Tantoo Cardinal
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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
Credits
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Lizzie Q
Wind River (2017)
as Alice Crowheart
Legends of the Fall (1994)
as Pet
Dances with Wolves (1990)
as Black Shawl
Wendell & Wild (2022)
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
Wildwood (2026)
as (voice)
Hold the Dark (2018)
as Illanaq
Death Hunt (1981)
as Indian Woman
Eden (2013)
as The Nurse
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood (2025)
as Self
ARQ (2016)
as The Pope
Black Robe (1991)
as Chomina's Wife
The Education of Little Tree (1997)
as Nonna
The Last Manhunt (2022)
as Ticup
Dreamkeeper (2003)
as Old Pawnee Woman
War Party (1988)
as Sonny's Mother
Smoke Signals (1998)
as Arlene Joseph
Sioux City (1994)
as Dawn Rainfeather
Hope Bridge (2015)
as Lana
The Grizzlies (2019)
as Janace
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994)
as Mary's Mother
Running Brave (1983)
as Caroline
Down Here (2014)
as Stella Mitchell
Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007)
as Gloria Maquinna
Divided Loyalties (1990)
as Molly Brant
Silent Tongue (1994)
as Silent Tongue
Back Home Again (2021)
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
Older Than America (2008)
as Auntie Apple
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995)
as Turtle Mother
Mom, Dad and Her (2008)
as Heather
Red Snow (2019)
as Grandmother Ruth
Dear Prudence (2008)
as Ruth Vigil
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)
as Little Doe
Fathers & Sons (2010)
as Gordon’s Sister
Edge of Madness (2002)
as Ruth
Navigating the Heart (2000)
as Mary
Maïna (2013)
as Tekahera
Candy Mountain (1988)
as Annie
Rez Carz (2014)
as (voice)
Heartwood (1998)
as Violet Boucher
The Hi-Line (2000)
as Singing Bird
Marie Ann (1978)
as Tantou, Indian princess
Big Bear (1998)
as Running Second
Spirit Rider (1993)
as Marilyn St. Claire
Honey Moccasin (1998)
as Honey Moccasin
On the Farm (2016)
as Ada Taylor
The Road to Christmas (2006)
as Sioux Woman
Mustard Bath (1993)
as Sister Amantha
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo (2024)
as Self - Chula
Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
as Bangor
Grand Avenue (1996)
as Nellie
The Lost Child (2000)
as Aunt Mary
Dodson's Journey (2001)
as Waitress
Through Black Spruce (2019)
as Mary-Lou
The Lightning Incident (1991)
as Vivian
How the Fiddle Flows (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
A Thief Of Time (2004)
as Irene Musket
Mothers & Daughters (2008)
as Celine
Chasing Shakespeare (2014)
as Older Venus
The Great Northern Candy Drop (2017)
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
Unnatural & Accidental (2006)
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
H2O (2004)
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
The Corruption of Divine Providence (2020)
as Juniper Fairweather
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003)
as Self
In the Light of Reverence (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
A Stranger in the Kingdom (1999)
as Heaven Fontaine
Changing Climates, Changing Times (2009)
as Grace Lajoie
Shouting Secrets (2011)
as June
Loyalties (1987)
as Rosanne Ladouceur
Inkwo for When the Starving Return (2024)
as Auntie (voice)
Falls Around Her (2018)
as Mary Birchbark
Tantoo Cardinal (2021)
as self
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990)
as Herself
Places Not Our Own (1986)
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995)
as Sarah Winnemucca
Postmark Paradise (2000)
as Reenie
An Ode for Leviticus (2024)
as Luna
Every Emotion Costs (2010)
as Aunt Marcy
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power (2021)
as Self - Narrator
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges (1995)
as Alive