---
name: "Tencho Gyalpo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tencho-gyalpo"
fi1m_id: "tencho-gyalpo"
imdb_id: "nm0350398"
tmdb_id: 58857
wikidata_id: "Q99312079"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:54:36.331589+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tencho Gyalpo

## Identity

Tencho Gyalpo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tencho-gyalpo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tencho-gyalpo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0350398
- **TMDB ID:** 58857
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99312079
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99312079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58857

Actor. Born 1 January 1966 in Dharamshala.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1966, Dharamshala
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99312079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350398/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58857

## Biography

Tencho Gyalpo is a Tibetan actress and politician. She played the mother of the Dalai Lama in Martin Scorsese's *Kundun* (1997). She is the niece of the Dalai Lama.

Born in 1966 in Dharamsala, India, Gyalpo was educated at the Tibetan Children's Village school and later obtained degrees in psychology and economics. She was elected to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in 1991, representing the province of Amdo, and served two terms. She has also worked in business, running restaurants in Dharamsala.

Gyalpo later moved to the United States, where she has held advocacy roles including as president of the International Campaign for Tibet.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmscouts.com, savetibet.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kundun* (1997), Fi1m 73, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/kundun.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kundun* (1997), as Mother — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/kundun.md)

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