Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

Known for
Acting
Born
July 20, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

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.

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Filmography

2026
Wildwood poster

Wildwood

Movie · as Iphigenia (voice)

2026
Stories That Made Us with George Stroumboulopoulos poster

Stories That Made Us with George Stroumboulopoulos

Movie · as Self

2026
Below poster

Below

TV · as Anik · 1 ep

2025
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood poster

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2025
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo

Movie · as Self - Chula

2024
Inkwo for When the Starving Return poster

Inkwo for When the Starving Return

Movie · as Auntie (voice)

2024
An Ode for Leviticus poster

An Ode for Leviticus

Movie · as Luna

2024
Echo poster

Echo

TV · as Chula Battiest · 5 eps

2023
Killers of the Flower Moon poster

Killers of the Flower Moon

Movie · as Lizzie Q

2023
The American Buffalo poster

The American Buffalo

TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Wendell & Wild poster

Wendell & Wild

Movie · as Ms. Hunter (voice)

2022
The Last Manhunt poster

The Last Manhunt

Movie · as Ticup

2022
Three Pines poster

Three Pines

TV · as Bea Mayer · 6 eps

2022
Spirit Rangers poster

Spirit Rangers

TV · as Moon (voice) · 3 eps

2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale poster

ONI: Thunder God's Tale

TV · as Principal (voice) · 4 eps

2022
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib poster

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib

TV · as Marie Chalifoux (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Back Home Again poster

Back Home Again

Movie · as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

2021
Tantoo Cardinal poster

Tantoo Cardinal

Movie · as self

2021
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power poster

However Wide the Sky: Places of Power

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2020
The Corruption of Divine Providence poster

The Corruption of Divine Providence

Movie · as Juniper Fairweather

2019
Through Black Spruce poster

Through Black Spruce

Movie · as Mary-Lou

2019
The Grizzlies poster

The Grizzlies

Movie · as Janace

2019
Red Snow poster

Red Snow

Movie · as Grandmother Ruth

2019
Stumptown poster

Stumptown

TV · as Sue Lynn Blackbird · 18 eps

2019
See poster

See

TV · as The Dreamer · 4 eps

2018
Falls Around Her poster

Falls Around Her

Movie · as Mary Birchbark

2018
Hold the Dark poster

Hold the Dark

Movie · as Illanaq

2018
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle poster

Abandoned: Angelique's Isle

Movie · as Green Thunderbird Woman

2018
Corner Gas Animated poster

Corner Gas Animated

TV · as Real Estate Agent (voice) · 1 ep

2018
New Amsterdam poster

New Amsterdam

TV · as Jane Munsee · 1 ep

2017
Wind River poster

Wind River

Movie · as Alice Crowheart

2017
The Great Northern Candy Drop poster

The Great Northern Candy Drop

Movie · as Narrator / Louisa (voice)

2017
Cardinal poster

Cardinal

TV · as Nookomis · 2 eps

2017
Godless poster

Godless

TV · as Iyovi · 7 eps

2016
On the Farm poster

On the Farm

Movie · as Ada Taylor

2016
ARQ poster

ARQ

Movie · as The Pope

2016
Frontier poster

Frontier

TV · as Kamenna · 7 eps

2016
Westworld poster

Westworld

TV · as Ehawee · 1 ep

2016
Bull poster

Bull

TV · as Chief Tsosie · 1 ep

2015
Hope Bridge poster

Hope Bridge

Movie · as Lana

2014
Rez Carz poster

Rez Carz

Movie · as (voice)

