Michelle Buteau Biography
Michelle Buteau is an American TV Personality, TV & Podcast Host, Actress, Stand-up Comedian, and Producer well-known for appearing on several TV shows like “Barbecue Showdown” (most recently), “The Circle”, “2 Dope Queens”. She has also appeared in films like “Babes” (2024), “Clerks III” (2022), and “The Stand In” (2020).
Michelle Buteau Age
Buteau is 46 years old as of 2023. She was born on July 24, 1977, in New Jersey, United States. She therefore celebrates her birthday on the 24th of July every year.
Michelle Buteau Height
Bludso stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Michelle Buteau Family
Buteau has managed to keep the names of her parents away from the limelight. However, it is known that her mom is Jamaican and of partial French descent, and her dad is Haitian. There is no information regarding whether Buteau has any siblings or not.
Michelle Buteau Wife | Twin Children
Buteau is a married woman and her spouse is Gijs van der Most (a Dutch photographer). They tied the knot in the year 2010. The couple takes great pride in being mom and dad to their twin children, whose identities are under review. These twins are 5 years old as of 2024 having been born in January 2019. By the way, Buteau gave birth to her twin kids through surrogacy.
Michelle Buteau Net Worth
Bludso has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million and $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a TV Personality, TV & Podcast Host, Actress, Stand-up Comedian, and Producer.
Michelle Buteau Career and Education
Buteau is a proud 2000 alumnus of Florida International University, but her field of study there is unknown. She is also a 1997 graduate of St. Thomas University, where she majored in Communications. In regard to her profession, she has a diverse career ranging from TV Personality, TV & Podcast Host, and Producer, to Actress and Stand-up Comedian. Before making the move to comedy and acting, she considered pursuing a journalism career.
Buteau began performing comedy shortly after the 9/11 attack. After half a decade, she appeared on Comedy Central for the first time. In the year 2017, Esquire named her one of ten comedians to watch. In the following year (2018), she started hosting the podcast “Late Night Whenever!”, which Time called one of the best podcasts of the year. She also appeared on Netflix’s The Comedy Lineup, where new comedians perform 15-minute stand-up sets.
In the year 2019, Buteau made an appearance in the films “Someone Great”, “Sell By”, “Isn’t It Romantic”, and “Always Be My Maybe”. She also started the WNYC podcast “Adulting with Jordan Carlos”. That year, she was in the TV series “Tales of the City” and “First Wives Club”. In the year 2020, Buteau began working as a host of the Netflix reality show “The Circle”. Also, she started her special titled “Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia”, which became the Best Comedy Special and won a 2021 Critics’ Choice Television Award.
Michelle Buteau Barbecue Showdown Sn 2
Buteau is the host of Season 2 of the reality TV cooking show “Barbecue Showdown”, which premiered on July 4, 2024, on Netflix. The show features 8 competitors from around the United States who make delicious and creative barbecues for a chance to win $50K. In this season, Kevin Bludso and Melissa Cookston are the judges.
Michelle Buteau Illness | Tumor
In August 2023 (in an interview), Buteau shared about the best gift she ever received. One Christmas, her mom gave her health insurance. She used that insurance for body check-ups and she discovered she had a benign brain tumor early. She got the treatment she needed.
Michelle Buteau Book
As an author, Buteau has written a memoir titled “Survival of the Thickest”, which was published in the year 2020 by Gallery Books. A TV adaptation of the memoir premiered on Netflix on July 13, 2023.
Michelle Buteau Movies and TV Shows
TV Shows
Buteau has made appearances in many movies such as;
- Crush (2022)
- Moonshot (2022)
- Marry Me (2022)
- Work It (2020)
- Happiest Season (2020)
- Someone Great (2019)
- Almost Love (2019)
- Isn’t It Romantic (2019)
- Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Films/Movies
Buteau has also made appearances in many television shows/series such as;
- Survival of the Thickest
- Zootopia+
- First Wives Club
- Key and Peele
- The Tick
- Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks
- Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens
- Broad City
- Bless the Harts
Michelle Buteau Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 564K followers on Instagram, over 56K followers on Facebook, and over 57.5K followers on Twitter.