Wildwood
2026 · Movie
as (voice)
Tantoo Cardinal
1950-07-20
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Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
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.
Filmography
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
2025 · Movie
as Self
The American Revolution
2025 · TV Show
as (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
2024 · Movie
as Self - Chula
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
2024 · Movie
as Auntie (voice)
An Ode for Leviticus
2024 · Movie
as Luna
Echo
2024 · TV Show
as Chula Battiest
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Movie
as Lizzie Q
The American Buffalo
2023 · TV Show
as (voice)
Wendell & Wild
2022 · Movie
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
The Last Manhunt
2022 · Movie
as Ticup
Three Pines
2022 · TV Show
as Bea Mayer
Spirit Rangers
2022 · TV Show
as Moon (voice)
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022 · TV Show
as Principal (voice)
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022 · TV Show
as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
Back Home Again
2021 · Movie
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
Tantoo Cardinal
2021 · Movie
as self
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
2021 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
The Corruption of Divine Providence
2020 · Movie
as Juniper Fairweather
Through Black Spruce
2019 · Movie
as Mary-Lou
The Grizzlies
2019 · Movie
as Janace
Red Snow
2019 · Movie
as Grandmother Ruth
Stumptown
2019 · TV Show
as Sue Lynn Blackbird
See
2019 · TV Show
as The Dreamer
Falls Around Her
2018 · Movie
as Mary Birchbark
Hold the Dark
2018 · Movie
as Illanaq
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
2018 · Movie
as Green Thunderbird Woman
Corner Gas Animated
2018 · TV Show
as Real Estate Agent (voice)
New Amsterdam
2018 · TV Show
as Jane Munsee
Wind River
2017 · Movie
as Alice Crowheart
The Great Northern Candy Drop
2017 · Movie
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
Cardinal
2017 · TV Show
as Nookomis
Godless
2017 · TV Show
as Iyovi
On the Farm
2016 · Movie
as Ada Taylor
ARQ
2016 · Movie
as The Pope
Frontier
2016 · TV Show
as Kamenna
Westworld
2016 · TV Show
as Ehawee
Bull
2016 · TV Show
as Chief Tsosie
Hope Bridge
2015 · Movie
as Lana
Rez Carz
2014 · Movie
as (voice)
Chasing Shakespeare
2014 · Movie
as Older Venus
Down Here
2014 · Movie
as Stella Mitchell
Strange Empire
2014 · TV Show
as Pichette
Penny Dreadful
2014 · TV Show
as Old Native American Woman
Mohawk Girls
2014 · TV Show
as Zoe’s Mom
Outlander
2014 · TV Show
as Adawehi
Eden
2013 · Movie
as The Nurse
Maïna
2013 · Movie
as Tekahera
Arctic Air
2012 · TV Show
as Aunt Mary
Longmire
2012 · TV Show
as Marilyn Yarlott
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Shouting Secrets
2011 · Movie
as June
The Killing
2011 · TV Show
as Hooker
Blackstone
2011 · TV Show
as Wilma Stoney
Every Emotion Costs
2010 · Movie
as Aunt Marcy
Fathers & Sons
2010 · Movie
as Gordon’s Sister
Shattered
2010 · TV Show
as Carol
Changing Climates, Changing Times
2009 · Movie
as Grace Lajoie
Older Than America
2008 · Movie
as Auntie Apple
Mom, Dad and Her
2008 · Movie
as Heather
Dear Prudence
2008 · Movie
as Ruth Vigil
Mothers & Daughters
2008 · Movie
as Celine
The Guard
2008 · TV Show
as Ursula
The Englishman's Boy
2008 · TV Show
as Little Soldier's Wife
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
2007 · Movie
as Gloria Maquinna
Unnatural & Accidental
2006 · Movie
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
The Road to Christmas
2006 · Movie
as Sioux Woman
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006 · TV Show
as Iba Beauvais
A Thief Of Time
2004 · Movie
as Irene Musket
H2O
2004 · Movie
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
H2O
2004 · TV Show
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
Dreamkeeper
2003 · Movie
as Old Pawnee Woman
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003 · Movie
as Self
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Moccasin Flats
2003 · TV Show
as Betty
Dreamkeeper
2003 · TV Show
as Old Pawnee Woman
Edge of Madness
2002 · Movie
as Ruth
No image
How the Fiddle Flows
2002 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
No image
Tom Stone
2002 · TV Show
as Judge Crowfoot
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Dodson's Journey
2001 · Movie
as Waitress
In the Light of Reverence
2001 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
MythQuest
2001 · TV Show
as Walloha
The Hi-Line
2000 · Movie
as Singing Bird
The Lost Child
2000 · Movie
as Aunt Mary
Navigating the Heart
2000 · Movie
as Mary
No image
Postmark Paradise
2000 · Movie
as Reenie
Canada: A People's History
2000 · TV Show
as Plains Storyteller
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999 · Movie
as Heaven Fontaine
Family Law
1999 · TV Show
as Mrs. Grant
Smoke Signals
1998 · Movie
as Arlene Joseph
Heartwood
1998 · Movie
as Violet Boucher
Big Bear
1998 · Movie
as Running Second
Honey Moccasin
1998 · Movie
as Honey Moccasin
Cold Squad
1998 · TV Show
as Theresa Sandiman
The Education of Little Tree
1997 · Movie
as Nonna
Grand Avenue
1996 · Movie
as Nellie
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
1995 · Movie
as Turtle Mother
No image
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995 · Movie
as Sarah Winnemucca
No image
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
1995 · Movie
as Alive
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
1995 · TV Show
as Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
Legends of the Fall
1994 · Movie
as Pet
Silent Tongue
1994 · Movie
as Silent Tongue
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
1994 · Movie
as Mary's Mother
Sioux City
1994 · Movie
as Dawn Rainfeather
Where the Rivers Flow North
1993 · Movie
as Bangor
Spirit Rider
1993 · Movie
as Marilyn St. Claire
Mustard Bath
1993 · Movie
as Sister Amantha
Harts of the West
1993 · TV Show
as Helen
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · TV Show
as Snow Bird
North of 60
1992 · TV Show
as Betty Moses
Black Robe
1991 · Movie
as Chomina's Wife
The Lightning Incident
1991 · Movie
as Vivian
Dances with Wolves
1990 · Movie
as Black Shawl
Divided Loyalties
1990 · Movie
as Molly Brant
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
1990 · Movie
as Herself
War Party
1988 · Movie
as Sonny's Mother
Candy Mountain
1988 · Movie
as Annie
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987 · Movie
as Little Doe
Loyalties
1987 · Movie
as Rosanne Ladouceur
Street Legal
1987 · TV Show
as Renee Stonehouse
Places Not Our Own
1986 · Movie
as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
The Campbells
1986 · TV Show
as Maria Brant
Running Brave
1983 · Movie
as Caroline
Death Hunt
1981 · Movie
as Indian Woman
Marie Ann
1978 · Movie
as Tantou, Indian princess
For the Record
1976 · TV Show
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Aunt Mary
