At fourteen years old, Q'orianka Kilcher emerged into the front ranks of young actresses with her portrayal of Pocahontas opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale in Terrence Malick's 'The New World', an epic about the encounter between English and North American societies in the early 1600s. Her performance won her the National Board of Reviews best breakthrough performance of 2006 and the 2006 Alma Award for best Latin American actress in a feature film, as well as numerous nominations and rave reviews.

Having started her performing arts career at six years old, she is not only an award-winning actress with high critical acclaim, an amazing singer, lyricist and expert dancer, but also a committed human rights and environmental activist and fearless, powerful young force, who uses her voice as tool to bring the need for universal dignity, compassion, environmental justice and basic Human Rights, to the attention of the international community.

Traveling frequently to speak at youth events, colleges and Universities Q'orianka has been invited as a featured keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at many international conferences and events for organizations such as Amnesty International, the I.F.G. (international Forum on Globalization), Amazon Watch I.F.I.P. (International Funders for Indigenous Peoples) and The United Nations/panel discussions entitled "Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights, Dignity and Development with Identity, in collaboration with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

She also lends her celebrity, voice and energy as spokeswoman, collaborator and supporter to several international and national N.G.O.s and organizations such as Amazon Watch, Youth Ambassador Amnesty International (Global Youth Ambassador for women's Rights) A.I.D.E.S.E.P. (Spokesperson and Voice) Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest Federations) The Community School for the Arts foundation (volunteer/spokeswoman) and Thursdays Child (youth counselor) Turning The Tides ((volunteer/spokesperson) Save America's Forrests I.D.E.M. (South Dakota Youth Project) and is a spokeswoman for the American Literacy Campaign. She is presently working with the National Endowment For The Arts " The Big Read" Campaign, and will be recording a Book Review for the Campaign. Q'orianka is also frequently volunteering her time reading Howard Zinns "The People Speak" at various open to the community staged readings, and just joined the Cast and Starring-Ensemble for the first "People Speak" Film Series (Starring Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, David Straithern)

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Trivia

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.
Her Father is a Quechua-Huachipaeri, an native South American from Madre de Dios, Peru. Her mother is a Swiss national who grew up in Alaska.
Mother is Saskia Genet-Oulicky.
In 2004, at age 14, following an extensive international search, she was cast by writer/director Terrence Malick in The New World (2005) opposite Colin Farrell and Christian Bale and emerged into the front ranks of young actors with her portrayal of "Pocahontas".
Younger brother, Kainoa Kilcher, had a bit part in The New World (2005).
Popular singer Jewel Kilcher is her first cousin once removed. Jewel is first cousin of Saskia Genet-Oulicky, the mother of Q'orianka.
Her grandfather, Ray "Pirate" Genet, was an Alaskan mountain-rescue and climbing legend who died in 1979 while making his descent from the summit of Mt. Everest.
Older sister of Kainoa Kilcher and Xihuaru Kilcher.
Won the National Board of Review's best breakthrough performance in 2006 and was the winner of the 2006 Alma Award for Outstanding Actress in a feature film for The New World (2005).
Q'orianka has two younger brothers, Xihuaru Kilcher (d.o.b. 2000) and Kainoa Kilcher (d.o.b. 1992). They are both actors.
Q'orianka is a global youth ambassador for Amnesty International, and Amazon Watch and is the Founder of on-Q Initiative, a Enviromental and Human Rights youth organization. She also is a speaker at the United Nations on the Panel on Indigenous human rights and is the voice for several International Indigenous Youth organizations.
She is a speaker at the United Nations on the panel for Indigenous Rights.
In September 2006 she became the celebrity teen spokesperson for Thursday's Child, an international charity for children that are anorexic, bulimic, suicidal, runaways, abused, exploited, missing or have problems with drugs, teen pregnancy or STDs.
Teen celebrity spokesperson for Thursday's Child, an international charity for at-risk children.

Personal Quotes 

He [Colin Farrell] told me, as an actor, you shouldn't take yourself too seriously.
You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
Who, or what has given any person the right or freedom to abuse natural resources and our environment?
While we are living in a time which demands us to urgently pay attention to such things as Climate change and Global warming, we also live in a time where we all need to encourage each other to be part of a shift and climate change in human consciousness and a global warming of hearts.
I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness.
I do all I can to contribute to the Global Warming of Hearts... and a Climate Change in Human consciousness!
Some things don't have a Price, they have Value! - We cannot eat, drink or breathe Money or Profit!
[on casting issues she has encountered] It's been disheartening at times. I'm never native enough, and I'm never white enough
The girl next door has never really been my thing. I'll never be the girl that sells Cheerios to somebody. And you know what'? I think it's a great problem to have.