Tantoo Cardinal
76 movies · 44 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 20, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
- Also known as
- Tantoo Martin · Tantoo Martin-Cardinal · تانتو کاردینال · Tantoo Caroline Rose Cardinal
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.
Known for
Tantoo Cardinal: movies and TV shows
Acting (119)
- Upcoming Wildwood
as Iphigenia (voice)
- 2025
- 2024 Inkwo for When the Starving Return
as Auntie (voice)
- 2024 An Ode for Leviticus
as Luna
- 2024
- 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon
as Lizzie Q
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022 The Last Manhunt
as Ticup
- 2022 Wendell & Wild
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 Back Home Again
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- 2020 The Corruption of Divine Providence
as Juniper Fairweather
- 2019
- 2019 Red Snow
as Grandmother Ruth
- 2019
- 2019 The Grizzlies
as Janace
- 2019 Through Black Spruce
as Mary-Lou
- 2018 Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
as Green Thunderbird Woman
- 2018
- 2018 Hold the Dark
as Illanaq
- 2018 Falls Around Her
as Mary Birchbark
- 2018
- 2017 The Great Northern Candy Drop
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
- 2017
- 2017 Wind River
as Alice Crowheart
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 ARQ
as The Pope
- 2016 On the Farm
as Ada Taylor
- 2015 Hope Bridge
as Lana
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Rez Carz
as (voice)
- 2014 Chasing Shakespeare
as Older Venus
- 2014 Down Here
as Stella Mitchell
- 2013 Maïna
as Tekahera
- 2013 Eden
as The Nurse
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 Shouting Secrets
as June
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010 Fathers & Sons
as Gordon’s Sister
- 2010
- 2010 Every Emotion Costs
as Aunt Marcy
- 2009 Changing Climates, Changing Times
as Grace Lajoie
- 2008 Mothers & Daughters
as Celine
- 2008 Dear Prudence
as Ruth Vigil
- 2008 Mom, Dad and Her
as Heather
- 2008 Older Than America
as Auntie Apple
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007 Luna: Spirit of the Whale
as Gloria Maquinna
- 2006 The Road to Christmas
as Sioux Woman
- 2006
- 2006 Unnatural & Accidental
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
- 2004 H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2004
- 2004 A Thief Of Time
as Irene Musket
- 2003 Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 How the Fiddle Flows
as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 Edge of Madness
as Ruth
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001 In the Light of Reverence
as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 Dodson's Journey
as Waitress
- 2000 The Lost Child
as Aunt Mary
- 2000
- 2000 The Hi-Line
as Singing Bird
- 2000 Postmark Paradise
as Reenie
- 2000 Navigating the Heart
as Mary
- 1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Heaven Fontaine
- 1999
- 1998 Smoke Signals
as Arlene Joseph
- 1998 Heartwood
as Violet Boucher
- 1998 Big Bear
as Running Second
- 1998
- 1998 Honey Moccasin
as Honey Moccasin
- 1997 The Education of Little Tree
as Nonna
- 1996 Grand Avenue
as Nellie
- 1995
- 1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
as Turtle Mother
- 1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Sarah Winnemucca
- 1995 Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
as Alive
- 1994 Legends of the Fall
as Pet
- 1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
as Mary's Mother
- 1994 Sioux City
as Dawn Rainfeather
- 1994 Silent Tongue
as Silent Tongue
- 1993
- 1993 Spirit Rider
as Marilyn St. Claire
- 1993 Where the Rivers Flow North
as Bangor
- 1993 Mustard Bath
as Sister Amantha
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991 Black Robe
as Chomina's Wife
- 1991 The Lightning Incident
as Vivian
- 1990 Dances with Wolves
as Black Shawl
- 1990 Divided Loyalties
as Molly Brant
- 1988 War Party
as Sonny's Mother
- 1988 Candy Mountain
as Annie
- 1987 Loyalties
as Rosanne Ladouceur
- 1987 Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Little Doe
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 Places Not Our Own
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
- 1983 Running Brave
as Caroline
- 1981 Death Hunt
as Indian Woman
- 1978 Marie Ann
as Tantou, Indian princess
- 1976
- 1951
Behind the camera (1)
- 2020 Sisters Rising
Executive Producer
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2025
- 2024
- 2021
- 2021
- 2003
- 1990
- 1953 The Oscars
1 episode