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