Tantoo Cardinal

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1950-07-20 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Also Known As Tantoo Martin, Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, تانتو کاردینال

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

Actor

Wildwood

as (voice)

2024
Echo

as Chula Battiest

2023
2022
2022
Wendell & Wild

as Ms. Hunter (voice)

2022
Three Pines

as Bea Mayer

2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale

as Principal (voice)

2022
Spirit Rangers

as Moon (voice)

2021
Back Home Again

as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

2020
2019
Red Snow

as Grandmother Ruth

2019
The Grizzlies

as Janace

2019
2019
See

as The Dreamer

2019
Stumptown

as Sue Lynn Blackbird

2018
Hold the Dark

as Illanaq

2018
Falls Around Her

as Mary Birchbark

2018
New Amsterdam

as Professor Jane Munsee

2018
Corner Gas Animated

as Real Estate Agent (voice)

2017
The Great Northern Candy Drop

as Narrator / Louisa (voice)

2017
Wind River

as Alice Crowheart

2017
Godless

as Iyovi

2017
Cardinal

as Nookomis

2016
ARQ

as The Pope

2016
On the Farm

as Ada Taylor

2016
Frontier

as Kamenna

2016
Westworld

as Ehawee

2016
Bull

as Chief Tsosie

2015
Hope Bridge

as Lana

2014
Rez Carz

as (voice)

2014
Chasing Shakespeare

as Older Venus

2014
Down Here

as Stella Mitchell

2014
Mohawk Girls

as Zoe’s Mom

2014
Strange Empire

as Pichette

2014
Outlander

as Adawehi

2014
Penny Dreadful

as Old Native American Woman

2013
Maïna

as Tekahera

2013
Eden

as The Nurse

2012
Longmire

as Marilyn Yarlott

2012
Arctic Air

as Aunt Mary

2011
2011
The Killing

as Hooker

2011
Blackstone

as Wilma Stoney

2010
Fathers & Sons

as Gordon’s Sister

2010
Every Emotion Costs

as Aunt Marcy

2010
Shattered

as Carol

2008
2008
Dear Prudence

as Ruth Vigil

2008
Mom, Dad and Her

as Heather

2008
Older Than America

as Auntie Apple

2008
The Englishman's Boy

as Little Soldier's Wife

2008
The Guard

as Ursula

2007
Luna: Spirit of the Whale

as Gloria Maquinna

2006
The Road to Christmas

as Sioux Woman

2006
Unnatural & Accidental

as Aunt Shadie / Rita

2006
2004
H2O

as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

2004
A Thief Of Time

as Irene Musket

2004
H2O

as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

2003
Dreamkeeper

as Old Pawnee Woman

2003
2002
How the Fiddle Flows

as Narrator (voice)

2002
2002
Tom Stone

as Judge Crowfoot

2001
In the Light of Reverence

as Narrator (voice)

2001
Dodson's Journey

as Waitress

2001
MythQuest

as Walloha

2000
The Lost Child

as Aunt Mary

2000
The Hi-Line

as Singing Bird

2000
2000
Canada: A People's History

as Plains Storyteller

1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom

as Heaven Fontaine

1999
Family Law

as Mrs. Grant

1998
Smoke Signals

as Arlene Joseph

1998
Heartwood

as Violet Boucher

1998
Big Bear

as Running Second

1998
Honey Moccasin

as Honey Moccasin

1998
Cold Squad

as Theresa Sandiman

1996
Grand Avenue

as Nellie

1995
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother

1994
Sioux City

as Dawn Rainfeather

1993
Spirit Rider

as Marilyn St. Claire

1993
Silent Tongue

as Silent Tongue

1993
Mustard Bath

as Sister Amantha

1993
1993
1992
North of 60

as Betty Moses

1991
Black Robe

as Chomina's Wife

1990
Dances with Wolves

as Black Shawl

1990
Divided Loyalties

as Molly Brant

1988
War Party

as Sonny's Mother

1988
1987
Loyalties

as Rosanne Ladouceur

1987
1987
Street Legal

as Renee Stonehouse

1986
Places Not Our Own

as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

1986
The Campbells

as Maria Brant

1983
Running Brave

as Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)

1981
Death Hunt

as Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)

1978
Marie Ann

as Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)

1951

Producer

2020
Sisters Rising

as Executive Producer