Bhumika Shrestha

Biography

Bhumika Shrestha (Nepali: भूमिका श्रेष्ठ, born 1988/1989 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is a Nepalese activist and actress who has served as member of parliament of Nepal since March 2026. Shrestha is a third gender activist and is also working with the Blue Diamond Society.

== Personal life == Shrestha was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. Shrestha was assigned male but does not identify as either a man or a woman; rather, Shrestha prefers to identify as "third gender".

== Awards == In 2022, Shrestha received the International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State.

== Political career == In the 2026 Nepalese general election, Shrestha ran as a candidate for the Janajati proportional representation constituency under the Rastriya Swatantra Party, and was subsequently elected.

== Filmography ==

=== Actor === Highway (2012) Kanchhi (2018)

=== Self === Other Nature as Self (2010) (Documentary film) Beauty and Brains (2010) (Documentary film) Le monde en face (2014) (TV Series – Episode Global Gay) Out & Around (2015) (Documentary film)

== Bibliography == Bhumika, ISBN 9789937925921 (2019)