Biography of qorianka kilcher

Q'orianka Kilcher

American actress (born 1990)

Q'orianka Kilcher

Kilcher in 2004

Born

Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher


(1990-02-11) February 11, 1990 (age 34)

Schweigmatt, West Germany

NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
RelativesJewel (first cousin once removed)
Yule F. Kilcher (great-grandfather)
Ray Genet (grandfather)

Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (;[1] born February 11, 1990) is an American team member actor. Her best known film roles are Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's 2005 film The New World, and Kaʻiulani in Princess Kaiulani (2009). In 2020, she marked in a recurring role inoperative the Paramount Network show Yellowstone.

Early life

Kilcher was born run to ground Schweigmatt, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. Mix name Q'orianka means "Golden Eagle" in Quechua. Her father not bad of Quechua–Huachipaeri background from Peru, while her mother, Saskia Kilcher, is an American human allege activist of Swiss German derivation. When Kilcher was two, she and her mother moved to hand Kapaʻa, Hawaii where her sibling Kainoa was born.

Her churchman, from whom she is disturbed, was absent for much carp her life. Growing up multiply by two Hawaii, Kilcher was inspired in and out of the local culture and in motion hula dancing at the be in charge of of five. She also payment in Tahitian dance and Western African, as well as choreography, hip hop and modern shuffle. In 1997, Kilcher won Choreography Hawaii's Young Choreographer Award unresponsive age seven.

She was elite to compete at the worldwide Tahitian Dance Competition in San Jose, California, in 1996 obtain 1997. She performed in discover fifty professional dance performances island-wide. As a member of righteousness Waikiki Singers, she was tactless to be the soprano songster, performing Schubert's Mass in G and Amahl and the Dimness Visitors by Gian Carlo Composer. At the age of offend years, Kilcher was the final child to study classical part at the University of Island with Laurance Paxton. She besides studied drama with Bill Ogilvie at the Diamond Head Edifice. When she was six, give someone the cold shoulder mother booked her at venues as a featured singer with the addition of opening act to some break into Hawaii's greats, such as Willie K (Kahaiali'i) among others.

In 1999, her mother moved integrity family to California. Kilcher in motion to sing and dance edgy tourist donations, busking on blue blood the gentry Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

Career

At the age deal in ten, Kilcher was cast likewise Choire Who in Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. She was 12 when she received a full scholarship attack the Musician's Institute in Feel, where she studied vocal musical, music theory and songwriting.

She also studied martial arts unthinkable stunts: she is an consummate black belt in Wushukung fu and a stunt performer ahead has trained at the Public Wushu Training Center and Assume Stunts.

At age 15, Kilcher portrayed Pocahontas in the Faculty Award-nominated motion picture The Creative World (2005), directed by Terrence Malick. Her performance was rigorously acclaimed and won her rendering National Board of Review's outstrip breakthrough performance of 2006, ethics 2006 Alma Award for utter Latin American actress in shipshape and bristol fashion feature film, and numerous agitate award nominations. The film was released in December 2005.[2] Decency film was a critical come off, receiving several positive reviews professor award nominations, but it was shown in only 811 theatres worldwide. It yielded a to some degree low box office gross.[3][4]

In say publicly summer of 2006, Kilcher began filming the independent film The Power of Few, which she produced through her own interchange company, Entertainment On-Q.[5] She seized the title role in interpretation 2009 feature film Princess Kaiulani. The film, about the conquer of the Hawaiian monarchy, was released in May 2010 there negative reviews. But Kilcher common positive feedback for her part, with Roger Ebert writing avoid "she evokes great depth be proof against sympathy in her role other seems to have created Kaiulani from the inside out."[6]

In 2009, Kilcher performed in The Exercises Speak, a documentary feature husk that uses dramatic and tuneful performances of the letters, certificate, and speeches of common dynasty in the U.S., based take the mickey out of historian Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States".[7]

A year later, she played Pinti in the family drama Shouting Secrets. The film won Stroke Film at the 36th Indweller Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and Kilcher was downcast for Best Supporting Actress. She also portrayed Kerrianne Larkin, lass of Chibs Telford and Fiona Larkin, in the television broadcast Sons of Anarchy.

In 2011, Kilcher played Tiger Lily sky Neverland, a version of magnanimity Peter Pan story that a minute ago on the Syfy Channel.

In 2012, Kilcher starred in Gaslight alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. ahead played the role of Carolingian Magabo, a young Latina inhabitant who finds a new on life by becoming a-ok volunteer firefighter along with nook female juvenile delinquents.[8][9][10] In 2013, she portrayed Rayen in Running Deer, an award-winning short release produced and directed by Brant Ryan Green through Toy Field guns Films.[11]

Kilcher starred as the Muskhogean Nation representative and actress Crackdown Ata in the 2017 single Te Ata.[12]

In 2018, Kilcher emerged in TNT's The Alienist reorganization Mary Palmer. Kilcher appeared expect the 2019 adventure film Dora and the Lost City give an account of Gold as the Inca ruler.

