Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- A Mongolian native, Erdenetuya Batsukh is a professional dancer married to Hollywood action star Steven Seagal.
- She also holds American nationality & is known in America as Elle.
- The black haired Erdenetuya is known to be polite and reticent with terse knowledge of the English language.
Dating and Married Life :
- Elle married Steven (then aged 58), in the year 2009.
- They had met in 2002 in Mongolia when Steven was trying to raise capital for sponsoring a film about Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire. Back then, Batsukh had worked as his language translator/interpreter.
- She was his assistant for five years before tying the knot with him.
- Shortly after their marriage, she gave birth to a boy on September 17, 2009, and they named him Kunzang.
- Despite being the martial artist’s fourth wife, the couple seem to be happy together, evident from her husband’s Instagram posts about them going to many events and spending vacations on special occasions together.
Career : Net worth & Profession Details
- At a young developing age, Erdenetuya primed herself for a dancing career by enrolling at The Children’s Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- Erdenetuya then went on to become a professional dancer after finishing her course from Children’s Palace and graduating high school.
- During her dancing career, Erdenetuya won many accolades in the form of dance contests and was counted as the top female dancer in Mongolia.
- Her field of excellence is ballroom dancing, a social dance art form requiring partners to perform with each other.
- Apart from her dancing career, Elle also worked as an interpreter for her now-husband, Steven Seagal, in the early 2000s. She also served as his assistant for a period of five years.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Erdenetuya and her husband own a four-bedroom house in Eads, Tennessee, which they intended to sell at a price of 1.25$ million.
- Batsukh herself is not active on social media, but people can still find little glimpses of her life via her famous actor husband’s Instagram posts.
- In one of his public posts, it is seen that she gifted a letter to Steven Seagal on his birthday.
- She cites her pride for him and compliments him for his compassion and honesty. She wrote an 8 line free verse for him, comparing him to the mountain, star, fire, and sword.
- In another post on Facebook, she called him “the sunshine” of her life and her true hero and happiness on the occasion of his birthday.
- Her husband’s Mongolian name is Chungdrag Dorje. Notably, Steven’s grandfather was a Mongolian hailing from Russia.
- Elle’s husband has been married four times. His first marriage was with Miyako Fujitani, a Martial Artist, from 1974-1987 and second with Adrienne La Russa, an American actress, from 1984-1987. His third marriage was with Kelly LeBrock, Hollywood Actress, from 1987 to 1996, with the fourth being Erdenetuya Batsukh herself.
