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 Iphigenia (voice)
- Below as Anik
- Stories That Made Us with George Stroumboulopoulos as Self
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)
- Spirit Rangers as Moon (voice)
- Three Pines as Bea Mayer
- Wendell & Wild as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- ONI: Thunder God's Tale as Principal (voice)
- The Last Manhunt as Ticup
2021
- Back Home Again as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- However Wide the Sky: Places of Power as Self - Narrator
- Tantoo Cardinal as self
2020
- The Corruption of Divine Providence as Juniper Fairweather
- Sisters Rising ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- See as The Dreamer
- Stumptown as Sue Lynn Blackbird
- Through Black Spruce as Mary-Lou
- The Grizzlies as Janace
- 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
- Abandoned: Angelique's Isle as Green Thunderbird Woman
2017
- Cardinal as Nookomis
- Godless as Iyovi
- Wind River as Alice Crowheart
- 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
- Mohawk Girls as Zoe’s Mom
- Strange Empire as Pichette
- 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
- The Englishman's Boy as Little Soldier's Wife
- Mom, Dad and Her as Heather
- Older Than America as Auntie Apple
- 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
- Moccasin Flats as Betty
- Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- Dreamkeeper as Old Pawnee Woman
- 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
- In the Light of Reverence as Narrator (voice)
- Dodson's Journey as Waitress
2000
- Canada: A People's History as Plains Storyteller
- Navigating the Heart as Mary
- The Lost Child as Aunt 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
- Honey Moccasin as Honey Moccasin
- Big Bear as Running Second
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
- Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee as Mary's Mother
- Sioux City as Dawn Rainfeather
- Silent Tongue as Silent Tongue
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Snow Bird
- Harts of the West as Helen
- Where the Rivers Flow North as Bangor
- Mustard Bath as Sister Amantha
- Spirit Rider as Marilyn St. Claire
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