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Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

ActingBorn July 20, 1950 (age 75)Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

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 (voice)

Movie
2025TV
2024Movie
2024Movie
2024
Echo

as Chula Battiest

TV
2023Movie
2023TV
2022
Three Pines

as Bea Mayer

TV
2022Movie
2022
Wendell & Wild

as Ms. Hunter (voice)

Movie
2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale

as Principal (voice)

TV
2022
Spirit Rangers

as Moon (voice)

TV
2022
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib

as Marie Chalifoux (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2021
Back Home Again

as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

Movie
2021Movie
2020Movie
2019
See

as The Dreamer

TV
2019
Red Snow

as Grandmother Ruth

Movie
2019
Stumptown

as Sue Lynn Blackbird

TV
2019
The Grizzlies

as Janace

Movie
2019Movie
2018
New Amsterdam

as Jane Munsee

TV
2018
Hold the Dark

as Illanaq

Movie
2018
Falls Around Her

as Mary Birchbark

Movie
2018
Corner Gas Animated

as Real Estate Agent (voice)

TV
2017
The Great Northern Candy Drop

as Narrator / Louisa (voice)

Movie
2017
Godless

as Iyovi

TV
2017
Wind River

as Alice Crowheart

Movie
2017
Cardinal

as Nookomis

TV
2016
Frontier

as Kamenna

TV
2016
Westworld

as Ehawee

TV
2016
Bull

as Chief Tsosie

TV
2016
ARQ

as The Pope

Movie
2016
On the Farm

as Ada Taylor

Movie
2015Movie
2014
Mohawk Girls

as Zoe’s Mom

TV
2014
Strange Empire

as Pichette

TV
2014
Outlander

as Adawehi

TV
2014
Penny Dreadful

as Old Native American Woman

TV
2014
Rez Carz

as (voice)

Movie
2014
Chasing Shakespeare

as Older Venus

Movie
2014
Down Here

as Stella Mitchell

Movie
2013
Maïna

as Tekahera

Movie
2013
Eden

as The Nurse

Movie
2012
Longmire

as Marilyn Yarlott

TV
2012
Arctic Air

as Aunt Mary

TV
2011Movie
2011
The Killing

as Hooker

TV
2011
Blackstone

as Wilma Stoney

TV
2010
Fathers & Sons

as Gordon’s Sister

Movie
2010
Shattered

as Carol

TV
2010
Every Emotion Costs

as Aunt Marcy

Movie
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008
Dear Prudence

as Ruth Vigil

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Older Than America

as Auntie Apple

Movie
2008
The Englishman's Boy

as Little Soldier's Wife

TV
2008
The Guard

as Ursula

TV
2007
Luna: Spirit of the Whale

as Gloria Maquinna

Movie
2006
The Road to Christmas

as Sioux Woman

Movie
2006TV
2006
Unnatural & Accidental

as Aunt Shadie / Rita

Movie
2004
H2O

as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

Movie
2004
H2O

as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

TV
2004
A Thief Of Time

as Irene Musket

Movie
2003
Dreamkeeper

as Old Pawnee Woman

Movie
2003
Dreamkeeper

as Old Pawnee Woman

TV
2003TV
2002
How the Fiddle Flows

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2002Movie
2002
Tom Stone

as Judge Crowfoot

TV
2001
MythQuest

as Walloha

TV
2001
In the Light of Reverence

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2001
Dodson's Journey

as Waitress

Movie
2000
The Lost Child

as Aunt Mary

Movie
2000
Canada: A People's History

as Plains Storyteller

TV
2000
The Hi-Line

as Singing Bird

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom

as Heaven Fontaine

Movie
1999
Family Law

as Mrs. Grant

TV
1998
Smoke Signals

as Arlene Joseph

Movie
1998
Heartwood

as Violet Boucher

Movie
1998
Big Bear

as Running Second

Movie
1998
Cold Squad

as Theresa Sandiman

TV
1998
Honey Moccasin

as Honey Moccasin

Movie
1996
Grand Avenue

as Nellie

Movie
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother

TV
1995Movie
1995Movie
1994Movie
1994Movie
1994
Sioux City

as Dawn Rainfeather

Movie
1994
Silent Tongue

as Silent Tongue

Movie
1993TV
1993
Spirit Rider

as Marilyn St. Claire

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Mustard Bath

as Sister Amantha

Movie
1993TV
1992
North of 60

as Betty Moses

TV
1991
Black Robe

as Chomina's Wife

Movie
1991Movie
1990
Dances with Wolves

as Black Shawl

Movie
1990
Divided Loyalties

as Molly Brant

Movie
1988
War Party

as Sonny's Mother

Movie
1988Movie
1987
Loyalties

as Rosanne Ladouceur

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Street Legal

as Renee Stonehouse

TV
1986
The Campbells

as Maria Brant

TV
1986
Places Not Our Own

as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

Movie
1983
Running Brave

as Caroline

Movie
1981
Death Hunt

as Indian Woman

Movie
1978
Marie Ann

as Tantou, Indian princess

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 20, 1950
Place of BirthFort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Popularity1.2