has described being unable to have children as the “biggest sadness in her life”. Yeoh, a who won a Best Actress Oscar in 2023 for her performance in , opened up in a new interview to promote the release of the movie musical . Between 1988 and 1992, Yeoh was married to Hong Kong luxury goods tycoon , and briefly retired from acting.
It was during this time that Yeoh learned she was unable to have children. Speaking to , Yeoh recalled: “[Retiring] was my choice. I felt that if I wanted this to work I had to give it my all.
I’d had a good career, a good run of what I was doing. I was in a very good place and that is the time when you decide what is important. I really wanted to start a family.
” Poon’s desire to have children is one of the reasons behind the couple’s amicable divorce; Yeoh is godmother to her ex-husband’s eldest daughter. “Maybe that is the biggest sadness in my life, that I cannot have kids,” Yeoh continued. “But the beauty is that I have six godchildren, many nephews and nieces.
I don’t live with regrets because I have always given it my 110 per cent. “I did everything to make it work, and sometimes even that is not enough, you have to be able ..
. In life we say, you have to not go around holding your hands like this [raised, in a protective position]. You have to learn to let go, and sometimes letting go helps you move forward.
” In the interview, Yeoh also recounted her first meeting with Poon, who cast her alongside Jackie Chan in.