Tantoo Cardinal
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
All Movies (80)
- Wildwood2026 · as (voice)
- Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood2025 · as Self
- Inkwo for When the Starving Return2024 · as Auntie (voice)
- An Ode for Leviticus2024 · as Luna
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo2024 · as Self - Chula
- Killers of the Flower Moon2023 · as Lizzie Q
- The Last Manhunt2022 · as Ticup
- Wendell & Wild2022 · as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- However Wide the Sky: Places of Power2021 · as Self - Narrator
- Back Home Again2021 · as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- Tantoo Cardinal2021 · as self
- The Corruption of Divine Providence2020 · as Juniper Fairweather
- Red Snow2019 · as Grandmother Ruth
- The Grizzlies2019 · as Janace
- Through Black Spruce2019 · as Mary-Lou
- Hold the Dark2018 · as Illanaq
- Falls Around Her2018 · as Mary Birchbark
- The Great Northern Candy Drop2017 · as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
- Wind River2017 · as Alice Crowheart
- ARQ2016 · as The Pope
- On the Farm2016 · as Ada Taylor
- Hope Bridge2015 · as Lana
- Rez Carz2014 · as (voice)
- Chasing Shakespeare2014 · as Older Venus
- Down Here2014 · as Stella Mitchell
- Maïna2013 · as Tekahera
- Eden2013 · as The Nurse
- Shouting Secrets2011 · as June
- Fathers & Sons2010 · as Gordon’s Sister
- Every Emotion Costs2010 · as Aunt Marcy
- Changing Climates, Changing Times2009 · as Grace Lajoie
- Mothers & Daughters2008 · as Celine
- Dear Prudence2008 · as Ruth Vigil
- Mom, Dad and Her2008 · as Heather
- Older Than America2008 · as Auntie Apple
- Luna: Spirit of the Whale2007 · as Gloria Maquinna
- The Road to Christmas2006 · as Sioux Woman
- Unnatural & Accidental2006 · as Aunt Shadie / Rita
- H2O2004 · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- A Thief Of Time2004 · as Irene Musket
- Dreamkeeper2003 · as Old Pawnee Woman
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic2003 · as Self
- How the Fiddle Flows2002 · as Narrator (voice)
- Edge of Madness2002 · as Ruth
- In the Light of Reverence2001 · as Narrator (voice)
- Dodson's Journey2001 · as Waitress
- The Lost Child2000 · as Aunt Mary
- The Hi-Line2000 · as Singing Bird
- Postmark Paradise2000 · as Reenie
- Navigating the Heart2000 · as Mary
- A Stranger in the Kingdom1999 · as Heaven Fontaine
- Smoke Signals1998 · as Arlene Joseph
- Heartwood1998 · as Violet Boucher
- Big Bear1998 · as Running Second
- Honey Moccasin1998 · as Honey Moccasin
- The Education of Little Tree1997 · as Nonna
- Grand Avenue1996 · as Nellie
- Tecumseh: The Last Warrior1995 · as Turtle Mother
- Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West1995 · as Sarah Winnemucca
- Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges1995 · as Alive
- Legends of the Fall1994 · as Pet
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee1994 · as Mary's Mother
- Sioux City1994 · as Dawn Rainfeather
- Silent Tongue1994 · as Silent Tongue
- Spirit Rider1993 · as Marilyn St. Claire
- Where the Rivers Flow North1993 · as Bangor
- Mustard Bath1993 · as Sister Amantha
- Black Robe1991 · as Chomina's Wife
- The Lightning Incident1991 · as Vivian
- The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'1990 · as Herself
- Dances with Wolves1990 · as Black Shawl
- Divided Loyalties1990 · as Molly Brant
- War Party1988 · as Sonny's Mother
- Candy Mountain1988 · as Annie
- Loyalties1987 · as Rosanne Ladouceur
- Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge1987 · as Little Doe
- Places Not Our Own1986 · as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
- Running Brave1983 · as Caroline
- Death Hunt1981 · as Indian Woman
- Marie Ann1978 · as Tantou, Indian princess
All TV Shows (45)
- The American Revolution2025 · as (voice)
- Echo2024 · as Chula Battiest
- The American Buffalo2023 · as (voice)
- Three Pines2022 · as Bea Mayer
- ONI: Thunder God's Tale2022 · as Principal (voice)
- Spirit Rangers2022 · as Moon (voice)
- The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib2022 · as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
- See2019 · as The Dreamer
- Stumptown2019 · as Sue Lynn Blackbird
- New Amsterdam2018 · as Jane Munsee
- Corner Gas Animated2018 · as Real Estate Agent (voice)
- Godless2017 · as Iyovi
- Cardinal2017 · as Nookomis
- Frontier2016 · as Kamenna
- Westworld2016 · as Ehawee
- Bull2016 · as Chief Tsosie
- Mohawk Girls2014 · as Zoe’s Mom
- Strange Empire2014 · as Pichette
- Outlander2014 · as Adawehi
- Penny Dreadful2014 · as Old Native American Woman
- Longmire2012 · as Marilyn Yarlott
- Arctic Air2012 · as Aunt Mary
- The Killing2011 · as Hooker
- Blackstone2011 · as Wilma Stoney
- Shattered2010 · as Carol
- The Englishman's Boy2008 · as Little Soldier's Wife
- The Guard2008 · as Ursula
- Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis2006 · as Iba Beauvais
- H2O2004 · as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- Dreamkeeper2003 · as Old Pawnee Woman
- Moccasin Flats2003 · as Betty
- Tom Stone2002 · as Judge Crowfoot
- MythQuest2001 · as Walloha
- Canada: A People's History2000 · as Plains Storyteller
- Family Law1999 · as Mrs. Grant
- Cold Squad1998 · as Theresa Sandiman
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years1995 · as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
- Harts of the West1993 · as Helen
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993 · as Snow Bird
- North of 601992 · as Betty Moses
- Street Legal1987 · as Renee Stonehouse
- The Campbells1986 · as Maria Brant
- For the Record1976
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Aunt Mary