Acting · Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada · Born July 20, 1950
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.
MovieWildwood
2026
as (voice)
TVThe American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
MovieBearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
2025
as Self
MovieInkwo for When the Starving Return
2024
as Auntie (voice)
MovieAn Ode for Leviticus
2024
as Luna
MovieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
2024
as Self - Chula
TVEcho
2024
as Chula Battiest
MovieKillers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Lizzie Q
TVThe American Buffalo
2023
as (voice)
TVThree Pines
2022
as Bea Mayer
MovieThe Last Manhunt
2022
as Ticup
MovieWendell & Wild
2022
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
TVONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022
as Principal (voice)
TVSpirit Rangers
2022
as Moon (voice)
TVThe Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022
as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
MovieHowever Wide the Sky: Places of Power
2021
as Self - Narrator
MovieBack Home Again
2021
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
MovieTantoo Cardinal
2021
as self
MovieThe Corruption of Divine Providence
2020
as Juniper Fairweather
TVSee
2019
as The Dreamer
MovieRed Snow
2019
as Grandmother Ruth
TVStumptown
2019
as Sue Lynn Blackbird
MovieThe Grizzlies
2019
as Janace
MovieThrough Black Spruce
2019
as Mary-Lou
MovieAbandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018
as Green Thunderbird Woman
TVNew Amsterdam
2018
as Jane Munsee
MovieHold the Dark
2018
as Illanaq
MovieFalls Around Her
2018
as Mary Birchbark
TVCorner Gas Animated
2018
as Real Estate Agent (voice)
MovieThe Great Northern Candy Drop
2017
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
TVGodless
2017
as Iyovi
MovieWind River
2017
as Alice Crowheart
TVCardinal
2017
as Nookomis
TVFrontier
2016
as Kamenna
TVWestworld
2016
as Ehawee
TVBull
2016
as Chief Tsosie
MovieARQ
2016
as The Pope
MovieOn the Farm
2016
as Ada Taylor
MovieHope Bridge
2015
as Lana
TVMohawk Girls
2014
as Zoe’s Mom
TVStrange Empire
2014
as Pichette
TVOutlander
2014
as Adawehi
TVPenny Dreadful
2014
as Old Native American Woman
MovieRez Carz
2014
as (voice)
MovieChasing Shakespeare
2014
as Older Venus
MovieDown Here
2014
as Stella Mitchell
MovieMaïna
2013
as Tekahera
MovieEden
2013
as The Nurse
TVLongmire
2012
as Marilyn Yarlott
TVArctic Air
2012
as Aunt Mary
Shouting Secrets
2011
as June
TVThe Killing
2011
as Hooker
TVBlackstone
2011
as Wilma Stoney
MovieFathers & Sons
2010
as Gordon’s Sister
TVShattered
2010
as Carol
MovieEvery Emotion Costs
2010
as Aunt Marcy
MovieChanging Climates, Changing Times
2009
as Grace Lajoie
MovieMothers & Daughters
2008
as Celine
MovieDear Prudence
2008
as Ruth Vigil
MovieMom, Dad and Her
2008
as Heather
MovieOlder Than America
2008
as Auntie Apple
TVThe Englishman's Boy
2008
as Little Soldier's Wife
TVThe Guard
2008
as Ursula
MovieLuna: Spirit of the Whale
2007
as Gloria Maquinna
MovieThe Road to Christmas
2006
as Sioux Woman
TVIndian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006
as Iba Beauvais
MovieUnnatural & Accidental
2006
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
MovieH2O
2004
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
TVH2O
2004
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
MovieA Thief Of Time
2004
as Irene Musket
MovieDreamkeeper
2003
as Old Pawnee Woman
TVDreamkeeper
2003
as Old Pawnee Woman
Moccasin Flats
2003
as Betty
MovieDances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
as Self
How the Fiddle Flows
2002
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEdge of Madness
2002
as Ruth
Tom Stone
2002
as Judge Crowfoot
TVMythQuest
2001
as Walloha
MovieIn the Light of Reverence
2001
as Narrator (voice)
Dodson's Journey
2001
as Waitress
MovieThe Lost Child
2000
as Aunt Mary
TVCanada: A People's History
2000
as Plains Storyteller
MovieThe Hi-Line
2000
as Singing Bird
Postmark Paradise
2000
as Reenie
MovieNavigating the Heart
2000
as Mary
MovieA Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
as Heaven Fontaine
TVFamily Law
1999
as Mrs. Grant
MovieSmoke Signals
1998
as Arlene Joseph
MovieHeartwood
1998
as Violet Boucher
MovieBig Bear
1998
as Running Second
TVCold Squad
1998
as Theresa Sandiman
MovieHoney Moccasin
1998
as Honey Moccasin
MovieThe Education of Little Tree
1997
as Nonna
MovieGrand Avenue
1996
as Nellie
TVLonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995
as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
MovieTecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995
as Turtle Mother
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Sarah Winnemucca
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
1995
as Alive
MovieLegends of the Fall
1994
as Pet
MovieLakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994
as Mary's Mother
MovieSioux City
1994
as Dawn Rainfeather
MovieSilent Tongue
1994
as Silent Tongue
TVHarts of the West
1993
as Helen
MovieSpirit Rider
1993
as Marilyn St. Claire
MovieWhere the Rivers Flow North
1993
as Bangor
MovieMustard Bath
1993
as Sister Amantha
TVDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Snow Bird
TVNorth of 60
1992
as Betty Moses
MovieBlack Robe
1991
as Chomina's Wife
MovieThe Lightning Incident
1991
as Vivian
MovieThe Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990
as Herself
MovieDances with Wolves
1990
as Black Shawl
MovieDivided Loyalties
1990
as Molly Brant
MovieWar Party
1988
as Sonny's Mother
MovieCandy Mountain
1988
as Annie
MovieLoyalties
1987
as Rosanne Ladouceur
MovieGunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
as Little Doe
TVStreet Legal
1987
as Renee Stonehouse
TVThe Campbells
1986
as Maria Brant
MoviePlaces Not Our Own
1986
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
MovieRunning Brave
1983
as Caroline
MovieDeath Hunt
1981
as Indian Woman
MovieMarie Ann
1978
as Tantou, Indian princess
TVFor the Record
1976
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Aunt Mary
