Biographies: Jetsun Pema - Actor

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She is a Chinese actress, born on July 7, 1940, in Lhasa, China. For 42 years, she served as the Tibetan Children's Villages' president. In 1950, she traveled to India to study at St. Joseph's Monastery in Kalimpong, and in 1960, she earned her Cambridge degree. She is the Dalai Lama's sister. She is known for her self-appearances in Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Amala - The Life and struggle of Dalai lama's sister (2022), and The Last Dalai Lama? (2016).

• 5 June 2023
• Salma El-Sharkawy