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