Tantoo Cardinal
Acting
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
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movieWildwood
2026
(voice)
movieInkwo for When the Starving Return
2024
Auntie (voice)
tvEcho
2024
Chula Battiest
tvThe American Buffalo
2023
(voice)
tvThree Pines
2022
Bea Mayer
movieWendell & Wild
2022
Ms. Hunter (voice)
tvONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022
Principal (voice)
tvSpirit Rangers
2022
Moon (voice)
tvThe Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022
Marie Chalifoux (voice)
movieHowever Wide the Sky: Places of Power
2021
Self - Narrator
movieBack Home Again
2021
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
movieThe Corruption of Divine Providence
2020
Juniper Fairweather
tvSee
2019
The Dreamer
movieRed Snow
2019
Grandmother Ruth
tvStumptown
2019
Sue Lynn Blackbird
movieThe Grizzlies
2019
Janace
movieThrough Black Spruce
2019
Mary-Lou
movieAbandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018
Green Thunderbird Woman
tvNew Amsterdam
2018
Jane Munsee
movieHold the Dark
2018
Illanaq
movieFalls Around Her
2018
Mary Birchbark
tvCorner Gas Animated
2018
Real Estate Agent (voice)
movieThe Great Northern Candy Drop
2017
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
tvGodless
2017
Iyovi
movieWind River
2017
Alice Crowheart
tvCardinal
2017
Nookomis
tvFrontier
2016
Kamenna
tvWestworld
2016
Ehawee
tvBull
2016
Chief Tsosie
movieARQ
2016
The Pope
movieOn the Farm
2016
Ada Taylor
tvMohawk Girls
2014
Zoe’s Mom
tvStrange Empire
2014
Pichette
tvOutlander
2014
Adawehi
tvPenny Dreadful
2014
Old Native American Woman
movieRez Carz
2014
(voice)
movieChasing Shakespeare
2014
Older Venus
movieDown Here
2014
Stella Mitchell
movieMaïna
2013
Tekahera
movieEden
2013
The Nurse
tvLongmire
2012
Marilyn Yarlott
tvArctic Air
2012
Aunt Mary
tvThe Killing
2011
Hooker
tvBlackstone
2011
Wilma Stoney
movieFathers & Sons
2010
Gordon’s Sister
tvShattered
2010
Carol
movieChanging Climates, Changing Times
2009
Grace Lajoie
movieDear Prudence
2008
Ruth Vigil
movieMom, Dad and Her
2008
Heather
movieOlder Than America
2008
Auntie Apple
tvThe Englishman's Boy
2008
Little Soldier's Wife
tvThe Guard
2008
Ursula
movieLuna: Spirit of the Whale
2007
Gloria Maquinna
movieThe Road to Christmas
2006
Sioux Woman
tvIndian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006
Iba Beauvais
movieUnnatural & Accidental
2006
Aunt Shadie / Rita
movieH2O
2004
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
tvH2O
2004
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
movieA Thief Of Time
2004
Irene Musket
movieDreamkeeper
2003
Old Pawnee Woman
tvDreamkeeper
2003
Old Pawnee Woman
How the Fiddle Flows
2002
Narrator (voice)
Tom Stone
2002
Judge Crowfoot
tvMythQuest
2001
Walloha
movieIn the Light of Reverence
2001
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Lost Child
2000
Aunt Mary
tvCanada: A People's History
2000
Plains Storyteller
movieThe Hi-Line
2000
Singing Bird
movieA Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
Heaven Fontaine
tvFamily Law
1999
Mrs. Grant
movieSmoke Signals
1998
Arlene Joseph
movieHeartwood
1998
Violet Boucher
movieBig Bear
1998
Running Second
tvCold Squad
1998
Theresa Sandiman
movieHoney Moccasin
1998
Honey Moccasin
movieGrand Avenue
1996
Nellie
tvLonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
movieTecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995
Turtle Mother
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Sarah Winnemucca
movieLakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
Mary's Mother
movieSioux City
1994
Dawn Rainfeather
movieSilent Tongue
1994
Silent Tongue
movieSpirit Rider
1993
Marilyn St. Claire
movieMustard Bath
1993
Sister Amantha
tvDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Snow Bird
tvNorth of 60
1992
Betty Moses
movieBlack Robe
1991
Chomina's Wife
movieDances with Wolves
1990
Black Shawl
movieDivided Loyalties
1990
Molly Brant
movieWar Party
1988
Sonny's Mother
movieLoyalties
1987
Rosanne Ladouceur
movieGunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
Little Doe
tvStreet Legal
1987
Renee Stonehouse
tvThe Campbells
1986
Maria Brant
moviePlaces Not Our Own
1986
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
movieRunning Brave
1983
Caroline
movieDeath Hunt
1981
Indian Woman
movieMarie Ann
1978
Tantou, Indian princess
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Aunt Mary
Production1
Sisters Rising
2020
Executive Producer