Lhakpa Tsamchoe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lhakpa Tsamchoe 1972 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Gregory (m. 2001) |
Lhakpa Tsamchoe (born 1972) is an Indian 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.[1]
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.
References
External links
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe Personal Website
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe at IMDb
- Tashi Dhondup: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET -Discussion with Lhakpa Tsamchoe. Aesthetic (Boulder), May 2002