# Yangzom Brauen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yangzom_Brauen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yangzom_Brauen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangzom_Brauen > Source revision: 1301309595 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Swiss actress, activist and writer **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](/source/Martin_Brauen) and [Tibetan](/source/Tibet) artist [Sonam Dolma Brauen](/source/Sonam_Dolma_Brauen),[1] started her acting career with small roles in Swiss television series. She had her Hollywood debut in the film *[Aeon Flux](/source/Aeon_Flux)* in the role of Inari. Since then, she has played in various American independent productions including a minor role in [Al Pacino](/source/Al_Pacino)'s *[Salomaybe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salomaybe&action=edit&redlink=1)*, an adaptation of [Oscar Wilde](/source/Oscar_Wilde)'s *[Salome](/source/Salome_(play))* and the leading part in the German film *[Asudem](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asudem&action=edit&redlink=1)* (2006) by [Daryush Shokof](/source/Daryush_Shokof). In addition to her acting work, Brauen has drawn media attention with her public advocacy on behalf of the [Tibetan people](/source/Tibetan_people). In 1999, she co-organised demonstrations against Chinese leader [Jiang Zemin](/source/Jiang_Zemin)'s visit to Switzerland,[2] and in 2001 a photograph of her being arrested in Moscow during a protest against the award of the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) to [Beijing](/source/Beijing) was used in news reports worldwide.[3][4] *[Eisenvogel](/source/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*.[5] ## Works ### Filmography Year Film Role Notes 2000 Mannezimmer Silvie Blum 3 episodes TV 2001 Schluss mit lustig! Maja TV 2002 Usfahrt – Joy Ride Lola 2004 Heimkehr Yanki TV 2004 Oeschenen Anna Graber TV 2005 The Big One Anna 2005 Æon Flux Inari 2006 A2Z Beautiful girl 2006 Meine bezaubernde Nanny Jane Fu TV 2006 Asudem Woman 2008 Movin' In Allie 2009 Salomaybe Slave 2009 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 - Brauen, Yangzom (2009). *Eisenvogel: drei Frauen aus Tibet; die Geschichte meiner Familie*. München: Heyne. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-453-16404-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-453-16404-8). Published in English as: - - [*Across many mountains: three daughters of Tibet*](https://archive.org/details/acrossmanymounta0000brau_q1w3). London: Harvill Secker. 2011. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84655-344-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84655-344-8). - [*Across Many Mountains: A Tibetan Family's Epic Journey from Oppression to Freedom*](https://archive.org/details/acrossmanymounta0000brau). New York: St.Martins Press. 2011. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0312600136](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0312600136). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Grossmutter betet für mich"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121349/http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/grossmutter-betet-fuer-mich) ['Grandmother uses to pray for me']. *[Schweizer Illustrierte](/source/Schweizer_Illustrierte)* (in German). 10 September 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/stars/grossmutter-betet-fuer-mich) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Tagi_2-0)** Nussbaumer, Hannes (12 April 2015). ["In Bern geboren, in Hollywood zu Hause, für Tibet im Einsatz"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120217091429/http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/kino/860432.html). *[Tages-Anzeiger](/source/Tages-Anzeiger)* (in German). Archived from [the original](http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/kino/860432.html) on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-n-tv_3-0)** Weigelt, Nadia (27 March 2008). ["Auf dem Weg nach Hollywood: Tibet-Aktivistin Yangzom Brauen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080401210439/http://www.n-tv.de/939819.html) (in German). [n-tv](/source/N-tv). Archived from [the original](http://www.n-tv.de/939819.html) on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Welt_4-0)** Wilton, Jennifer (30 March 2008). ["Ihr Kampf für ein freies Tibet"](https://www.welt.de/wams_print/article1852317/Ihr_Kampf_fuer_ein_freies_Tibet.html). *[Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt)* (in German). Retrieved 11 December 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Telegraph_5-0)** di Giovanni, Janine (7 March 2011). ["Across Many Mountains: Escape from Tibet"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8362276/Across-Many-Mountains-escape-from-Tibet.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. London. Retrieved 13 November 2011. ## External links - [Publications by and about Yangzom Brauen](https://nb-helveticat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,%22Yangzom+Brauen%22&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=MyInstitution&vid=41SNL_51_INST:helveticat&lang=de&offset=0) in the catalogue Helveticat of the [Swiss National Library](/source/Swiss_National_Library) - [Yangzom Brauen](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062017/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [personal website](http://www.yangzombrauen.com) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data People Deutsche Biographie DDB Other IdRef Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Yangzom Brauen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangzom_Brauen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangzom_Brauen?action=history)). 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