Tantoo Cardinal
Born: 1950-07-20 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Known For: Acting
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
2026
- Wildwood as (voice)
2025
- The American Revolution as (voice)
- Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood as Self
2024
- Echo as Chula Battiest
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo as Self - Chula
- Inkwo for When the Starving Return as Auntie (voice)
- An Ode for Leviticus as Luna
2023
- Killers of the Flower Moon as Lizzie Q
- The American Buffalo as (voice)
2022
- The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
- Three Pines as Bea Mayer
- ONI: Thunder God's Tale as Principal (voice)
- Spirit Rangers as Moon (voice)
- Wendell & Wild as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- The Last Manhunt as Ticup
2021
- Back Home Again as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- Tantoo Cardinal as self
- However Wide the Sky: Places of Power as Self - Narrator
2020
- The Corruption of Divine Providence as Juniper Fairweather
- Sisters Rising ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- See as The Dreamer
- Stumptown as Sue Lynn Blackbird
- The Grizzlies as Janace
- Through Black Spruce as Mary-Lou
- Red Snow as Grandmother Ruth
2018
- New Amsterdam as Jane Munsee
- Corner Gas Animated as Real Estate Agent (voice)
- Hold the Dark as Illanaq
- Falls Around Her as Mary Birchbark
2017
- Wind River as Alice Crowheart
- Godless as Iyovi
- Cardinal as Nookomis
- The Great Northern Candy Drop as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
2016
- Westworld as Ehawee
- Bull as Chief Tsosie
- Frontier as Kamenna
- ARQ as The Pope
- On the Farm as Ada Taylor
2015
- Hope Bridge as Lana
2014
- Outlander as Adawehi
- Penny Dreadful as Old Native American Woman
- Strange Empire as Pichette
- Mohawk Girls as Zoe’s Mom
- Down Here as Stella Mitchell
- Chasing Shakespeare as Older Venus
- Rez Carz as (voice)
2012
- Longmire as Marilyn Yarlott
- Arctic Air as Aunt Mary
2011
- The Killing as Hooker
- Blackstone as Wilma Stoney
- Shouting Secrets as June
2010
- Shattered as Carol
- Fathers & Sons as Gordon’s Sister
- Every Emotion Costs as Aunt Marcy
2009
- Changing Climates, Changing Times as Grace Lajoie
2008
- The Guard as Ursula
- Older Than America as Auntie Apple
- The Englishman's Boy as Little Soldier's Wife
- Mom, Dad and Her as Heather
- Dear Prudence as Ruth Vigil
- Mothers & Daughters as Celine
2007
- Luna: Spirit of the Whale as Gloria Maquinna
2006
- Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis as Iba Beauvais
- The Road to Christmas as Sioux Woman
- Unnatural & Accidental as Aunt Shadie / Rita
2004
- H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- A Thief Of Time as Irene Musket
- H2O as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2003
- Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- Moccasin Flats as Betty
- Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic as Self
2002
- Tom Stone as Judge Crowfoot
- Edge of Madness as Ruth
- How the Fiddle Flows as Narrator (voice)
2001
- MythQuest as Walloha
- Dodson's Journey as Waitress
- In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
2000
- Canada: A People's History as Plains Storyteller
- The Lost Child as Aunt Mary
- Navigating the Heart as Mary
- The Hi-Line as Singing Bird
- Postmark Paradise as Reenie
1999
- Family Law as Mrs. Grant
- A Stranger in the Kingdom as Heaven Fontaine
1998
- Cold Squad as Theresa Sandiman
- Smoke Signals as Arlene Joseph
- Heartwood as Violet Boucher
- Big Bear as Running Second
- Honey Moccasin as Honey Moccasin
1997
- The Education of Little Tree as Nonna
1996
- Grand Avenue as Nellie
1995
- Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
- Tecumseh: The Last Warrior as Turtle Mother
- Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West as Sarah Winnemucca
- Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges as Alive
1994
- Legends of the Fall as Pet
- Silent Tongue as Silent Tongue
- Sioux City as Dawn Rainfeather
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee as Mary's Mother
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Snow Bird
- Harts of the West as Helen
- Where the Rivers Flow North as Bangor
- Spirit Rider as Marilyn St. Claire
- Mustard Bath as Sister Amantha
1992
- North of 60 as Betty Moses
1991
- Black Robe as Chomina's Wife
- The Lightning Incident as Vivian
1990
- Dances with Wolves as Black Shawl
- Divided Loyalties as Molly Brant
- The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' as Herself
1988
- War Party as Sonny's Mother
- Candy Mountain as Annie
1987
- Street Legal as Renee Stonehouse
- Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge as Little Doe
- Loyalties as Rosanne Ladouceur
1986
- The Campbells as Maria Brant
- Places Not Our Own as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
1983
- Running Brave as Caroline
1981
- Death Hunt as Indian Woman
1978
- Marie Ann as Tantou, Indian princess
1976
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aunt Mary