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Lhakpa Tsamchoe | |
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Born | Lhakpa Tsamchoe 1972 |
Nationality | Tibetan |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Years active | 1997–present |
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Spouse | Michael 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]