Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Born
Lhakpa Tsamchoe

1972
Bylakuppe,[1] Karnataka, India
NationalityTibetan
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1997–present
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
SpouseMichael 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
1997 Seven Years in Tibet Pema Lhaki Hollywood
1999 Himalaya Pema Tibetan (Nepal) [3]
2006 Milarepa Aunt Peydon Tibetan (India)

References

  1. ^ a b "Tibetan Princess in Hollywood". Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Toulouse. Lhakpa Tsamchoe : Je pourrai revenir au cinéma si le rôle le mérite". La Dépêche. 9 May 2017.
  3. ^ Stratton, David. "Himalaya - Review, Trailer, Cast". SBS Film. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2012.


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