Acting
Tantoo Cardinal
EN, IU, FR cinema · 83 credits
Born
20 July 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Also known as Tantoo Martin · Tantoo Martin-Cardinal · تانتو کاردینال · Tantoo Caroline Rose Cardinal
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.
Known for
Filmography
Wildwood
as Iphigenia (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
as Self - Chula
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
as Auntie (voice)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Lizzie Q
Wendell & Wild
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
The Last Manhunt
as Ticup
Back Home Again
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
as Self - Narrator
The Corruption of Divine Providence
as Juniper Fairweather
Sisters Rising
Executive Producer
Through Black Spruce
as Mary-Lou
The Grizzlies
as Janace
Red Snow
as Grandmother Ruth
Falls Around Her
as Mary Birchbark
Hold the Dark
as Illanaq
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
as Green Thunderbird Woman
Wind River
as Alice Crowheart
The Great Northern Candy Drop
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
On the Farm
as Ada Taylor
ARQ
as The Pope
Hope Bridge
as Lana
Rez Carz
as (voice)
Chasing Shakespeare
as Older Venus
Down Here
as Stella Mitchell
Eden
as The Nurse
Maïna
as Tekahera
Every Emotion Costs
as Aunt Marcy
Fathers & Sons
as Gordon’s Sister
Changing Climates, Changing Times
as Grace Lajoie
Older Than America
as Auntie Apple
Mom, Dad and Her
as Heather
Dear Prudence
as Ruth Vigil
Mothers & Daughters
as Celine
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
as Gloria Maquinna
Unnatural & Accidental
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
The Road to Christmas
as Sioux Woman
A Thief Of Time
as Irene Musket
H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
Edge of Madness
as Ruth
How the Fiddle Flows
2002
How the Fiddle Flows
as Narrator (voice)
In the Light of Reverence
as Narrator (voice)
The Hi-Line
as Singing Bird
The Lost Child
as Aunt Mary
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Heaven Fontaine
Smoke Signals
as Arlene Joseph
Heartwood
as Violet Boucher
Big Bear
as Running Second
Honey Moccasin
as Honey Moccasin
Grand Avenue
as Nellie
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
as Turtle Mother
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Sarah Winnemucca
Silent Tongue
as Silent Tongue
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
as Mary's Mother
Sioux City
as Dawn Rainfeather
Spirit Rider
as Marilyn St. Claire
Mustard Bath
as Sister Amantha
Black Robe
as Chomina's Wife
The Lightning Incident
as Vivian
Dances with Wolves
as Black Shawl
Divided Loyalties
as Molly Brant
War Party
as Sonny's Mother
Candy Mountain
as Annie
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Little Doe
Loyalties
as Rosanne Ladouceur
Places Not Our Own
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
Running Brave
as Caroline
Death Hunt
as Indian Woman
Marie Ann
as Tantou, Indian princess