# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michelle-botes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:35:01.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michelle-botes"
name: "Michelle Botes"
slug: "michelle-botes"
description: "Michélle Botes was a South African actress, language instructor, designer and aromatherapist. She is best known for her roles in the television soapies Legacy (2020), Isidingo (1998) and Arende (1994)."
tagline: "South African actress (1962–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Cropped_Photo_of_Michelle_Botes.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1962-10-12"
deathDate: "2024-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.543994666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098480/"
    handle:    "nm0098480"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "میشل بوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Botes"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%B9%D8%B3"
    title: "مشیل بوٹس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13035462"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120182"
    title: "Michelle Botes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump