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 Thailan ...

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actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a 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 term is (), lit ...

. 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. ...

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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 A ...

'', '' One Evening After the War'' and ''

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 actors ...

''. 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 ...

and

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