32 year old Q’Orianka Kilcher, who lives in North Hollywood, has been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

Kilcher is an actress, singer, and activist. 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 starred in a recurring role on the Paramount television series Yellowstone. She plays Angela Blue Thunder in the third season of “Yellowstone,” one of TV’s most popular dramas.

In October 2018 while acting in the movie “Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” Kilcher allegedly injured her neck and right shoulder.

She saw a doctor a few times that year, but stopped treatment and did not respond to the insurance company handling her claim on behalf of her employer.

A year later, in October 2019, Kilcher contacted the insurance company saying she needed treatment. Kilcher told the doctor handling her claim that she had been offered work since her injury occurred but had been unable to accept it because her neck pain was too severe.

Based on Kilcher’s statements to the doctor, she began receiving temporary total disability benefits.

After reviewing wage information from her employer, the investigation found Kilcher had worked as an actress on the television show “Yellowstone” from July 2019 to October 2019, despite her statements to the doctor that she had been unable to work for a year. According to records, she returned to the doctor and started receiving disability benefits five days after last working on the show.

When told about Kilcher’s recent employment history, the doctor on her claim stated if they had been aware of it they would have never granted her the disability payments.

“Third-party doctors verified her injury and entitlement to benefits. Ms. Kilcher was at all times candid with her doctors and treatment providers. … She never intentionally accepted benefits that she did not believe she was entitled to,” her attorney Michael Becker said.

Kilcher will “vigorously defend herself and asks that she be afforded the presumption of innocence both in and outside the courthouse,” Becker said.

Kilcher self-surrendered and was arraigned on May 27, 2022. Her next scheduled court date is August 7, 2022.