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