Birthday: 1950-07-20
Place of birth: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Biography: 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.
Dances with Wolves
Black Shawl
7.844
Legends of the Fall
Pet
7.393
Smoke Signals
Arlene Joseph
6.773
Unnatural & Accidental
Aunt Shadie / Rita
4.2
Back Home Again
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
7
Black Robe
Chomina's Wife
6.5
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Grace Lajoie
6.4
Rez Carz
(voice)
0
Running Brave
Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
3.9
Dreamkeeper
Old Pawnee Woman
6.6
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Little Doe
6.4
Eden
The Nurse
6.5
Tantoo Cardinal
self
0
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Turtle Mother
6
Wendell & Wild
Ms. Hunter (voice)
6.652
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
4.6
The Hi-Line
Singing Bird
5.222
Places Not Our Own
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
5
Divided Loyalties
Molly Brant
0
Dodson's Journey
Character: Waitress
4
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Heaven Fontaine
3.25
H2O
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
4.7
A Thief Of Time
Irene Musket
4.7
Fathers & Sons
Gordon’s Sister
3.5
The Road to Christmas
Sioux Woman
5.7
Every Emotion Costs
Character: Aunt Marcy
0
Chasing Shakespeare
Older Venus
3.125
The Lightning Incident
Vivian
4
The Last Manhunt
Ticup
6
The Lost Child
Aunt Mary
6
Older Than America
Auntie Apple
4.42
Navigating the Heart
Mary
6.4
Wildwood
(voice)
0
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Mary's Mother
5
Where the Rivers Flow North
Bangor
6.167
Dear Prudence
Ruth Vigil
5.7
Mom, Dad and Her
Heather
4.5
Mothers & Daughters
Celine
1
Loyalties
Rosanne Ladouceur
5
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Gloria Maquinna
6.25
The Education of Little Tree
Nonna
6.6
Marie Ann
Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Self - Chula
5.9
Down Here
Stella Mitchell
5.2
Spirit Rider
Marilyn St. Claire
6
Grand Avenue
Nellie
9
Edge of Madness
Ruth
5.616
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Character: Sarah Winnemucca
0
War Party
Sonny's Mother
6.2
Hope Bridge
Lana
5.286
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
0
Sioux City
Dawn Rainfeather
5.1
Shouting Secrets
Character: June
9
On the Farm
Ada Taylor
5
Mustard Bath
Sister Amantha
0
Wind River
Alice Crowheart
7.434
Heartwood
Violet Boucher
3.5
Candy Mountain
Annie
5.7
Maïna
Tekahera
6.4
Through Black Spruce
Mary-Lou
5.355
The Grizzlies
Janace
7.2
Falls Around Her
Mary Birchbark
7.5
Hold the Dark
Illanaq
5.439
The Great Northern Candy Drop
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
6
Big Bear
Running Second
0
Death Hunt
Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
6.674
Red Snow
Grandmother Ruth
5.3
Postmark Paradise
Character: Reenie
0
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
8.3
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Herself
6.5
ARQ
The Pope
6.103
Honey Moccasin
Honey Moccasin
4
How the Fiddle Flows
Character: Narrator (voice)
0
Killers of the Flower Moon
Lizzie Q
7.42
The Corruption of Divine Providence
Juniper Fairweather
7
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Character: Alive
0
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Auntie (voice)
1
An Ode for Leviticus
Luna
0
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
8