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Q'Orianka Kilcher
'''Q'Orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher'is an American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her role as Pocahontas in the 2005 film The New World.
Biography
Early life
Kilcher was born in Schweigmatt, Germany; her first language was Spanish, although she also speaks English, a little German and limited Algonquian (which she learned for her part in The New World''). 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. ...
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