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Tantoo Cardinal

Acting 75 years old Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada ★ 2.6
Born: July 20, 1950

Biography

Tantoo Cardinal CM is a Native-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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (123)

Wildwood
Wildwood (voice) 2026
The American Revolution
The American Revolution (voice) 2025
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood Self 2025
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Auntie (voice) 2024
An Ode for Leviticus
An Ode for Leviticus Luna 2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo Self - Chula 2024
Echo
Echo Chula Battiest 2024
Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon Lizzie Q 2023
The American Buffalo
The American Buffalo (voice) 2023
Three Pines
Three Pines Bea Mayer 2022
The Last Manhunt
The Last Manhunt Ticup 2022
Wendell & Wild
Wendell & Wild Ms. Hunter (voice) 2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
ONI: Thunder God's Tale Principal (voice) 2022
Spirit Rangers
Spirit Rangers Moon (voice) 2022
Back Home Again
Back Home Again Mrs. Grey Horns (voice) 2021
Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal self 2021
The Corruption of Divine Providence
The Corruption of Divine Providence Juniper Fairweather 2020
See
See The Dreamer 2019
Red Snow
Red Snow Grandmother Ruth 2019
Stumptown
Stumptown Sue Lynn Blackbird 2019
The Grizzlies
The Grizzlies Janace 2019
Through Black Spruce
Through Black Spruce Mary-Lou 2019
New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Jane Munsee 2018
Hold the Dark
Hold the Dark Illanaq 2018
Falls Around Her
Falls Around Her Mary Birchbark 2018
Corner Gas Animated
Corner Gas Animated Real Estate Agent (voice) 2018
The Great Northern Candy Drop
The Great Northern Candy Drop Narrator / Louisa (voice) 2017
Godless
Godless Iyovi 2017
Wind River
Wind River Alice Crowheart 2017
Cardinal
Cardinal Nookomis 2017
Frontier
Frontier Kamenna 2016
Westworld
Westworld Ehawee 2016
Bull
Bull Chief Tsosie 2016
ARQ
ARQ The Pope 2016
On the Farm
On the Farm Ada Taylor 2016
Hope Bridge
Hope Bridge Lana 2015
Mohawk Girls
Mohawk Girls Zoe’s Mom 2014
Strange Empire
Strange Empire Pichette 2014
Outlander
Outlander Adawehi 2014
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful Old Native American Woman 2014
Rez Carz
Rez Carz (voice) 2014
Chasing Shakespeare
Chasing Shakespeare Older Venus 2014
Down Here
Down Here Stella Mitchell 2014
Maïna
Maïna Tekahera 2013
Eden
Eden The Nurse 2013
Longmire
Longmire Marilyn Yarlott 2012
Arctic Air
Arctic Air Aunt Mary 2012
Shouting Secrets
Shouting Secrets June 2011
The Killing
The Killing Hooker 2011
Blackstone
Blackstone Wilma Stoney 2011
Fathers & Sons
Fathers & Sons Gordon’s Sister 2010
Shattered
Shattered Carol 2010
Every Emotion Costs
Every Emotion Costs Aunt Marcy 2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Changing Climates, Changing Times Grace Lajoie 2009
Mothers & Daughters
Mothers & Daughters Celine 2008
Dear Prudence
Dear Prudence Ruth Vigil 2008
Mom, Dad and Her
Mom, Dad and Her Heather 2008
Older Than America
Older Than America Auntie Apple 2008
The Englishman's Boy
The Englishman's Boy Little Soldier's Wife 2008
The Guard
The Guard Ursula 2008
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Luna: Spirit of the Whale Gloria Maquinna 2007
The Road to Christmas
The Road to Christmas Sioux Woman 2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis Iba Beauvais 2006
Unnatural & Accidental
Unnatural & Accidental Aunt Shadie / Rita 2006
H2O
H2O Grand Chief Katie Blackfire 2004
H2O
H2O Grand Chief Katie Blackfire 2004
A Thief Of Time
A Thief Of Time Irene Musket 2004
Dreamkeeper
Dreamkeeper Old Pawnee Woman 2003
Dreamkeeper
Dreamkeeper Old Pawnee Woman 2003
Moccasin Flats
Moccasin Flats Betty 2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic Self 2003
How the Fiddle Flows
How the Fiddle Flows Narrator (voice) 2002
Edge of Madness
Edge of Madness Ruth 2002
Tom Stone
Tom Stone Judge Crowfoot 2002
MythQuest
MythQuest Walloha 2001
In the Light of Reverence
In the Light of Reverence Narrator (voice) 2001
Dodson's Journey
Dodson's Journey Waitress 2001
The Lost Child
The Lost Child Aunt Mary 2000
Canada: A People's History
Canada: A People's History Plains Storyteller 2000
The Hi-Line
The Hi-Line Singing Bird 2000
Postmark Paradise
Postmark Paradise Reenie 2000
Navigating the Heart
Navigating the Heart Mary 2000
A Stranger in the Kingdom
A Stranger in the Kingdom Heaven Fontaine 1999
Family Law
Family Law Mrs. Grant 1999
Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals Arlene Joseph 1998
Heartwood
Heartwood Violet Boucher 1998
Big Bear
Big Bear Running Second 1998
Cold Squad
Cold Squad Theresa Sandiman 1998
Honey Moccasin
Honey Moccasin Honey Moccasin 1998
The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree Nonna 1997
Grand Avenue
Grand Avenue Nellie 1996
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Gabe LaRoche’s Mother 1995
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Turtle Mother 1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West Sarah Winnemucca 1995
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges Alive 1995
Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall Pet 1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee Mary's Mother 1994
Sioux City
Sioux City Dawn Rainfeather 1994
Harts of the West
Harts of the West Helen 1993
Spirit Rider
Spirit Rider Marilyn St. Claire 1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Where the Rivers Flow North Bangor 1993
Mustard Bath
Mustard Bath Sister Amantha 1993
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue Silent Tongue 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Snow Bird 1993
North of 60
North of 60 Betty Moses 1992
Black Robe
Black Robe Chomina's Wife 1991
The Lightning Incident
The Lightning Incident Vivian 1991
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' Herself 1990
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves Black Shawl 1990
Divided Loyalties
Divided Loyalties Molly Brant 1990
War Party
War Party Sonny's Mother 1988
Candy Mountain
Candy Mountain Annie 1988
Loyalties
Loyalties Rosanne Ladouceur 1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge Little Doe 1987
Street Legal
Street Legal Renee Stonehouse 1987
The Campbells
The Campbells Maria Brant 1986
Places Not Our Own
Places Not Our Own Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal) 1986
Running Brave
Running Brave Caroline 1983
Death Hunt
Death Hunt Indian Woman 1981
Marie Ann
Marie Ann Tantou, Indian princess 1978
For the Record
For the Record 1976
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Aunt Mary 1951

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