Peng Phan is a

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

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actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. She has been featured in three films by

Rithy Panh Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. R ...

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Rice People ''Rice People'' ( km, អ្នកស្រែ, 'nâk Srê ) is a 1994 Cambodian drama film directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. Adapted from the 1966 novel '' Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan'' (No Harvest But a Thorn), by Malaysian author Shahnon Ahmad ...

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One Evening After the War ''One Evening After the War'' ( km, រាត្រីមួយក្រោយសង្គ្រាម, Réatrei Muŏy Kraôy Sângkréam; french: Un soir après la guerre) is a 1998 Cambodian drama film, directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. Pan ...

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The Burnt Theatre ''The Burnt Theatre'', or ''Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé'', is a 2005 French- Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of acto ...

''. In her feature film debut, ''Rice People'', Phan portrayed Om, the mentally unstable wife of a farmer and the mother of seven daughters, all struggling during a single rice-planting season. In 2005's ''The Burnt Theatre'', she portrayed herself, or a character who was an actress named Peng Phan who suffered

survivor guilt Survivor guilt (or survivor's guilt; also called survivor syndrome or survivor's syndrome and survivor disorder or survivor's disorder) is a mental condition that occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumati ...

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psychosomatic illness A somatic symptom disorder, formerly known as a somatoform disorder,(2013) dsm5.org. Retrieved April 8, 2014. is any mental disorder that manifests as physical symptoms that suggest illness or injury, but cannot be explained fully by a general ...

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* Cambodian film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Cambodian actresses {{cambodia-actor-stub