Tantoo Cardinal
July 20, 1950 (74 years old) in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Tantoo Cardinal CM is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage. With over 130 credits in 50 years, she's received numerous awards, including the Earle Grey Award, and in 2009, she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada, as a screen and stage actress, and as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company." She starred in Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," and her upcoming projects include the Marvel Series "Echo" and the animated feature "Wendell and Wild." Known for her work in Stumptown and 3 Pines, she has a rich history in films like "Legends of the Fall," "Dances with Wolves," and "Wind River," and TV shows such as "SEE," "Westworld," and "Frontier." Tantoo Cardinal has multiple honorary doctorates.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo as Self - Chula
- 2024 · Echo as Chula Battiest
- 2023 · Killers of the Flower Moon as Lizzie Q
- 2023 · The American Buffalo as (voice)
- 2022 · Three Pines as Bea Mayer
- 2022 · The Last Manhunt as Ticup
- 2022 · Wendell & Wild as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- 2022 · ONI: Thunder God's Tale as Principal (voice)
- 2022 · Spirit Rangers as Moon (voice)
- 2019 · See as The Dreamer
- 2019 · Stumptown as Sue Lynn Blackbird
- 2019 · The Grizzlies as Janace
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Professor Jane Munsee
- 2018 · Hold the Dark as Illanaq
- 2018 · Corner Gas Animated as Real Estate Agent (voice)
- 2017 · Godless as Iyovi
- 2017 · Wind River as Alice Crowheart
- 2017 · Cardinal as Nookomis
- 2016 · Frontier as Kamenna
- 2016 · Westworld as Ehawee
- 2016 · Bull as Chief Tsosie
- 2016 · ARQ as The Pope
- 2014 · Mohawk Girls as Zoe’s Mom
- 2014 · Strange Empire as Pichette
- 2014 · Outlander as Adawehi
- 2014 · Penny Dreadful as Old Native American Woman
- 2013 · Eden as The Nurse
- 2012 · Longmire as Marilyn Yarlott
- 2012 · Arctic Air as Aunt Mary
- 2011 · Shouting Secrets as June
- 2011 · The Killing as Hooker
- 2011 · Blackstone as Wilma Stoney
- 2010 · Shattered as Carol
- 2008 · Older Than America as Auntie Apple
- 2008 · The Englishman's Boy as Little Soldier's Wife
- 2008 · The Guard as Ursula
- 2002 · Tom Stone as Judge Crowfoot
- 2001 · MythQuest as Walloha
- 2000 · Canada: A People's History as Plains Storyteller
- 1999 · Family Law as Mrs. Grant
- 1998 · Smoke Signals as Arlene Joseph
- 1998 · Heartwood as Violet Boucher
- 1998 · Cold Squad as Theresa Sandiman
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
- 1994 · Legends of the Fall as Pet
- 1994 · Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee as Mary's Mother
- 1994 · Sioux City as Dawn Rainfeather
- 1993 · Harts of the West as Helen
- 1993 · Where the Rivers Flow North as Bangor
- 1993 · Silent Tongue as Silent Tongue
- 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Snow Bird
- 1992 · North of 60 as Betty Moses
- 1991 · Black Robe as Chomina's Wife
- 1990 · Dances with Wolves as Black Shawl
- 1987 · Street Legal as Renee Stonehouse
- 1986 · The Campbells as Maria Brant
- 1981 · Death Hunt as Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aunt Mary
- Future · Wildwood as (voice)
- 2025 · Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood as
- 2024 · Inkwo for When the Starving Return as Auntie (voice)
- 2024 · An Ode for Leviticus as Luna
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- 2020 · The Corruption of Divine Providence as Juniper Fairweather
- 2019 · Red Snow as Grandmother Ruth
- 2019 · Through Black Spruce as Mary-Lou
- 2018 · Falls Around Her as Mary Birchbark
- 2017 · The Great Northern Candy Drop as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
- 2016 · On the Farm as Ada Taylor
- 2015 · Hope Bridge as Lana
- 2014 · Rez Carz as (voice)
- 2014 · Chasing Shakespeare as Older Venus
- 2014 · Down Here as Stella Mitchell
- 2013 · Maïna as Tekahera
- 2010 · Fathers & Sons as Gordon’s Sister
- 2010 · Every Emotion Costs as Aunt Marcy
- 2009 · Changing Climates, Changing Times as Grace Lajoie
- 2008 · Mothers & Daughters as Celine
- 2008 · Dear Prudence as Ruth Vigil
- 2008 · Mom, Dad and Her as Heather
- 2007 · Luna: Spirit of the Whale as Gloria Maquinna
- 2006 · The Road to Christmas as Sioux Woman
- 2006 · Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis as Iba Beauvais
- 2006 · Unnatural & Accidental as Aunt Shadie / Rita
- 2004 · H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2004 · H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2004 · A Thief Of Time as Irene Musket
- 2003 · Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- 2003 · Moccasin Flats as Betty
- 2003 · Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self
- 2002 · How the Fiddle Flows as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Edge of Madness as Ruth
- 2001 · In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Dodson's Journey as Waitress
- 2000 · The Lost Child as Aunt Mary
- 2000 · The Hi-Line as Singing Bird
- 2000 · Postmark Paradise as Reenie
- 2000 · Navigating the Heart as Mary
- 1999 · A Stranger in the Kingdom as Heaven Fontaine
- 1998 · Big Bear as Running Second
- 1998 · Honey Moccasin as Honey Moccasin
- 1997 · The Education of Little Tree as Nonna
- 1996 · Grand Avenue as Nellie
- 1995 · Tecumseh: The Last Warrior as Turtle Mother
- 1995 · Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West as Sarah Winnemucca
- 1995 · Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges as Alive
- 1993 · Spirit Rider as Marilyn St. Claire
- 1993 · Mustard Bath as Sister Amantha
- 1991 · The Lightning Incident as Vivian
- 1990 · The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself
- 1990 · Divided Loyalties as Molly Brant
- 1988 · War Party as Sonny's Mother
- 1988 · Candy Mountain as Annie
- 1987 · Loyalties as Rosanne Ladouceur
- 1987 · Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge as Little Doe
- 1986 · Places Not Our Own as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
- 1983 · Running Brave as Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
- 1978 · Marie Ann as Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
- Future · Tantoo Cardinal as self