Birthday:
Jul 20, 1950
Place of Birth: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Place of Birth: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Tantoo Cardinal
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dances with Wolves | Black Shawl | 1990 |
| Legends of the Fall | Pet | 1994 |
| Smoke Signals | Arlene Joseph | 1998 |
| Unnatural & Accidental | Aunt Shadie / Rita | 2006 |
| Back Home Again | Mrs. Grey Horns (voice) | 2021 |
| Black Robe | Chomina's Wife | 1991 |
| Changing Climates, Changing Times | Grace Lajoie | 2009 |
| Rez Carz | (voice) | 2014 |
| Running Brave | Caroline (as Tantoo Martin) | 1983 |
| Dreamkeeper | Old Pawnee Woman | 2003 |
| Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Little Doe | 1987 |
| Eden | The Nurse | 2013 |
| Tantoo Cardinal | self | 1970 |
| Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Turtle Mother | 1995 |
| Wendell & Wild | Ms. Hunter (voice) | 2022 |
| Silent Tongue | Silent Tongue | 1993 |
| The Hi-Line | Singing Bird | 2000 |
| Places Not Our Own | Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal) | 1986 |
| Divided Loyalties | Molly Brant | 1990 |
| Dodson's Journey | Waitress | 2001 |
| A Thief Of Time | Irene Musket | 2004 |
| H2O | Grand Chief Katie Blackfire | 2004 |
| A Stranger in the Kingdom | Heaven Fontaine | 1999 |
| The Road to Christmas | Sioux Woman | 2006 |
| Every Emotion Costs | Aunt Marcy | 2010 |
| Fathers & Sons | Gordon’s Sister | 2010 |
| Chasing Shakespeare | Older Venus | 2014 |
| The Lightning Incident | Vivian | 1991 |
| The Last Manhunt | Ticup | 2022 |
| The Lost Child | Aunt Mary | 2000 |
| Older Than America | Auntie Apple | 2008 |
| Navigating the Heart | Mary | 2000 |
| Wildwood | (voice) | 1970 |
| Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Mary's Mother | 1994 |
| Loyalties | Rosanne Ladouceur | 1987 |
| Mom, Dad and Her | Heather | 2008 |
| Luna: Spirit of the Whale | Gloria Maquinna | 2007 |
| Where the Rivers Flow North | Bangor | 1993 |
| The Education of Little Tree | Nonna | 1997 |
| Dear Prudence | Ruth Vigil | 2008 |
| Mothers & Daughters | Celine | 2008 |
| Marie Ann | Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin) | 1978 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo | Self - Chula | 2024 |
| Down Here | Stella Mitchell | 2014 |
| Spirit Rider | Marilyn St. Claire | 1993 |
| Grand Avenue | Nellie | 1996 |
| Edge of Madness | Ruth | 2002 |
| Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | Sarah Winnemucca | 1995 |
| War Party | Sonny's Mother | 1988 |
| Hope Bridge | Lana | 2015 |
| In the Light of Reverence | Narrator (voice) | 2001 |
| Sioux City | Dawn Rainfeather | 1994 |
| Shouting Secrets | June | 2011 |
| On the Farm | Ada Taylor | 2016 |
| Mustard Bath | Sister Amantha | 1993 |
| Wind River | Alice Crowheart | 2017 |
| Heartwood | Violet Boucher | 1998 |
| Candy Mountain | Annie | 1988 |
| Maïna | Tekahera | 2013 |
| Through Black Spruce | Mary-Lou | 2019 |
| The Grizzlies | Janace | 2019 |
| Falls Around Her | Mary Birchbark | 2018 |
| Hold the Dark | Illanaq | 2018 |
| The Great Northern Candy Drop | Narrator / Louisa (voice) | 2017 |
| Big Bear | Running Second | 1998 |
| Death Hunt | Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin) | 1981 |
| Red Snow | Grandmother Ruth | 2019 |
| Postmark Paradise | Reenie | 2000 |
| Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self | 2003 |
| The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | Herself | 1990 |
| ARQ | The Pope | 2016 |
| Honey Moccasin | Honey Moccasin | 1998 |
| How the Fiddle Flows | Narrator (voice) | 2002 |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Lizzie Q | 2023 |
| The Corruption of Divine Providence | Juniper Fairweather | 2020 |
| Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges | Alive | 1995 |
| Inkwo For When the Starving Return | (Auntie) | 2024 |
| An Ode for Leviticus | Luna | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Aunt Mary | 1951 |
| Tom Stone | Judge Crowfoot | 2002 |
| Family Law | Mrs. Grant | 1999 |
| The Guard | Ursula | 2008 |
| Corner Gas Animated | Real Estate Agent (voice) | 2018 |
| The Englishman's Boy | Little Soldier's Wife | 2008 |
| Three Pines | Bea Mayer | 2022 |
| The Campbells | Maria Brant | 1986 |
| Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Gabe LaRoche’s Mother | 1995 |
| Street Legal | Renee Stonehouse | 1987 |
| Cold Squad | Theresa Sandiman | 1998 |
| Harts of the West | Helen | 1993 |
| Canada: A People's History | Plains Storyteller | 2000 |
| North of 60 | Betty Moses | 1992 |
| MythQuest | Walloha | 2001 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Snow Bird | 1993 |
| The Killing | Hooker | 2011 |
| Mohawk Girls | Zoe’s Mom | 2014 |
| Frontier | Kamenna | 2016 |
| Strange Empire | Pichette | 2014 |
| Penny Dreadful | Old Native American Woman | 2014 |
| Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis | Iba Beauvais | 2006 |
| Shattered | Carol | 2010 |
| Arctic Air | Aunt Mary | 2012 |
| Cardinal | Nookomis | 2017 |
| Blackstone | Wilma Stoney | 2011 |
| Outlander | Adawehi | 2014 |
| Spirit Rangers | Moon (voice) | 2022 |
| New Amsterdam | Professor Jane Munsee | 2018 |
| H2O | Grand Chief Katie Blackfire | 2004 |
| Echo | Chula Battiest | 2024 |
| Godless | Iyovi | 2017 |
| For The Record | 1977 | |
| Westworld | Ehawee | 2016 |
| The American Buffalo | (voice) | 2023 |
| Bull | Chief Tsosie | 2016 |
| Stumptown | Sue Lynn Blackbird | 2019 |
| Moccasin Flats | Betty | 2003 |
| See | The Dreamer | 2019 |
| ONI: Thunder God's Tale | Principal (voice) | 2022 |
| Longmire | Marilyn Yarlott | 2012 |