2014
Chasing Shakespeare poster

Chasing Shakespeare

Movie · as Older Venus

2014
Down Here poster

Down Here

Movie · as Stella Mitchell

2014
Mohawk Girls poster

Mohawk Girls

TV · as Zoe’s Mom · 6 eps

2014
Strange Empire poster

Strange Empire

TV · as Pichette · 1 ep

2014
Penny Dreadful poster

Penny Dreadful

TV · as Old Native American Woman · 1 ep

2014
Outlander poster

Outlander

TV · as Adawehi · 2 eps

2013
Eden poster

Eden

Movie · as The Nurse

2013
Maïna poster

Maïna

Movie · as Tekahera

2012
Arctic Air poster

Arctic Air

TV · as Aunt Mary · 1 ep

2012
Longmire poster

Longmire

TV · as Marilyn Yarlott · 4 eps

2011
Shouting Secrets

Shouting Secrets

Movie · as June

2011
The Killing poster

The Killing

TV · as Hooker · 1 ep

2011
Blackstone poster

Blackstone

TV · as Wilma Stoney · 18 eps

2010
Fathers & Sons poster

Fathers & Sons

Movie · as Gordon’s Sister

2010
Every Emotion Costs poster

Every Emotion Costs

Movie · as Aunt Marcy

2010
Shattered poster

Shattered

TV · as Carol · 2 eps

2009
Changing Climates, Changing Times poster

Changing Climates, Changing Times

Movie · as Grace Lajoie

2008
Older Than America poster

Older Than America

Movie · as Auntie Apple

2008
Dear Prudence poster

Dear Prudence

Movie · as Ruth Vigil

2008
Mom, Dad and Her poster

Mom, Dad and Her

Movie · as Heather

2008
Mothers & Daughters poster

Mothers & Daughters

Movie · as Celine

2008
The Guard poster

The Guard

TV · as Ursula · 4 eps

2008
The Englishman's Boy poster

The Englishman's Boy

TV · as Little Soldier's Wife · 2 eps

2007
Luna: Spirit of the Whale poster

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

Movie · as Gloria Maquinna

2006
Unnatural & Accidental poster

Unnatural & Accidental

Movie · as Aunt Shadie / Rita

2006
The Road to Christmas poster

The Road to Christmas

Movie · as Sioux Woman

2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis poster

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

TV · as Iba Beauvais · 2 eps

2004
H2O poster

H2O

Movie · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

2004
A Thief Of Time poster

A Thief Of Time

Movie · as Irene Musket

2004
H2O poster

H2O

TV · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire · 2 eps

2003
Dreamkeeper poster

Dreamkeeper

Movie · as Old Pawnee Woman

2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic poster

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

Movie · as Self

2003
Moccasin Flats

Moccasin Flats

TV · as Betty · 15 eps

2003
Dreamkeeper poster

Dreamkeeper

TV · as Old Pawnee Woman · 2 eps

2002
Edge of Madness poster

Edge of Madness

Movie · as Ruth

2002
How the Fiddle Flows

How the Fiddle Flows

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2002
Tom Stone

Tom Stone

TV · as Judge Crowfoot · 1 ep

2001
Dodson's Journey

Dodson's Journey

Movie · as Waitress

2001
In the Light of Reverence poster

In the Light of Reverence

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
MythQuest poster

MythQuest

TV · as Walloha · 1 ep

2000
The Hi-Line poster

The Hi-Line

Movie · as Singing Bird

2000
The Lost Child poster

The Lost Child

Movie · as Aunt Mary

2000
Navigating the Heart poster

Navigating the Heart

Movie · as Mary

2000
Postmark Paradise

Postmark Paradise

Movie · as Reenie

2000
Canada: A People's History poster

Canada: A People's History

TV · as Plains Storyteller · 1 ep

1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom poster

A Stranger in the Kingdom

Movie · as Heaven Fontaine

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Mrs. Grant · 1 ep

1998
Smoke Signals poster

Smoke Signals

Movie · as Arlene Joseph

1998
Heartwood poster

Heartwood

Movie · as Violet Boucher

1998
Big Bear poster

Big Bear

Movie · as Running Second

1998
Honey Moccasin poster

Honey Moccasin

Movie · as Honey Moccasin

1998
Cold Squad poster

Cold Squad

TV · as Theresa Sandiman · 1 ep

1997
The Education of Little Tree poster

The Education of Little Tree

Movie · as Nonna

1996
Grand Avenue poster

Grand Avenue

Movie · as Nellie

1995
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior poster

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

Movie · as Turtle Mother

1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

Movie · as Sarah Winnemucca

1995
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges

Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges

Movie · as Alive

1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years poster

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

TV · as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother · 1 ep

1994
Legends of the Fall poster

Legends of the Fall

Movie · as Pet

1994
Silent Tongue poster

Silent Tongue

Movie · as Silent Tongue

1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee poster

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee

Movie · as Mary's Mother

1994
Sioux City poster

Sioux City

Movie · as Dawn Rainfeather

1993
Where the Rivers Flow North poster

Where the Rivers Flow North

Movie · as Bangor

1993
Spirit Rider poster

Spirit Rider

Movie · as Marilyn St. Claire

1993
Mustard Bath poster

Mustard Bath

Movie · as Sister Amantha

1993
Harts of the West poster

Harts of the West

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV · as Snow Bird · 6 eps

1992
North of 60 poster

North of 60

TV · as Betty Moses · 7 eps

1991
Black Robe poster

Black Robe

Movie · as Chomina's Wife

1991
The Lightning Incident poster

The Lightning Incident

Movie · as Vivian

1990
Dances with Wolves poster

Dances with Wolves

Movie · as Black Shawl

1990
Divided Loyalties poster

Divided Loyalties

Movie · as Molly Brant

1990
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' poster

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

Movie · as Herself

1988
War Party poster

War Party

Movie · as Sonny's Mother

1988
Candy Mountain poster

Candy Mountain

Movie · as Annie

1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge poster

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Movie · as Little Doe

1987
Loyalties poster

Loyalties

Movie · as Rosanne Ladouceur

1987
Street Legal poster

Street Legal

TV · as Renee Stonehouse · 4 eps

1986
Places Not Our Own poster

Places Not Our Own

Movie · as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

1986
The Campbells poster

The Campbells

TV · as Maria Brant · 1 ep

1983
Running Brave poster

Running Brave

Movie · as Caroline

1981
Death Hunt poster

Death Hunt

Movie · as Indian Woman

1978
Marie Ann poster

Marie Ann

Movie · as Tantou, Indian princess

1976
For the Record poster

For the Record

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Aunt Mary · 1 ep