Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Born
Lhakpa Tsamchoe

1972
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]

  1. ^ a b "Tibetan Princess in Hollywood". Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Toulouse. Lhakpa Tsamchoe : Je pourrai revenir au cinéma si le rôle le mérite". La Dépêche. 9 May 2017.