Lhakpa Tsamchoe
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Lhakpa Tsamchoe | |
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Born | Lhakpa Tsamchoe 1972 |
Nationality (legal) | Tibetan |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Years active | 1997–present |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Spouse | Michael Gregory (m. 2001) |
Lhakpa Tsamchoe (born 1972) is a Tibetan actress from India.[1] 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.[2]
Career
In 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. In 2006, in the Indian 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.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | Pema Lhaki | Hollywood | |
1999 | Himalaya | Pema | Tibetan (Nepal) | [3] |
2006 | Milarepa | Aunt Peydon | Tibetan (India) |
References
- ^ a b "Tibetan Princess in Hollywood". Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Toulouse. Lhakpa Tsamchoe : Je pourrai revenir au cinéma si le rôle le mérite". La Dépêche. 9 May 2017.
- ^ Stratton, David. "Himalaya - Review, Trailer, Cast". SBS Film. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
External links
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe Personal Website
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe at IMDb
- Tashi Dhondup: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET -Discussion with Lhakpa Tsamchoe. Aesthetic (Boulder), May 2002
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