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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-01-01 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Mizoram, India

Lhakpa Tsamchoe

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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Known For

Acting

2006

Milarepa as Aunt Peydon

1999

Himalaya as Pema
Himalaya as Pema

1997

Seven Years in Tibet as Pema Lhaki