{{short description|Swiss actress, activist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
'''Yangzom Brauen''' (born 18 April 1980) is a Swiss actress, director, activist and writer.
== Life and work == Brauen, the daughter of Swiss ethnologist [[Martin Brauen]] and [[Tibet]]an artist [[Sonam Dolma Brauen]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/grossmutter-betet-fuer-mich |title=Grossmutter betet für mich |trans-title='Grandmother uses to pray for me' |language=de |work=[[Schweizer Illustrierte]] |date=10 September 2009 |access-date=12 April 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121349/http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/grossmutter-betet-fuer-mich |url-status=dead }}</ref> started her acting career with small roles in Swiss television series. She had her Hollywood debut in the film ''[[Aeon Flux]]'' in the role of Inari. Since then, she has played in various American independent productions including a minor role in [[Al Pacino]]'s ''[[Salomaybe]]'', an adaptation of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]'' and the leading part in the German film ''[[Asudem]]'' (2006) by [[Daryush Shokof]].
In addition to her acting work, Brauen has drawn media attention with her public advocacy on behalf of the [[Tibetan people]]. In 1999, she co-organised demonstrations against Chinese leader [[Jiang Zemin]]'s visit to Switzerland,<ref name="Tagi">{{Cite news |url=http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/kino/860432.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217091429/http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/kino/860432.html |archive-date=17 February 2012 |title=In Bern geboren, in Hollywood zu Hause, für Tibet im Einsatz |last=Nussbaumer |first=Hannes |date=12 April 2015 |work=[[Tages-Anzeiger]] |language=de |access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref> and in 2001 a photograph of her being arrested in Moscow during a protest against the award of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] to [[Beijing]] was used in news reports worldwide.<ref name="n-tv">{{Cite news |url=http://www.n-tv.de/939819.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401210439/http://www.n-tv.de/939819.html |archive-date=1 April 2008 |title=Auf dem Weg nach Hollywood: Tibet-Aktivistin Yangzom Brauen |last=Weigelt |first=Nadia |date=27 March 2008 |publisher=[[n-tv]] |language=de |access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Welt">{{Cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/wams_print/article1852317/Ihr_Kampf_fuer_ein_freies_Tibet.html |title=Ihr Kampf für ein freies Tibet |last=Wilton |first=Jennifer |date=30 March 2008 |work=[[Die Welt]] |language=de |access-date=11 December 2008}}</ref>
''[[Eisenvogel]]'' ("Iron Bird"), Brauen's account of her grandmother Kunsang's and her mother Sonam's escape from Tibet, and her own youth in exile, was published in 2009 and became a bestseller in Germany. It was later published in English as ''Across Many Mountains''.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |last=di Giovanni |first=Janine |title=Across Many Mountains: Escape from Tibet |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8362276/Across-Many-Mountains-escape-from-Tibet.html |access-date=13 November 2011|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London |date=7 March 2011}}</ref>
==Works==
===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- |2000 | ''[[Mannezimmer]]'' | Silvie Blum 3 episodes | TV |- |2001 |''[[Schluss mit lustig!]]'' |Maja |TV |- |2002 | ''[[Usfahrt – Joy Ride]]'' | Lola | |- |2004 |''[[Heimkehr (2003)|Heimkehr]]'' |Yanki |TV |- |2004 |''[[Oeschenen]]'' |Anna Graber |TV |- | 2005 | ''[[The Big One (2005 film)|The Big One]]'' | Anna | |- | 2005 | ''[[Æon Flux (film)|Æon Flux]]'' | Inari | |- |2006 |''[[A2Z (2006 film)|A2Z]]'' |Beautiful girl | |- |2006 |''[[Meine bezaubernde Nanny]]'' |Jane Fu |TV |- |2006 |''Asudem'' |Woman | |- | 2008 | ''[[Movin' In]]'' | Allie | |- | 2009 | ''[[Salomaybe]]'' |Slave | |- | 2009 |''[[Cargo (2009 film)|Cargo]]'' | Miyuki Yoshida | |- | 2009 | ''[[Pandorum]]'' | Elysium Second Lieutenant | |- |2009 |''[[Hallo Hollywood]]'' |21 episodes |TV |- |2009 |''[[The Mandala Maker]]'' |Miranda | |- |2010 |''[[Länger Leben]]'' |Jasmin | |- | 2012 | ''[[Escape from Tibet]]'' | Dolma | |- | 2013 | ''[[Who Killed Johnny]]'' | Bartender, Director | |- | 2015 | ''[[Born in Battle]]'' |Short movie | |- |}
===Books=== *{{cite book|last=Brauen|first=Yangzom|title=Eisenvogel: drei Frauen aus Tibet; die Geschichte meiner Familie|year=2009|publisher=Heyne|location=München|isbn=978-3-453-16404-8}} <br/>Published in English as: :*{{cite book|title=Across many mountains: three daughters of Tibet|year=2011|publisher=Harvill Secker|location=London|isbn=978-1-84655-344-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/acrossmanymounta0000brau_q1w3}} :*{{cite book|title=Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom|url=https://archive.org/details/acrossmanymounta0000brau|url-access=registration|publisher=St.Martins Press|location=New York|year=2011|isbn=978-0312600136}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Helveticat}} *{{IMDb name| id=1062017| name=Yangzom Brauen}} *[http://www.yangzombrauen.com personal website]
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