Lhakpa Tsamchoe

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.

ubsequent credits

* 1999 — She starred in another French-made, American distributed Tibetan 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 magnificent 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. The film has spectacular cinematography and convincing performancesFact|date=May 2007 in this combined biography, adventure, history, and docudrama.

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