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Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

Acting1950Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Biography

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.

Acting History

2026
Wildwood
as (voice)
2024
The Oscars
TVas Self1 eps
Echo
TVas Chula Battiest5 eps
2023
The American Buffalo
TVas (voice)2 eps
2022
Wendell & Wild
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TVas Principal (voice)
Three Pines
TVas Bea Mayer
Spirit Rangers
TVas Moon (voice)
2021
Back Home Again
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
New Amsterdam
TVas Jane Munsee1 eps
2020
Sisters Rising
Executive Producer
2019
The Grizzlies
as Janace
Red Snow
as Grandmother Ruth
Stumptown
TVas Sue Lynn Blackbird18 eps
See
TVas The Dreamer4 eps
2018
Hold the Dark
as Illanaq
Falls Around Her
as Mary Birchbark
Outlander
TVas Adawehi2 eps
Corner Gas Animated
TVas Real Estate Agent (voice)
Westworld
TVas Ehawee1 eps
Cardinal
TVas Nookomis2 eps
2017
The Great Northern Candy Drop
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
Wind River
as Alice Crowheart
Godless
TVas Iyovi7 eps
Bull
TVas Chief Tsosie1 eps
2016
ARQ
as The Pope
On the Farm
as Ada Taylor
Frontier
TVas Kamenna7 eps
Penny Dreadful
TVas Old Native American Woman1 eps
2015
Longmire
TVas Marilyn Yarlott4 eps
2014
Chasing Shakespeare
as Older Venus
Down Here
as Stella Mitchell
Rez Carz
as (voice)
Strange Empire
TVas Pichette
Mohawk Girls
TVas Zoe’s Mom
2013
Eden
as The Nurse
Maïna
as Tekahera
2012
The Killing
TVas Hooker1 eps
Arctic Air
TVas Aunt Mary
2011
Blackstone
TVas Wilma Stoney
2010
Fathers & Sons
as Gordon’s Sister
Every Emotion Costs
as Aunt Marcy
Shattered
TVas Carol
2008
Older Than America
as Auntie Apple
Dear Prudence
as Ruth Vigil
The Guard
TVas Ursula
The Englishman's Boy
TVas Little Soldier's Wife
2007
Orca: The Journey Home
as Gloria Maquinna
2006
The Road to Christmas
as Sioux Woman
Unnatural & Accidental
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
TVas Iba Beauvais2 eps
2004
A Thief Of Time
as Irene Musket
H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
H2O
TVas Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2003
Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
Moccasin Flats
TVas Betty
Dreamkeeper
TVas Old Pawnee Woman
2002
How the Fiddle Flows
as Narrator (voice)
Tom Stone
TVas Judge Crowfoot
2001
Dodson's Journey
as Waitress
In the Light of Reverence
as Narrator (voice)
MythQuest
TVas Walloha
Family Law
TVas Mrs. Grant1 eps
2000
The Hi-Line
as Singing Bird
The Lost Child
as Aunt Mary
Canada: A People's History
TVas Plains Storyteller
1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Heaven Fontaine
1998
Smoke Signals
as Arlene Joseph
Big Bear
as Running Second
Heartwood
as Violet Boucher
Honey Moccasin
as Honey Moccasin
Cold Squad
TVas Theresa Sandiman1 eps
1996
Grand Avenue
as Nellie
1994
Sioux City
as Dawn Rainfeather
North of 60
TVas Betty Moses7 eps
1993
Silent Tongue
as Silent Tongue
Spirit Rider
as Marilyn St. Claire
Mustard Bath
as Sister Amantha
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TVas Snow Bird6 eps
1992
Street Legal
TVas Renee Stonehouse4 eps
1991
Black Robe
as Chomina's Wife
1988
War Party
as Sonny's Mother
1987
Loyalties
as Rosanne Ladouceur
1986
Places Not Our Own
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
The Campbells
TVas Maria Brant
1983
Running Brave
as Caroline
1981
Death Hunt
as Indian Woman
1978
Marie Ann
as Tantou, Indian princess
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Aunt Mary

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/20/1950(75 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada