1950-07-20 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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.
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Wildwood | (voice) | 2026-10-22 |
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Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood | Self | 2025-02-04 |
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Inkwo for When the Starving Return | Auntie (voice) | 2024-09-07 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo | Self - Chula | 2024-01-31 |
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An Ode for Leviticus | Luna | 2024-02-10 |
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Killers of the Flower Moon | Lizzie Q | 2023-10-18 |
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Wendell & Wild | Ms. Hunter (voice) | 2022-10-21 |
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The Last Manhunt | Ticup | 2022-11-18 |
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Tantoo Cardinal | self | 2021-06-05 |
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However Wide the Sky: Places of Power | Self - Narrator | 2021-11-30 |
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Back Home Again | Mrs. Grey Horns (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
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The Corruption of Divine Providence | Juniper Fairweather | 2020-05-25 |
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The Grizzlies | Janace | 2019-04-19 |
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Through Black Spruce | Mary-Lou | 2019-03-29 |
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Red Snow | Grandmother Ruth | 2019-10-02 |
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Falls Around Her | Mary Birchbark | 2018-09-08 |
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Hold the Dark | Illanaq | 2018-09-22 |
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Wind River | Alice Crowheart | 2017-08-03 |
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The Great Northern Candy Drop | Narrator / Louisa (voice) | 2017-12-17 |
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ARQ | The Pope | 2016-09-16 |
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On the Farm | Ada Taylor | 2016-07-26 |
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Hope Bridge | Lana | 2015-05-08 |
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Chasing Shakespeare | Older Venus | 2014-02-03 |
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Down Here | Stella Mitchell | 2014-01-01 |
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Rez Carz | (voice) | 2014-04-12 |
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Maïna | Tekahera | 2013-09-12 |
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Eden | The Nurse | 2013-03-20 |
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Shouting Secrets | June | 2011-11-10 |
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Every Emotion Costs | Aunt Marcy | 2010-01-01 |
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Fathers & Sons | Gordon’s Sister | 2010-10-01 |
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Changing Climates, Changing Times | Grace Lajoie | 2009-02-04 |
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Mom, Dad and Her | Heather | 2008-05-10 |
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Mothers & Daughters | Celine | 2008-09-08 |
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Dear Prudence | Ruth Vigil | 2008-08-23 |
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Older Than America | Auntie Apple | 2008-03-08 |
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Luna: Spirit of the Whale | Gloria Maquinna | 2007-05-13 |
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The Road to Christmas | Sioux Woman | 2006-12-17 |
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Unnatural & Accidental | Aunt Shadie / Rita | 2006-07-07 |
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H2O | Grand Chief Katie Blackfire | 2004-10-31 |
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A Thief Of Time | Irene Musket | 2004-07-11 |
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Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic | Self | 2003-05-20 |
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Dreamkeeper | Old Pawnee Woman | 2003-12-28 |
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How the Fiddle Flows | Narrator (voice) | 2002-04-26 |
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Edge of Madness | Ruth | 2002-03-01 |
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Dodson's Journey | Waitress | 2001-01-10 |
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In the Light of Reverence | Narrator (voice) | 2001-02-17 |
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The Hi-Line | Singing Bird | 2000-05-05 |
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The Lost Child | Aunt Mary | 2000-11-19 |
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Navigating the Heart | Mary | 2000-02-14 |
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Postmark Paradise | Reenie | 2000-03-03 |
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A Stranger in the Kingdom | Heaven Fontaine | 1999-11-23 |
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Smoke Signals | Arlene Joseph | 1998-06-26 |
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Honey Moccasin | Honey Moccasin | 1998-01-01 |
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Big Bear | Running Second | 1998-02-09 |
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Heartwood | Violet Boucher | 1998-04-19 |
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The Education of Little Tree | Nonna | 1997-12-25 |
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Grand Avenue | Nellie | 1996-06-30 |
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Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges | Alive | 1995-01-01 |
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Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | Sarah Winnemucca | 1995-05-10 |
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Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Turtle Mother | 1995-06-04 |
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Silent Tongue | Silent Tongue | 1994-02-01 |
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Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Mary's Mother | 1994-10-16 |
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Sioux City | Dawn Rainfeather | 1994-04-01 |
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Legends of the Fall | Pet | 1994-12-23 |
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Mustard Bath | Sister Amantha | 1993-02-01 |
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Where the Rivers Flow North | Bangor | 1993-06-14 |
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Spirit Rider | Marilyn St. Claire | 1993-08-23 |
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Black Robe | Chomina's Wife | 1991-10-04 |
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The Lightning Incident | Vivian | 1991-09-12 |
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Dances with Wolves | Black Shawl | 1990-11-09 |
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The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' | Herself | 1990-11-15 |
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Divided Loyalties | Molly Brant | 1990-02-13 |
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Candy Mountain | Annie | 1988-01-20 |
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War Party | Sonny's Mother | 1988-09-15 |
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Loyalties | Rosanne Ladouceur | 1987-11-20 |
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Little Doe | 1987-09-27 |
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Places Not Our Own | Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal) | 1986-01-01 |
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Running Brave | Caroline | 1983-11-04 |
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Death Hunt | Indian Woman | 1981-04-15 |
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Marie Ann | Tantou, Indian princess | 1978-08-02 |
