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NAME:
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Q'Orianka Kilcher |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Q'Orianka Kilcher
Birth Name: Q'Orianka Waira Qoiana Kilche
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 11, 1990
Birth Place: Schweigmatt, Germany
Profession: Actress, Musician, Producer
Education: Musicians Institute of Hollywood
Father: a Peruvian artist of Quechua/Huachipaeri Native American descent
Mother: Saskia Elenor Kilcher (a human-rights activist; born July 1, 1968 in Dreberden, Holland)
Brother: Kainoa Willcamayu Winay Salc'antay Kilcher (born March 22, 1992 in Kauai, Hawaii)
Grand Father: Ray 'Pirate' Genet (an Alaskan mountain-climbing legend who died in 1979 while making his descent from the summit of Mt. Everest; maternal grandfather)
Grand Mother: Wurtila Dora Kilcher (born May 28, 1943 in Anchorage, Alaska; daughter of Yule Kilcher, an Alaskan politician)
Cousin: Jewel Kilcher (actress, musician; born May 23, 1974)
Claim to fame: Her leading role of Pocahontas in the 2005 film, The New World
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- Was 14, and playing guitar on the streets of Santa Monica, California, when she was chosen for the female lead in THE NEW WORLD (2005).
- Younger brother Kainoa had a bit part in THE NEW WORLD (2005).
- She competed in the first season of the new Star Search (1983), hosted by Arsenio Hall, in the Young Singers category. She lost in a preliminary round.
- Q'orianka translates to golden eagle in Quechua, the official language of the Inca Empire and an official language in Peru.
- Father is a Quechua, a native south American from Madre de Dios, Peru. Mother is a Swiss native who grew up in Alaska.
- Is part Quechua-Huachipaeri, part Swiss-Alaskan.
- Her maternal grandfather was Ray Genet, a famous Alaskan mountaineer, while her grandmother, Wurtila Kilcher, is the daughter of Yule Kilcher, an Alaskan politician who was also the grandfather of singer Jewel Kilcher (whose father was Wurtila Kilcher's brother), making Jewel and Q'Orianka first cousins once removed.
- Speaks German.
- Her grandfather, Ray Pirate Genet, was an Alaskan mountain-climbing legend who died in 1979 while making his descent from the summit of Mt. Everest.
- The film's love scenes between Colin Farrell's character and the then-14-year-old Kilcher caused some controversy, resulting in the film's studio deleting several key scenes with Farrell in order to avoid child pornography charges [citation needed]. Kilcher admitted in several interviews that kissing Farrell during filming was her first kiss.
- Sometimes Credited As: Q'Orianka
- Nickname: Q
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