Lhakpa Tsamchoe
| Lhakpa Tsamchoe | |
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| Born |
Lhakpa Tsamchoe 1972 South India, India |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Gregory (m. 2001) |
Lhakpa Tsamchoe (Nepali: लाक्पा साम्चे) (born 1972) is an Indian born Nepalese actress of Tibetan descent. She is the first Tibetan woman ever to break into mainstream film; most famous for starring alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster Seven Years in Tibet, in which she played Pema Lhaki, a Tibetan tailor and wife of Austrian mountaineer, Peter Aufschnaiter.
Subsequent credits
- 1999: She starred in another French-made, American distributed Nepali adventure movie, Himalaya (French title: Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef), in which she was one of the leading characters.
- 2006: In the India film Milarepa, set in the Spiti Valley close to the border between India, Pakistan, and Tibet, she played a supporting role as Aunt Peydon during the formative years of the famed protagonist, Milarepa (1052–1135), who is one of the most widely known Tibetan saints.
External links
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe Personal Website
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe at the Internet Movie Database
- Tashi Dhondup: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET -Discussion with Lhakpa Tsamchoe. Aesthetic (Boulder), May 2002
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