Tantoo Cardinal
July 20, 1950 (75 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
- 2025 · The American Revolution as voice
- 2024 · Avatar the Last Airbender as Hama
- 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
- 2022 · The Last Manhunt as Ticup
- 2022 · Wendell & Wild as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- 2020 · The Corruption of Divine Providence as Juniper Fairweather
- 2019 · See as The Dreamer
- 2019 · Stumptown as Sue Lynn Blackbird
- 2019 · The Grizzlies as Janace
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Jane Munsee
- 2018 · Falls Around Her as Mary Birchbark
- 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
- 2015 · Hope Bridge as Lana
- 2014 · Outlander as Adawehi
- 2014 · Penny Dreadful as Old Native American Woman
- 2014 · Chasing Shakespeare as Older Venus
- 2013 · Maïna as Tekahera
- 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
- 2008 · Mothers & Daughters as Celine
- 2008 · Dear Prudence as Ruth Vigil
- 2008 · Older Than America as Auntie Apple
- 2006 · Unnatural & Accidental as Aunt Shadie / Rita
- 2004 · H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2003 · Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- 2002 · Edge of Madness as Ruth
- 2000 · The Lost Child as Aunt Mary
- 1999 · Family Law as Mrs. Grant
- 1998 · Smoke Signals as Arlene Joseph
- 1998 · Big Bear as Running Second
- 1998 · Cold Squad as Theresa Sandiman
- 1997 · The Education of Little Tree as Nonna
- 1996 · Grand Avenue as Nellie
- 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 · Spirit Rider as Marilyn St. Claire
- 1993 · Silent Tongue as Silent Tongue
- 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Snow Bird
- 1992 · North of 60 as Betty Moses
- 1990 · Dances with Wolves as Black Shawl
- Future · Wildwood as (voice)
- 2025 · Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood as Self
- 2024 · Inkwo for When the Starving Return as Auntie (voice)
- 2024 · An Ode for Leviticus as Luna
- 2023 · The American Buffalo as (voice)
- 2022 · Three Pines as Bea Mayer
- 2022 · ONI: Thunder God's Tale as Principal (voice)
- 2022 · Spirit Rangers as Moon (voice)
- 2021 · Back Home Again as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- 2021 · Tantoo Cardinal as self
- 2019 · Red Snow as Grandmother Ruth
- 2019 · Through Black Spruce as Mary-Lou
- 2018 · Hold the Dark as Illanaq
- 2018 · Corner Gas Animated as Real Estate Agent (voice)
- 2017 · The Great Northern Candy Drop as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
- 2016 · On the Farm as Ada Taylor
- 2014 · Mohawk Girls as Zoe’s Mom
- 2014 · Strange Empire as Pichette
- 2014 · Rez Carz as (voice)
- 2014 · Down Here as Stella Mitchell
- 2011 · Blackstone as Wilma Stoney
- 2010 · Fathers & Sons as Gordon’s Sister
- 2010 · Shattered as Carol
- 2010 · Every Emotion Costs as Aunt Marcy
- 2009 · Changing Climates, Changing Times as Grace Lajoie
- 2008 · Mom, Dad and Her as Heather
- 2008 · The Englishman's Boy as Little Soldier's Wife
- 2008 · The Guard as Ursula
- 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
- 2004 · H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2004 · A Thief Of Time as Irene Musket
- 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 · Tom Stone as Judge Crowfoot
- 2001 · MythQuest as Walloha
- 2001 · In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Dodson's Journey as Waitress
- 2000 · Canada: A People's History as Plains Storyteller
- 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 · Heartwood as Violet Boucher
- 1998 · Honey Moccasin as Honey Moccasin
- 1995 · Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
- 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 · Harts of the West as Helen
- 1993 · Where the Rivers Flow North as Bangor
- 1993 · Mustard Bath as Sister Amantha
- 1991 · Black Robe as Chomina's Wife
- 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
- 1987 · Street Legal as Renee Stonehouse
- 1986 · The Campbells as Maria Brant
- 1986 · Places Not Our Own as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
- 1983 · Running Brave as Caroline
- 1981 · Death Hunt as Indian Woman
- 1978 · Marie Ann as Tantou, Indian princess
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aunt Mary