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Graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in education.

Graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a bachelor's degree in speech and drama (bilingual).

She met her husband Ian Roberts on the set. They couldn't stand each other at first, but they quickly realized they were in love. She got married to Ian at the age of 27 wearing an ivory wedding gown down the aisle to the pulpit.

G-Sport named Botes "Woman of the Month" in October 2006.

Michelle Botes was a South African actress, language instructor, designer and aromatherapist.

Botes' ability is to depict complicated characters, especially villains.

In 2006, she won two awards: Best Actress and Best Onscreen Villain at the nineteenth annual Avanti Awards and she has won a SAFTA Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Telenovela in 2021.

In her last interview with publication Bruis, Botes opened up about her two and a half year battle with advanced multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable type of blood cancer that affects the bone marrow.She was initially treated with chemotherapy and steroids and later received a stem cell transplant, but did not want to continue with this treatment. "I didn't want to feel so bad again and not be myself," she said.

In 2005, Michelle was honored as the most stylish South African celebrity by Elle magazine , JFPI Corporation and the Sunday Times newspaper .

In 2006, she won two awards: Best Actress and Best Onscreen Villain at the nineteenth annual Avanti Awards.

In 2002, she was included for the Top 10 Celebrities in Television by the magazine Star.

She also received the award for the Best TV Couple in Isidingo along with Robert Whitehead (in the role as Barker Haines) at the Crystal Awards.

Was nominated for Best Actress in TV Soap category at the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA) for three years: 2006, 2007 and 2012.