Tantoo Cardinal
Acting • Born 1950-07-20
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
123 credits
Dances with Wolves
Movie • 1990
Black Shawl
Legends of the Fall
Movie • 1994
Pet
Smoke Signals
Movie • 1998
Arlene Joseph
Unnatural & Accidental
Movie • 2006
Aunt Shadie / Rita
Back Home Again
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
Black Robe
Movie • 1991
Chomina's Wife
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Movie • 2009
Grace Lajoie
Rez Carz
Movie • 2014
(voice)
Running Brave
Movie • 1983
Caroline
Dreamkeeper
Movie • 2003
Old Pawnee Woman
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Movie • 1987
Little Doe
Eden
Movie • 2013
The Nurse
Tantoo Cardinal
Movie • 2021
self
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Movie • 1995
Turtle Mother
Wendell & Wild
Movie • 2022
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Silent Tongue
Movie • 1993
Silent Tongue
The Hi-Line
Movie • 2000
Singing Bird
Places Not Our Own
Movie • 1986
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
Divided Loyalties
Movie • 1990
Molly Brant
Dodson's Journey
Movie • 2001
Waitress
A Thief Of Time
Movie • 2004
Irene Musket
H2O
Movie • 2004
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Movie • 1999
Heaven Fontaine
The Road to Christmas
Movie • 2006
Sioux Woman
Every Emotion Costs
Movie • 2010
Aunt Marcy
Fathers & Sons
Movie • 2010
Gordon’s Sister
Chasing Shakespeare
Movie • 2014
Older Venus
The Lightning Incident
Movie • 1991
Vivian
The Last Manhunt
Movie • 2022
Ticup
The Lost Child
Movie • 2000
Aunt Mary
Older Than America
Movie • 2008
Auntie Apple
Navigating the Heart
Movie • 2000
Mary
Wildwood
Movie • 2026
(voice)
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Movie • 1994
Mary's Mother
Loyalties
Movie • 1987
Rosanne Ladouceur
Mom, Dad and Her
Movie • 2008
Heather
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Movie • 2007
Gloria Maquinna
Where the Rivers Flow North
Movie • 1993
Bangor
The Education of Little Tree
Movie • 1997
Nonna
Dear Prudence
Movie • 2008
Ruth Vigil
Mothers & Daughters
Movie • 2008
Celine
Marie Ann
Movie • 1978
Tantou, Indian princess
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Movie • 2024
Self - Chula
Down Here
Movie • 2014
Stella Mitchell
Spirit Rider
Movie • 1993
Marilyn St. Claire
Grand Avenue
Movie • 1996
Nellie
Edge of Madness
Movie • 2002
Ruth
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Movie • 1995
Sarah Winnemucca
War Party
Movie • 1988
Sonny's Mother
Hope Bridge
Movie • 2015
Lana
In the Light of Reverence
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
Sioux City
Movie • 1994
Dawn Rainfeather
Shouting Secrets
Movie • 2011
June
On the Farm
Movie • 2016
Ada Taylor
Mustard Bath
Movie • 1993
Sister Amantha
Wind River
Movie • 2017
Alice Crowheart
Heartwood
Movie • 1998
Violet Boucher
Candy Mountain
Movie • 1988
Annie
Maïna
Movie • 2013
Tekahera
Through Black Spruce
Movie • 2019
Mary-Lou
The Grizzlies
Movie • 2019
Janace
Falls Around Her
Movie • 2018
Mary Birchbark
Hold the Dark
Movie • 2018
Illanaq
The Great Northern Candy Drop
Movie • 2017
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
Big Bear
Movie • 1998
Running Second
Death Hunt
Movie • 1981
Indian Woman
Red Snow
Movie • 2019
Grandmother Ruth
Postmark Paradise
Movie • 2000
Reenie
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Movie • 2003
Self
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Movie • 1990
Herself
ARQ
Movie • 2016
The Pope
Honey Moccasin
Movie • 1998
Honey Moccasin
How the Fiddle Flows
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie • 2023
Lizzie Q
The Corruption of Divine Providence
Movie • 2020
Juniper Fairweather
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Movie • 1995
Alive
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Movie • 2024
Auntie (voice)
An Ode for Leviticus
Movie • 2024
Luna
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Movie • 2025
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Aunt Mary
Tom Stone
TV • 2002
Judge Crowfoot
Family Law
TV • 1999
Mrs. Grant
The Guard
TV • 2008
Ursula
Corner Gas Animated
TV • 2018
Real Estate Agent (voice)
The Englishman's Boy
TV • 2008
Little Soldier's Wife
Three Pines
TV • 2022
Bea Mayer
The Campbells
TV • 1986
Maria Brant
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
TV • 1995
Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
Street Legal
TV • 1987
Renee Stonehouse
Cold Squad
TV • 1998
Theresa Sandiman
Harts of the West
TV • 1993
Helen
Canada: A People's History
TV • 2000
Plains Storyteller
North of 60
TV • 1992
Betty Moses
MythQuest
TV • 2001
Walloha
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Snow Bird
The Killing
TV • 2011
Hooker
Mohawk Girls
TV • 2014
Zoe’s Mom
Frontier
TV • 2016
Kamenna
Strange Empire
TV • 2014
Pichette
Penny Dreadful
TV • 2014
Old Native American Woman
Shattered
TV • 2010
Carol
Arctic Air
TV • 2012
Aunt Mary
Cardinal
TV • 2017
Nookomis
Blackstone
TV • 2011
Wilma Stoney
Outlander
TV • 2014
Adawehi
Spirit Rangers
TV • 2022
Moon (voice)
New Amsterdam
TV • 2018
Jane Munsee
H2O
TV • 2004
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
Echo
TV • 2024
Chula Battiest
Godless
TV • 2017
Iyovi
For the Record
TV • 1976
Westworld
TV • 2016
Ehawee
The American Buffalo
TV • 2023
(voice)
Bull
TV • 2016
Chief Tsosie
Stumptown
TV • 2019
Sue Lynn Blackbird
Moccasin Flats
TV • 2003
Betty
See
TV • 2019
The Dreamer
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TV • 2022
Principal (voice)
Longmire
TV • 2012
Marilyn Yarlott
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
TV • 2006
Iba Beauvais
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
(voice)
Dreamkeeper
TV • 2003
Old Pawnee Woman