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Full Name:	Q'Orianka Kilcher
Birth Name:	Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher
Famous As:	Actress
Date of Birth:	February 11, 1990
Place of Birth:	Schweigmait, Germany
Nationality:	American
Hair Color:	Black
Eye Color:	Black
Father:	a Quechua Indian
Mother:	Saskia Kilcher
Brother(s):	Kainoa (younger)
Education:	Attended Hollywood Musician's Institute
Claim to Fame:	As Pocahontas in The New World (2005)

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• In Pictures: '7th Annual Global Green USA Pre-Oscar Party'

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• 'Princess' goes Roadside

  Variety - Found Feb. 9, 2010 Roadside Attractions has nabbed U.S. distribution rights to the historical biopic "Princess Kaiulani," starring Q'orianka Kilcher.Written and Roadside acquires 'Princess' biopic - Hollywood Reporter Roadside acquires "Princess" biopic - Reuters Roadside acquires "Princess" biopic - Yahoo! News Roadside acquires "Princess" biopic (Reuters) - Yahoo! News Explore All

• Roadside drawn to Hawaiian biopic Princess Kaiulani

  Screendaily - Found Feb. 9, 2010 Q?orianka Kilcher stars as a turn-of?the-century princess caught up in the last days of the Hawaiian monarchy.

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• First kiss, then tell

  New York Post - Found Feb. 11, 2010 A week later he dumped me." . . . Colin Farrellhad to kiss Q'orianka Kilcher, then 14, as Pocahontas in the movie "The New World." Back to...

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  Broadway World - Found Jan. 27, 2010 Romi Dames ('Hannah Montana'), Bruce Davison ('Longtime Companion'), actress Ilene Graff, actress Q'orianka Kilcher, RJ Mitte ('Breaking...

• Today in History 2/11

  Central Utah Daily Herald - Found Feb. 11, 2010 Brandy is 31. Actor Matthew Lawrence is 30. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelly Rowland is 29. Actress Q'orianka Kilcher is 20. Actor Taylor Lautner...

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Q'orianka Kilcher
Kilcher in January 2004
Born	Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher February 11, 1990 (1990-02-11) (age 20) Schweigmatt, Germany
Occupation	Actress, singer, dancer, public speaker
Years active	2000–present

Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (born February 11, 1990) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Activism 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Kilcher was born in Schweigmatt, Germany; she speaks English, some German and some words of the extinct Powhatan language, an Algonquian language (which she learned for her part in The New World). Her name means "Golden Eagle" in Quechua. Her father is a Peruvian artist of Quechua/Huachipaeri descent. Her mother, Saskia Kilcher, a human-rights activist of Swiss descent, was born in Alaska and raised in Switzerland. Kilcher's maternal grandfather was Ray 'Pirate' Genet, a famous Alaskan mountaineer. She is a cousin of Grammy-nominated singer Jewel Kilcher.¹

When she was two, her parents moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where her brother, Kainoa, was born. Her father, from whom she is now estranged, was absent for much of her early life. Kilcher was inspired by the local Hawaiian dancers and trained in West African and Hawaiian dance, performing in over 250 dance contests by the age of nine, earning money to support her family.² She subsequently moved with her family to California, where she busked on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

Career

In 2002, she appeared on Star Search singing "Adagio", but came in second place, with one of the judges, Naomi Judd, commenting that she needed vocal lessons. Although she has had little acting training, she was cast in the leading role of Pocahontas in 2005's Academy Award-nominated motion picture, The New World. The film was released in December 2005 to mixed reviews.³ The film was a critical success, garnering several positive reviews and award nominations, but was shown in only 811 theatres worldwide and yielded a relatively low box office gross.⁴⁵

The film's love scenes between Colin Farrell and the then 14-year-old Kilcher caused some controversy, resulting in the film studio deleting several scenes with Farrell to avoid child pornography accusations.⁶

Kilcher has several projects planned, including charity work, a line of buckskin clothing, and a CD of songs inspired by The New World.

In summer of 2006, Q'orianka began filming the independent film "The Power of Few" which she is also producing through her own production company, Entertainment On-Q.⁷

Activism

In the past, Kilcher has campaigned on behalf of Amnesty International, in particular the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and petroleum industry contamination of the Amazon River Basin.⁸⁹ Kilcher is a teen celebrity spokesperson for Thursday's Child, a charity for at-risk children, where she has taken it upon herself to address issues concerning children and such topics as anorexia, bulimia, teen suicide, cutting, runaways, teen pregnancy and missing and exploited children.

In addition to public activism, Kilcher is a silent advocate for the environment, driving a Honda FCX Clarity, a hydrogen fuel cell zero-emissions vehicle. Kilcher stated that she had never pumped a single gallon of gasoline.¹⁰ On June 11, 2009 she visited Lima to support a march in defense of the rights of indigenous peoples by the current problems in the Amazon city of Bagua, Peru.

Filmography