Washington DC, May 7 -- Filmmaker James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company have been sued over allegations of unauthorized use of an indigenous actress' likeness in the blockbuster film franchise 'Avatar', according to Variety.

According to a complaint obtained by Variety, actress Q'orianka Kilcher has alleged that her facial features were used without consent to create the character Neytiri in 'Avatar'.

The filing claims that when Kilcher was 14 years old and had recently portrayed Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's film 'The New World', Cameron allegedly extracted her facial features from a published photograph and directed his design team to use them as a basis for the character design.

The filing stated, "Plaintiff never consented to...