Tantoo Cardinal
Known for acting · Born 20 July 1950 · 76 · Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
127 credits
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
Dances with Wolves
1990
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
Hold the Dark
2018
Stumptown
2019
Godless
2017
Wind River
2017
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Frontier
2016
Legends of the Fall
1994
See
2019
ARQ
2016
Black Robe
1991
Acting (126)
2026WildwoodIphigenia (voice)Film
2025The American Revolution(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2025Bearing Witness Native American Voices in HollywoodSelfFilm
2024EchoChula Battiest · 5 episodesSeries
2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of EchoSelf - ChulaFilm
2024Inkwo for When the Starving ReturnAuntie (voice)Film
2024An Ode for LeviticusLunaFilm
2023Killers of the Flower MoonLizzie QFilm
2023The American Buffalo(voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2022Wendell & WildMs. Hunter (voice)Film
2022The Boss Baby: Back in the CribMarie Chalifoux (voice)Series
2022Three PinesBea Mayer · 6 episodesSeries
2022The Last ManhuntTicupFilm
2022ONI: Thunder God's TalePrincipal (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2022Spirit RangersMoon (voice) · 3 episodesSeries
2021Back Home AgainMrs. Grey Horns (voice)Film
2021Tantoo CardinalselfFilm
2021However Wide the Sky: Places of PowerSelf - NarratorFilm
2020The Corruption of Divine ProvidenceJuniper FairweatherFilm
2019SeeThe Dreamer · 4 episodesSeries
2019StumptownSue Lynn Blackbird · 18 episodesSeries
2019The GrizzliesJanaceFilm
2019Through Black SpruceMary-LouFilm
2019Red SnowGrandmother RuthFilm
2018New AmsterdamJane MunseeSeries
2018Hold the DarkIllanaqFilm
2018Corner Gas AnimatedReal Estate Agent (voice)Series
2018Abandoned: Angelique's IsleGreen Thunderbird WomanFilm
2018Falls Around HerMary BirchbarkFilm
2017Wind RiverAlice CrowheartFilm
2017GodlessIyovi · 7 episodesSeries
2017CardinalNookomis · 2 episodesSeries
2017The Great Northern Candy DropNarrator / Louisa (voice)Film
2016WestworldEhaweeSeries
2016ARQThe PopeFilm
2016BullChief TsosieSeries
2016FrontierKamenna · 7 episodesSeries
2016On the FarmAda TaylorFilm
2015Hope BridgeLanaFilm
2014OutlanderAdawehi · 2 episodesSeries
2014Penny DreadfulOld Native American WomanSeries
2014Strange EmpirePichetteSeries
2014Down HereStella MitchellFilm
2014Mohawk GirlsZoe’s Mom · 6 episodesSeries
2014Chasing ShakespeareOlder VenusFilm
2014Rez Carz(voice)Film
2013EdenThe NurseFilm
2013MaïnaTekaheraFilm
2012LongmireMarilyn Yarlott · 4 episodesSeries
2012Arctic AirAunt MarySeries
2011The KillingHookerSeries
2011Shouting SecretsJuneFilm
2011BlackstoneWilma Stoney · 18 episodesSeries
2010ShatteredCarol · 2 episodesSeries
2010Fathers & SonsGordon’s SisterFilm
2010Every Emotion CostsAunt MarcyFilm
2009Changing Climates, Changing TimesGrace LajoieFilm
2008Older Than AmericaAuntie AppleFilm
2008Mom, Dad and HerHeatherFilm
2008Dear PrudenceRuth VigilFilm
2008The Englishman's BoyLittle Soldier's Wife · 2 episodesSeries
2008The GuardUrsula · 4 episodesSeries
2008Mothers & DaughtersCelineFilm
2007Luna: Spirit of the WhaleGloria MaquinnaFilm
2006The Road to ChristmasSioux WomanFilm
2006Unnatural & AccidentalAunt Shadie / RitaFilm
2006Indian Summer: The Oka CrisisIba Beauvais · 2 episodesSeries
2004A Thief Of TimeIrene MusketFilm
2004H2OGrand Chief Katie BlackfireFilm
2004H2OGrand Chief Katie Blackfire · 2 episodesSeries
2003DreamkeeperOld Pawnee WomanFilm
2003Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an EpicSelfFilm
2003DreamkeeperOld Pawnee Woman · 2 episodesSeries
2003Moccasin FlatsBetty · 15 episodesSeries
2002Edge of MadnessRuthFilm
2002Tom StoneJudge CrowfootSeries
2002How the Fiddle FlowsNarrator (voice)Film
2001Dodson's JourneyWaitressFilm
2001MythQuestWallohaSeries
2001In the Light of ReverenceNarrator (voice)Film
2000The Hi-LineSinging BirdFilm
2000The Lost ChildAunt MaryFilm
2000Navigating the HeartMaryFilm
2000Canada: A People's HistoryPlains StorytellerSeries
2000Postmark ParadiseReenieFilm
1999Family LawMrs. GrantSeries
1999A Stranger in the KingdomHeaven FontaineFilm
1998Smoke SignalsArlene JosephFilm
1998Cold SquadTheresa SandimanSeries
1998HeartwoodViolet BoucherFilm
1998Big BearRunning SecondFilm
1998Honey MoccasinHoney MoccasinFilm
1997The Education of Little TreeNonnaFilm
1996Grand AvenueNellieFilm
1995Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw YearsGabe LaRoche’s MotherSeries
1995Tecumseh: The Last WarriorTurtle MotherFilm
1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the WestSarah WinnemuccaFilm
1995Prophecy, Milestones & ChallengesAliveFilm
1994Legends of the FallPetFilm
1994Silent TongueSilent TongueFilm
1994Sioux CityDawn RainfeatherFilm
1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeMary's MotherFilm
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanSnow Bird · 6 episodesSeries
1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthBangorFilm
1993Harts of the WestHelenSeries
1993Spirit RiderMarilyn St. ClaireFilm
1993Mustard BathSister AmanthaFilm
1992North of 60Betty Moses · 7 episodesSeries
1991Black RobeChomina's WifeFilm
1991The Lightning IncidentVivianFilm
1990Dances with WolvesBlack ShawlFilm
1990The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'HerselfFilm
1990Divided LoyaltiesMolly BrantFilm
1988Candy MountainAnnieFilm
1988War PartySonny's MotherFilm
1987Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeLittle DoeFilm
1987Street LegalRenee Stonehouse · 4 episodesSeries
1987LoyaltiesRosanne LadouceurFilm
1986The CampbellsMaria BrantSeries
1986Places Not Our OwnRose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)Film
1983Running BraveCarolineFilm
1981Death HuntIndian WomanFilm
1978Marie AnnTantou, Indian princessFilm
1976For the RecordSeries
1953The OscarsSelfSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAunt MarySeries
Production (1)
2020Sisters RisingExecutive ProducerFilm