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