USA TODAY in May. "You can go, 'OK, that's it. Time to call it quits.' But fortunately, I've never been that kind of personality. I'm having too much fun. This is a passion, and I'm not doing it for anything else but that."
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Contributing: Morgan Hines and Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Michelle Yeoh welcomes arrival of grandchild on New Year's Day
