Tantoo Cardinal
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-07-20 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Tantoo Cardinal
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
Wildwood
as (voice)
Tantoo Cardinal
as self
(2025)
(2024)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
as Self - Chula
(2024)
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
as Auntie (voice)
(2024)
An Ode for Leviticus
as Luna
(2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Lizzie Q
(2022)
The Last Manhunt
as Ticup
(2022)
Wendell & Wild
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
(2021)
Back Home Again
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
(2020)
The Corruption of Divine Providence
as Juniper Fairweather
(2019)
The Grizzlies
as Janace
(2019)
Through Black Spruce
as Mary-Lou
(2019)
Red Snow
as Grandmother Ruth
(2018)
Hold the Dark
as Illanaq
(2018)
Falls Around Her
as Mary Birchbark
(2017)
Wind River
as Alice Crowheart
(2017)
The Great Northern Candy Drop
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
(2016)
ARQ
as The Pope
(2016)
On the Farm
as Ada Taylor
(2015)
Hope Bridge
as Lana
(2014)
Chasing Shakespeare
as Older Venus
(2014)
Rez Carz
as (voice)
(2014)
Down Here
as Stella Mitchell
(2013)
Eden
as The Nurse
(2013)
Maïna
as Tekahera
(2011)
Shouting Secrets
as June
(2010)
Fathers & Sons
as Gordon’s Sister
(2010)
Every Emotion Costs
as Aunt Marcy
(2009)
Changing Climates, Changing Times
as Grace Lajoie
(2008)
Older Than America
as Auntie Apple
(2008)
Mom, Dad and Her
as Heather
(2008)
Dear Prudence
as Ruth Vigil
(2008)
Mothers & Daughters
as Celine
(2007)
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
as Gloria Maquinna
(2006)
The Road to Christmas
as Sioux Woman
(2006)
Unnatural & Accidental
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
(2004)
A Thief Of Time
as Irene Musket
(2004)
H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
(2003)
Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
(2003)
(2002)
Edge of Madness
as Ruth
(2002)
How the Fiddle Flows
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Dodson's Journey
as Waitress
(2001)
In the Light of Reverence
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
Navigating the Heart
as Mary
(2000)
The Lost Child
as Aunt Mary
(2000)
The Hi-Line
as Singing Bird
(2000)
Postmark Paradise
as Reenie
(1999)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Heaven Fontaine
(1998)
Smoke Signals
as Arlene Joseph
(1998)
Heartwood
as Violet Boucher
(1998)
Big Bear
as Running Second
(1998)
Honey Moccasin
as Honey Moccasin
(1997)
The Education of Little Tree
as Nonna
(1996)
Grand Avenue
as Nellie
(1995)
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
as Turtle Mother
(1995)
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Sarah Winnemucca
(1995)
(1994)
Legends of the Fall
as Pet
(1994)
Sioux City
as Dawn Rainfeather
(1994)
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
as Mary's Mother
(1993)
Silent Tongue
as Silent Tongue
(1993)
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Bangor
(1993)
Spirit Rider
as Marilyn St. Claire
(1993)
Mustard Bath
as Sister Amantha
(1991)
Black Robe
as Chomina's Wife
(1991)
The Lightning Incident
as Vivian
(1990)
Dances with Wolves
as Black Shawl
(1990)
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
as Herself
(1990)
Divided Loyalties
as Molly Brant
(1988)
Candy Mountain
as Annie
(1988)
War Party
as Sonny's Mother
(1987)
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Little Doe
(1987)
Loyalties
as Rosanne Ladouceur
(1986)
Places Not Our Own
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
(1983)
Running Brave
as Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
(1981)
Death Hunt
as Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
(1978)
Marie Ann
as Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
Crew
(2020)
Sisters Rising
Executive Producer