
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.
Known For
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Filmography

Wildwood
Movie · as Iphigenia (voice)

Stories That Made Us with George Stroumboulopoulos
Movie · as Self

Below
TV · as Anik · 1 ep

Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Movie · as Self

The American Revolution
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Movie · as Self - Chula

Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Movie · as Auntie (voice)

An Ode for Leviticus
Movie · as Luna

Echo
TV · as Chula Battiest · 5 eps

Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie · as Lizzie Q

The American Buffalo
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps

Wendell & Wild
Movie · as Ms. Hunter (voice)

The Last Manhunt
Movie · as Ticup

Three Pines
TV · as Bea Mayer · 6 eps

Spirit Rangers
TV · as Moon (voice) · 3 eps

ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TV · as Principal (voice) · 4 eps

The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
TV · as Marie Chalifoux (voice) · 1 ep

Back Home Again
Movie · as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

Tantoo Cardinal
Movie · as self

However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
Movie · as Self - Narrator

The Corruption of Divine Providence
Movie · as Juniper Fairweather

Through Black Spruce
Movie · as Mary-Lou

The Grizzlies
Movie · as Janace

Red Snow
Movie · as Grandmother Ruth

Stumptown
TV · as Sue Lynn Blackbird · 18 eps

See
TV · as The Dreamer · 4 eps

Falls Around Her
Movie · as Mary Birchbark

Hold the Dark
Movie · as Illanaq

Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
Movie · as Green Thunderbird Woman

Corner Gas Animated
TV · as Real Estate Agent (voice) · 1 ep

New Amsterdam
TV · as Jane Munsee · 1 ep

Wind River
Movie · as Alice Crowheart

The Great Northern Candy Drop
Movie · as Narrator / Louisa (voice)

Cardinal
TV · as Nookomis · 2 eps

Godless
TV · as Iyovi · 7 eps

On the Farm
Movie · as Ada Taylor

ARQ
Movie · as The Pope

Frontier
TV · as Kamenna · 7 eps

Westworld
TV · as Ehawee · 1 ep

Bull
TV · as Chief Tsosie · 1 ep

Hope Bridge
Movie · as Lana

Rez Carz
Movie · as (voice)

Chasing Shakespeare
Movie · as Older Venus

Down Here
Movie · as Stella Mitchell

Mohawk Girls
TV · as Zoe’s Mom · 6 eps

Strange Empire
TV · as Pichette · 1 ep

Penny Dreadful
TV · as Old Native American Woman · 1 ep

Outlander
TV · as Adawehi · 2 eps

Eden
Movie · as The Nurse

Maïna
Movie · as Tekahera

Arctic Air
TV · as Aunt Mary · 1 ep

Longmire
TV · as Marilyn Yarlott · 4 eps
Shouting Secrets
Movie · as June

The Killing
TV · as Hooker · 1 ep

Blackstone
TV · as Wilma Stoney · 18 eps

Fathers & Sons
Movie · as Gordon’s Sister

Every Emotion Costs
Movie · as Aunt Marcy

Shattered
TV · as Carol · 2 eps

Changing Climates, Changing Times
Movie · as Grace Lajoie

Older Than America
Movie · as Auntie Apple

Dear Prudence
Movie · as Ruth Vigil

Mom, Dad and Her
Movie · as Heather

Mothers & Daughters
Movie · as Celine

The Guard
TV · as Ursula · 4 eps

The Englishman's Boy
TV · as Little Soldier's Wife · 2 eps

Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Movie · as Gloria Maquinna

Unnatural & Accidental
Movie · as Aunt Shadie / Rita

The Road to Christmas
Movie · as Sioux Woman

Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
TV · as Iba Beauvais · 2 eps

H2O
Movie · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

A Thief Of Time
Movie · as Irene Musket

H2O
TV · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire · 2 eps

Dreamkeeper
Movie · as Old Pawnee Woman

Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie · as Self
Moccasin Flats
TV · as Betty · 15 eps

Dreamkeeper
TV · as Old Pawnee Woman · 2 eps

Edge of Madness
Movie · as Ruth
How the Fiddle Flows
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Tom Stone
TV · as Judge Crowfoot · 1 ep
Dodson's Journey
Movie · as Waitress

In the Light of Reverence
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

MythQuest
TV · as Walloha · 1 ep

The Hi-Line
Movie · as Singing Bird

The Lost Child
Movie · as Aunt Mary

Navigating the Heart
Movie · as Mary
Postmark Paradise
Movie · as Reenie

Canada: A People's History
TV · as Plains Storyteller · 1 ep

A Stranger in the Kingdom
Movie · as Heaven Fontaine

Family Law
TV · as Mrs. Grant · 1 ep

Smoke Signals
Movie · as Arlene Joseph

Heartwood
Movie · as Violet Boucher

Big Bear
Movie · as Running Second

Honey Moccasin
Movie · as Honey Moccasin

Cold Squad
TV · as Theresa Sandiman · 1 ep

The Education of Little Tree
Movie · as Nonna

Grand Avenue
Movie · as Nellie

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Movie · as Turtle Mother
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Movie · as Sarah Winnemucca
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Movie · as Alive

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
TV · as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother · 1 ep

Legends of the Fall
Movie · as Pet

Silent Tongue
Movie · as Silent Tongue

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Movie · as Mary's Mother

Sioux City
Movie · as Dawn Rainfeather

Where the Rivers Flow North
Movie · as Bangor

Spirit Rider
Movie · as Marilyn St. Claire

Mustard Bath
Movie · as Sister Amantha

Harts of the West
TV · as Helen · 1 ep

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Snow Bird · 6 eps

North of 60
TV · as Betty Moses · 7 eps

Black Robe
Movie · as Chomina's Wife

The Lightning Incident
Movie · as Vivian

Dances with Wolves
Movie · as Black Shawl

Divided Loyalties
Movie · as Molly Brant

The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Movie · as Herself

War Party
Movie · as Sonny's Mother

Candy Mountain
Movie · as Annie

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Movie · as Little Doe

Loyalties
Movie · as Rosanne Ladouceur

Street Legal
TV · as Renee Stonehouse · 4 eps

Places Not Our Own
Movie · as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

The Campbells
TV · as Maria Brant · 1 ep

Running Brave
Movie · as Caroline

Death Hunt
Movie · as Indian Woman

Marie Ann
Movie · as Tantou, Indian princess

For the Record
TV · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Aunt Mary · 1 ep










