About

Known credits:
88
Birthday:
1950-07-20
Place of birth:
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Website:
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Tantoo Cardinal

Overview

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

Acting
2024 Inkwo For When the Starving Return Actor (Auntie) N/A
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2024 An Ode for Leviticus Actor Luna N/A
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2024 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo Actor Self - Chula 58
Average
2024 Echo Actor Chula Battiest 62
Fair
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Actor Lizzie Q 72
Good
2023 The American Buffalo Actor (voice) 69
Fair
2022 The Last Manhunt Actor Ticup 58
Average
2022 Wendell & Wild Actor Ms. Hunter (voice) 62
Fair
2022 ONI: Thunder God's Tale Actor Principal (voice) 72
Good
2021 Back Home Again Actor Mrs. Grey Horns (voice) 58
Average
2020 The Corruption of Divine Providence Actor Juniper Fairweather 58
Average
2019 Red Snow Actor Grandmother Ruth 58
Average
2019 Stumptown Actor Sue Lynn Blackbird 71
Good
2019 The Grizzlies Actor Janace 60
Fair
2019 Through Black Spruce Actor Mary-Lou 58
Average
2018 Hold the Dark Actor Illanaq 55
Average
2018 Falls Around Her Actor Mary Birchbark 59
Average
2017 The Great Northern Candy Drop Actor Narrator / Louisa (voice) 59
Average
2017 Godless Actor Iyovi 76
Good
2017 Wind River Actor Alice Crowheart 73
Good
2016 ARQ Actor The Pope 60
Fair
2016 On the Farm Actor Ada Taylor 58
Average
2015 Hope Bridge Actor Lana 59
Average
2014 Rez Carz Actor (voice) N/A
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2014 Chasing Shakespeare Actor Older Venus 58
Average
2014 Down Here Actor Stella Mitchell 59
Average
2013 Maïna Actor Tekahera 59
Average
2013 Eden Actor The Nurse 60
Fair
2011 Shouting Secrets Actor June 59
Average
2010 Fathers & Sons Actor Gordon’s Sister 58
Average
2010 Every Emotion Costs Actor Aunt Marcy N/A
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2009 Changing Climates, Changing Times Actor Grace Lajoie 59
Average
2008 Mothers & Daughters Actor Celine N/A
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2008 Dear Prudence Actor Ruth Vigil 58
Average
2008 Mom, Dad and Her Actor Heather 58
Average
2008 Older Than America Actor Auntie Apple 58
Average
2008 The Englishman's Boy Actor Little Soldier's Wife 69
Fair
2007 Luna: Spirit of the Whale Actor Gloria Maquinna 58
Average
2006 The Road to Christmas Actor Sioux Woman 59
Average
2006 Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis Actor Iba Beauvais N/A
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2006 Unnatural & Accidental Actor Aunt Shadie / Rita 58
Average
2004 H2O Actor Grand Chief Katie Blackfire 58
Average
2004 H2O Actor Grand Chief Katie Blackfire 70
Good
2004 A Thief Of Time Actor Irene Musket 58
Average
2003 Dreamkeeper Actor Old Pawnee Woman 59
Average
2003 Moccasin Flats Actor Betty N/A
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2003 Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic Actor Self 59
Average
2002 How the Fiddle Flows Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2002 Edge of Madness Actor Ruth 58
Average
2001 In the Light of Reverence Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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2001 Dodson's Journey Actor Waitress 59
Average
2000 The Lost Child Actor Aunt Mary 59
Average
2000 The Hi-Line Actor Singing Bird 58
Average
2000 Postmark Paradise Actor Reenie N/A
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2000 Navigating the Heart Actor Mary 59
Average
1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom Actor Heaven Fontaine 58
Average
1998 Smoke Signals Actor Arlene Joseph 60
Fair
1998 Heartwood Actor Violet Boucher 58
Average
1998 Big Bear Actor Running Second N/A
N/A
1998 Honey Moccasin Actor Honey Moccasin 59
Average
1997 The Education of Little Tree Actor Nonna 59
Average
1996 Grand Avenue Actor Nellie 59
Average
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Actor Turtle Mother 59
Average
1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West Actor Sarah Winnemucca N/A
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1995 Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges Actor Alive N/A
N/A
1994 Legends of the Fall Actor Pet 71
Good
1994 Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee Actor Mary's Mother 59
Average
1994 Sioux City Actor Dawn Rainfeather 58
Average
1993 Spirit Rider Actor Marilyn St. Claire 59
Average
1993 Where the Rivers Flow North Actor Bangor 59
Average
1993 Silent Tongue Actor Silent Tongue 58
Average
1993 Mustard Bath Actor Sister Amantha N/A
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1991 Black Robe Actor Chomina's Wife 60
Fair
1991 The Lightning Incident Actor Vivian 59
Average
1990 The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' Actor Herself 59
Average
1990 Dances with Wolves Actor Black Shawl 76
Good
1990 Divided Loyalties Actor Molly Brant N/A
N/A
1988 War Party Actor Sonny's Mother 59
Average
1988 Candy Mountain Actor Annie 58
Average
1987 Loyalties Actor Rosanne Ladouceur 59
Average
1987 Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge Actor Little Doe 59
Average
1986 Places Not Our Own Actor Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal) 59
Average
1983 Running Brave Actor Caroline (as Tantoo Martin) 58
Average
1981 Death Hunt Actor Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin) 60
Fair
1978 Marie Ann Actor Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin) N/A
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Tantoo Cardinal Actor self N/A
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Wildwood Actor (voice) N/A
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Production
2020 Sisters Rising Production Executive Producer 60
Fair