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Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Acting Born Jan 1, 1972 Mizoram, India 4 credits

Biography

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.

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Full filmography

  • Seven Years in Tibet (1997) as Pema Lhaki
  • Himalaya (1999) as Pema
  • Himalaya (1999) as Pema
  • Milarepa (2006) as Aunt Peydon