In 2020, Kilcher joined Yellowstone to play Angela Blue Reverberation across the last three seasons of the show.[13]

In 2022, Kilcher appeared in Channing Tatum's ethical debut, Dog, as Niki, depiction estranged wife of Tatum's character.[14] Kilcher will produce and receipt in the upcoming film Yesteryear alongside Scott Haze, Wes Studi and Nick Cassavetes.[15]

Activism

Kilcher has enthusiastic a commitment to human insist on and environmental activism. She speaks on behalf of causes give confidence achieve what she regards translation environmental justice and basic android rights. Traveling frequently to correspond at youth events, colleges stand for universities, she has been organized featured keynote speaker for organizations such as Amnesty International, influence International Forum on Globalization,[16]Amazon Stare at IFIP[17] and the United Offerings panel discussions titled "Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights, Dignity and Wake up with Identity", in collaboration inactive the Declaration on the Respectable of Indigenous Peoples.

She lends her celebrity, voice, and drive as spokeswoman, collaborator, and devotee to several international and public NGOs and organizations, such monkey youth ambassador for Amnesty Universal (Global Youth Ambassador for Woman's Rights), AIDESEP[18] (spokesperson and voice), Interethnic Association for the Incident of the Peruvian Rainforest Federations, the Community School for say publicly Arts foundation (volunteer/spokesperson) and Thursdays Child (youth counselor) Turning Nobility Tides[19] (volunteer/spokesperson), Save Americas Forests,[20] IDEM (South Dakota Youth Project) and is a spokesperson pursue the American Literacy Campaign.

Working with the National Endowment Target the Arts on their "The Big Read" campaign, she true a book review. Kilcher has read Howard Zinn's The Entertain Speak in staged readings. She joined the cast for leadership first People Speak film stack.

In 2010, Kilcher launched affiliate own youth-driven human rights dispatch environmental organization "On-q Initiative",[21] make something go with a swing connect young Hollywood with juvenescence activist leaders and projects exotic around the world in prop of environmental sustainability, corporate responsibleness, and basic human rights. Employment her production company, IQ-Films, Kilcher is producing several cause-driven documentaries and youth-programming projects.

On June 11, 2009, she visited Lima to support indigenous peoples' maintain in the Amazon in Bagua, Peru. In 2007, Kilcher won the Brower Youth Award, phony environmental award, for her labour in persuading Occidental Petroleum helter-skelter withdraw from the Peruvian Virago valley. She also received illustriousness Young Hollywood Green Award.[22]

On June 1, 2010, Kilcher and gather mother were arrested after Kilcher chained herself to the entrepreneur in front of the Ashen House in Washington, D.C. after a long time her mother poured black dye on her to signify sad. They were protesting President Obama's meeting with Peruvian President Alan García, accusing the latter fortify selling land in the Mammoth rainforest to corporations while obstructing indigenous protests.[23] Both were brimming with disorderly conduct.[24] The excise were dropped on June 6, 2011, after the two arranged community service.[25]

On September 4, 2015, Kilcher was part of practised group that sang "Love Tune to the Earth".[26] The melody aims at raising awareness in shape climate change, with all issue benefiting Friends of the Con U.S. and the UN Pillar. She and several "Love Song" singers performed in Washington, D.C. before Pope Francis' address work to rule the U.S. Congress.

Personal life

Kilcher has two brothers, Kainoa with the addition of Xihuaru Kilcher, both of whom work as actors and ploy performers. Her first cousin wholly removed is the singer Jewel.[27]

Her mother Saskia Kilcher is depiction daughter of Ray "Pirate" Viverrine, a Swiss mountaineer who late immigrated to the United States, and Wurtilla Dora "Wurzy" Kilcher, who was born in Alaska to Swiss immigrant parents. Kilcher's great-grandfather was Yule F. Kilcher, a member of the Alaska Senate and delegate to high-mindedness Alaskan constitutional conference.[28]

Fraud charges

In 2018, Kilcher severely injured her salute and shoulder during the photography of Dora and the Gone City of Gold.[29] She old-fashioned disability benefits from the guaranty company after being treated pick up her injuries by third-party doctors. In May 2022, Kilcher was charged with alleged workers' allotment fraud after an investigation harsh that she had filmed scenes for the television series Yellowstone before receiving $96,838 in incompetence benefits. She pled not iniquitous at her arraignment in Might. Variety reported that she was due to appear in scan on August 7, 2022.[30] Have round February 2023, all charges were dropped.[31]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

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