Lhakpa Tsamchoe
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Career
In 1999, she starred in another French-made, American distributed Nepali adventure movie, Himalaya (French title: Himalaya – l'enfance d'un chef), in which she was one of the leading characters. In 2006, in the Indian film Milarepa set in the 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.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | Pema Lhaki | Hollywood | |
| 1999 | Himalaya | Pema | Tibetan (Nepal) | [3] |
| 2006 | Milarepa | Aunt Peydon | Tibetan (India) |
References
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External links
- Lhakpa Tsamchoe Personal Website
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- Tashi Dhondup: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET -Discussion with Lhakpa Tsamchoe. Aesthetic (Boulder), May 2002
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