Tantoo Cardinal
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.
Born: 20 July 1950
Played In
Movie
Oct 2026
Wildwood
(voice)
TV Show
Nov 2025
The American Revolution
(voice)
Movie
Feb 2025
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Self
Movie
Sep 2024
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Auntie (voice)
Movie
Feb 2024
An Ode for Leviticus
Luna
Movie
Jan 2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Self - Chula
TV Show
Jan 2024
Echo
Chula Battiest
Movie
Oct 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Lizzie Q
TV Show
Oct 2023
The American Buffalo
(voice)
TV Show
Dec 2022
Three Pines
Bea Mayer
Movie
Nov 2022
The Last Manhunt
Ticup
Movie
Oct 2022
Wendell & Wild
Ms. Hunter (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
Principal (voice)
TV Show
Oct 2022
Spirit Rangers
Moon (voice)
TV Show
May 2022
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
Marie Chalifoux (voice)
Movie
Nov 2021
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
Self - Narrator
Movie
Oct 2021
Back Home Again
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
Movie
Jun 2021
Tantoo Cardinal
self
Movie
May 2020
The Corruption of Divine Providence
Juniper Fairweather
TV Show
Nov 2019
See
The Dreamer
Movie
Oct 2019
Red Snow
Grandmother Ruth
TV Show
Sep 2019
Stumptown
Sue Lynn Blackbird
Movie
Apr 2019
The Grizzlies
Janace
Movie
Mar 2019
Through Black Spruce
Mary-Lou
TV Show
Sep 2018
New Amsterdam
Jane Munsee
Movie
Sep 2018
Hold the Dark
Illanaq
Movie
Sep 2018
Falls Around Her
Mary Birchbark
TV Show
Apr 2018
Corner Gas Animated
Real Estate Agent (voice)
Movie
Dec 2017
The Great Northern Candy Drop
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2017
Godless
Iyovi
Movie
Aug 2017
Wind River
Alice Crowheart
TV Show
Jan 2017
Cardinal
Nookomis
TV Show
Nov 2016
Frontier
Kamenna
TV Show
Oct 2016
Westworld
Ehawee
TV Show
Sep 2016
Bull
Chief Tsosie
Movie
Sep 2016
ARQ
The Pope
Movie
Jul 2016
On the Farm
Ada Taylor
Movie
May 2015
Hope Bridge
Lana
TV Show
Nov 2014
Mohawk Girls
Zoe’s Mom
TV Show
Oct 2014
Strange Empire
Pichette
TV Show
Aug 2014
Outlander
Adawehi
TV Show
May 2014
Penny Dreadful
Old Native American Woman
Movie
Apr 2014
Rez Carz
(voice)
Movie
Feb 2014
Chasing Shakespeare
Older Venus
Movie
Jan 2014
Down Here
Stella Mitchell
Movie
Sep 2013
Maïna
Tekahera
Movie
Mar 2013
Eden
The Nurse
TV Show
Jun 2012
Longmire
Marilyn Yarlott
TV Show
Jan 2012
Arctic Air
Aunt Mary
Movie
Nov 2011
Shouting Secrets
June
TV Show
Apr 2011
The Killing
Hooker
TV Show
Jan 2011
Blackstone
Wilma Stoney
Movie
Oct 2010
Fathers & Sons
Gordon’s Sister
TV Show
Sep 2010
Shattered
Carol
Movie
Jan 2010
Every Emotion Costs
Aunt Marcy
Movie
Feb 2009
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Grace Lajoie
Movie
Sep 2008
Mothers & Daughters
Celine
Movie
Aug 2008
Dear Prudence
Ruth Vigil
Movie
May 2008
Mom, Dad and Her
Heather
Movie
Mar 2008
Older Than America
Auntie Apple
TV Show
Mar 2008
The Englishman's Boy
Little Soldier's Wife
TV Show
Jan 2008
The Guard
Ursula
Movie
May 2007
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Gloria Maquinna
Movie
Dec 2006
The Road to Christmas
Sioux Woman
TV Show
Sep 2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
Iba Beauvais
Movie
Jul 2006
Unnatural & Accidental
Aunt Shadie / Rita
Movie
Oct 2004
H2O
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
TV Show
Oct 2004
H2O
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
Movie
Jul 2004
A Thief Of Time
Irene Musket
Movie
Dec 2003
Dreamkeeper
Old Pawnee Woman
TV Show
Dec 2003
Dreamkeeper
Old Pawnee Woman
TV Show
Nov 2003
Moccasin Flats
Betty
Movie
May 2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
Movie
Apr 2002
How the Fiddle Flows
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 2002
Edge of Madness
Ruth
TV Show
Feb 2002
Tom Stone
Judge Crowfoot
TV Show
Aug 2001
MythQuest
Walloha
Movie
Feb 2001
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jan 2001
Dodson's Journey
Waitress
Movie
Nov 2000
The Lost Child
Aunt Mary
TV Show
Oct 2000
Canada: A People's History
Plains Storyteller
Movie
May 2000
The Hi-Line
Singing Bird
Movie
Mar 2000
Postmark Paradise
Reenie
Movie
Feb 2000
Navigating the Heart
Mary
Movie
Nov 1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Heaven Fontaine
TV Show
Sep 1999
Family Law
Mrs. Grant
Movie
Jun 1998
Smoke Signals
Arlene Joseph
Movie
Apr 1998
Heartwood
Violet Boucher
Movie
Feb 1998
Big Bear
Running Second
TV Show
Jan 1998
Cold Squad
Theresa Sandiman
Movie
Jan 1998
Honey Moccasin
Honey Moccasin
Movie
Dec 1997
The Education of Little Tree
Nonna
Movie
Jun 1996
Grand Avenue
Nellie
TV Show
Sep 1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
Movie
Jun 1995
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Turtle Mother
Movie
May 1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Sarah Winnemucca
Movie
Jan 1995
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Alive
Movie
Dec 1994
Legends of the Fall
Pet
Movie
Oct 1994
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Mary's Mother
Movie
Apr 1994
Sioux City
Dawn Rainfeather
Movie
Feb 1994
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
TV Show
Sep 1993
Harts of the West
Helen
Movie
Aug 1993
Spirit Rider
Marilyn St. Claire
Movie
Jun 1993
Where the Rivers Flow North
Bangor
Movie
Feb 1993
Mustard Bath
Sister Amantha
TV Show
Jan 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Snow Bird
TV Show
Dec 1992
North of 60
Betty Moses
Movie
Oct 1991
Black Robe
Chomina's Wife
Movie
Sep 1991
The Lightning Incident
Vivian
Movie
Nov 1990
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Herself
Movie
Nov 1990
Dances with Wolves
Black Shawl
Movie
Feb 1990
Divided Loyalties
Molly Brant
Movie
Sep 1988
War Party
Sonny's Mother
Movie
Jan 1988
Candy Mountain
Annie
Movie
Nov 1987
Loyalties
Rosanne Ladouceur
Movie
Sep 1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Little Doe
TV Show
Jan 1987
Street Legal
Renee Stonehouse
TV Show
Apr 1986
The Campbells
Maria Brant
Movie
Jan 1986
Places Not Our Own
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
Movie
Nov 1983
Running Brave
Caroline
Movie
Apr 1981
Death Hunt
Indian Woman
Movie
Aug 1978
Marie Ann
Tantou, Indian princess
TV Show
Feb 1976
For the Record
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Mary