Tantoo Cardinal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-07-20 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

Tantoo Cardinal

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 ...

Acting

1990

Dances with Wolves

as Black Shawl

1998

Smoke Signals

as Arlene Joseph

2006

Unnatural & Accidental

as Aunt Shadie / Rita

2021

Back Home Again

as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

1991

Black Robe

as Chomina's Wife

2014

Rez Carz

as (voice)

1983

Running Brave

as Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)

2003

Dreamkeeper

as Old Pawnee Woman

1987

2013

Eden

as The Nurse

2021

1995

2022

Wendell & Wild

as Ms. Hunter (voice)

1993

Silent Tongue

as Silent Tongue

2000

The Hi-Line

as Singing Bird

1986

Places Not Our Own

as Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

1990

Divided Loyalties

as Molly Brant

2001

Dodson's Journey

as Waitress

1999

A Stranger in the Kingdom

as Heaven Fontaine

2004

H2O

as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

2004

A Thief Of Time

as Irene Musket

2010

Fathers & Sons

as Gordon’s Sister

2006

The Road to Christmas

as Sioux Woman

2010

Every Emotion Costs

as Aunt Marcy

2014

Chasing Shakespeare

as Older Venus

2022

2000

The Lost Child

as Aunt Mary

2008

Older Than America

as Auntie Apple

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Wildwood

as (voice)

2008

Dear Prudence

as Ruth Vigil

2008

2008

1987

Loyalties

as Rosanne Ladouceur

2007

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

as Gloria Maquinna

1978

Marie Ann

as Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)

2014

Down Here

as Stella Mitchell

1993

Spirit Rider

as Marilyn St. Claire

1996

Grand Avenue

as Nellie

2002

1988

War Party

as Sonny's Mother

2015

2001

In the Light of Reverence

as Narrator (voice)

1994

Sioux City

as Dawn Rainfeather

2011

2016

On the Farm

as Ada Taylor

1993

Mustard Bath

as Sister Amantha

2017

Wind River

as Alice Crowheart

1998

Heartwood

as Violet Boucher

1988

2013

Maïna

as Tekahera

2019

2019

The Grizzlies

as Janace

2018

Falls Around Her

as Mary Birchbark

2018

Hold the Dark

as Illanaq

2017

The Great Northern Candy Drop

as Narrator / Louisa (voice)

1998

Big Bear

as Running Second

1981

Death Hunt

as Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)

2019

Red Snow

as Grandmother Ruth

2000

2016

ARQ

as The Pope

1998

Honey Moccasin

as Honey Moccasin

2002

How the Fiddle Flows

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Production

2020

Sisters Rising

as Executive Producer

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