Tantoo Cardinal
Biography
Tantoo Cardinal CM is a 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
Black Shawl
Dances with Wolves
Pet
Legends of the Fall
Arlene Joseph
Smoke Signals
Aunt Shadie / Rita
Unnatural & Accidental
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
Back Home Again
Chomina's Wife
Black Robe
Grace Lajoie
Changing Climates, Changing Times
(voice)
Rez Carz
Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
Running Brave
Old Pawnee Woman
Dreamkeeper
Little Doe
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
The Nurse
Eden
self
Tantoo Cardinal
Turtle Mother
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Ms. Hunter (voice)
Wendell & Wild
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
Singing Bird
The Hi-Line
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
Places Not Our Own
Molly Brant
Divided Loyalties
Heaven Fontaine
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Waitress
Dodson's Journey
Irene Musket
A Thief Of Time
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
H2O
Sioux Woman
The Road to Christmas
Gordon’s Sister
Fathers & Sons
Aunt Marcy
Every Emotion Costs
Older Venus
Chasing Shakespeare
Vivian
The Lightning Incident
Ticup
The Last Manhunt
Aunt Mary
The Lost Child
Auntie Apple
Older Than America
Mary
Navigating the Heart
(voice)
Wildwood
Mary's Mother
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Bangor
Where the Rivers Flow North
Heather
Mom, Dad and Her
Rosanne Ladouceur
Loyalties
Gloria Maquinna
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Ruth Vigil
Dear Prudence
Celine
Mothers & Daughters
Nonna
The Education of Little Tree
Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
Marie Ann
Self - Chula
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Stella Mitchell
Down Here
Marilyn St. Claire
Spirit Rider
Nellie
Grand Avenue
Ruth
Edge of Madness
Sarah Winnemucca
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Sonny's Mother
War Party
Lana
Hope Bridge
Narrator (voice)
In the Light of Reverence
Dawn Rainfeather
Sioux City
June
Shouting Secrets
Ada Taylor
On the Farm
Sister Amantha
Mustard Bath
Alice Crowheart
Wind River
Violet Boucher
Heartwood
Annie
Candy Mountain
Tekahera
Maïna
Mary-Lou
Through Black Spruce
Janace
The Grizzlies
Mary Birchbark
Falls Around Her
Illanaq
Hold the Dark
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
The Great Northern Candy Drop
Running Second
Big Bear
Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
Death Hunt
Grandmother Ruth
Red Snow
Reenie
Postmark Paradise
Self
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Herself
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
The Pope
ARQ
Honey Moccasin
Honey Moccasin
Narrator (voice)
How the Fiddle Flows
Lizzie Q
Killers of the Flower Moon
Juniper Fairweather
The Corruption of Divine Providence
Alive
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Auntie (voice)
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Luna
An Ode for Leviticus
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
79
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-07-20
Place of Birth
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Also Known As
Tantoo Martin