Richa Ghimire () is a Nepalese former actress. She has starred in more than 18 feature films.

Career

Richa Ghimire has appeared in more than 18 films. She considers ''Bish'' (2009) to be her most challenging role, in the film she plays the role of a drug addict; Ghimire revealed that she had studied about people who do drugs. Furthermore, she watched 1998 American biographical drama ''

Gia ''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth M ...

'', and she pierced her nose, used contact lenses, and had hair and nail extensions to prepare for the role.

Personal life

Ghimire is married to director Shankar Ghimire since 12 December 2009. They spent their

honeymoon A honeymoon is a vacation taken by newlyweds immediately after their wedding, to celebrate their marriage. Today, honeymoons are often celebrated in destinations considered exotic or romantic. In a similar context, it may also refer to the phase ...

in London, England. Apart from acting, Ghimire advocates for

equal pay for equal work Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labour rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay. It is most commonly used in the context of sexual discrimination, in relation to the gender pay gap. Equal pay relates to the full ...

, she said that "female actors aren't only paid less than male actors for same amount of work in a film, but that they also earn less when they have larger parts than male actors". She lives in United States with her husband. They have three children.

Selected filmography

* ''

Love in Nepal ''Love in Nepal'' is a 2004 Indian Hindi romantic thriller film directed by Rajat Mukherjee which was released on 6 March 2004. Unlike Sonu Nigam in the male lead, who is otherwise a well known Bollywood playback singer, the film has Nepali fi ...

'' (2004) * ''

Desh Dekhi Bidesh ''Desh Dekhi Bidesh'' (Nepali:देश देखि बीदेश), shortened as DDB, is a movie made in Nepal which was released in 2008. It was directed by Narendra Thapa, with a script by Subash Singh Basnet and starring Nikhil Upreti and ...

'' (2008)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghimire, Richa Living people Nepalese female models Nepalese film actresses Actresses in Nepali cinema Nepalese emigrants to the United States 21st-century Nepalese actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Khas people