Often when an actor or actress makes a sudden appearance on the Hollywood stage, they’re immediately proclaimed to be an overnight success. The reality is usually the opposite—they have toiled in thankless parts for many years. But for actress Q’Orianka (kor-e-ahn-ka) Kilcher, her sudden rise indeed occurred virtually overnight. With only one small role in a major motion picture under her belt, Kilcher was unexpectedly cast in the lead role of legendary Native American princess, Pocahontas, in Terrence Malick’s ambitious “New World” (2005). After a casting call that used 13 casting
