Tantoo Cardinal

Tantoo Cardinal

  • Birthday: 1950-07-20
  • Place of birth: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
  • Also know as: Tantoo Martin

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.

Filmography

Dances with Wolves

1990

As Black Shawl

Smoke Signals

1998

As Arlene Joseph

Unnatural & Accidental

2006

As Aunt Shadie / Rita

Black Robe

1991

As Chomina's Wife

Running Brave

1983

As Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)

Luna: Spirit of the Whale

2007

As Gloria Maquinna

Dreamkeeper

2003

As Old Pawnee Woman

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

1987

As Little Doe

Eden

2012

As The Nurse

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior

1995

As Turtle Mother

Silent Tongue

1993

As Silent Tongue

Mom, Dad and Her

2008

As Heather

Loyalties

1987

As Rosanne Ladouceur

Mothers & Daughters

2008

As Celine

The Hi-Line

2000

As Singing Bird

The Lightning Incident

1991

As Vivian

The Lost Child

2000

As Aunt Mary

Dear Prudence

2008

As Ruth Vigil

Older Than America

2008

As Auntie Apple

Marie Ann

1978

As Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)

Down Here

2014

As Stella Mitchell

Spirit Rider

1993

As Marilyn St. Claire

Grand Avenue

1996

As Nellie

Edge of Madness

2002

As Ruth

Hope Bridge

2015

As Lana

Sioux City

1994

As Dawn Rainfeather

Shouting Secrets

2011

As June

On the Farm

2016

As Ada Taylor

Mustard Bath

1993

As Sister Amantha

Wind River

2017

As Alice Crowheart

Candy Mountain

1988

As Annie

Heartwood

1998

As Violet Boucher

Maïna

2013

As Tekahera

Through Black Spruce

2019

As Mary-Lou

The Grizzlies

2019

As Janace

Falls Around Her

2018

As Mary Birchbark

Hold the Dark

2018

As Illanaq

The Great Northern Candy Drop

2017

As Narrator / Louisa (voice)

Big Bear

1998

As Running Second

Death Hunt

1981

As Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)

Red Snow

2019

As Grandmother Ruth

Postmark Paradise

2000

As Reenie

ARQ

2016

As The Pope

Honey Moccasin

1998

As Honey Moccasin

How the Fiddle Flows

2002

As Narrator (voice)

The Corruption of Divine Providence

2020

As Juniper Fairweather

Back Home Again

2021

As Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)

Rez Carz

2014

As (voice)

Wendell & Wild

2022

As Ms. Hunter (voice)

The Last Manhunt

2022

As Ticup

Wildwood

0000

As (voice)

War Party

1988

As Sonny's Mother

Tantoo Cardinal

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As self

Places Not Our Own

1986

As Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)

Divided Loyalties

1990

As Molly Brant

A Stranger in the Kingdom

1999

As Heaven Fontaine

Dodson's Journey

2001

As Waitress

A Thief Of Time

2004

As Irene Musket

H2O

2004

As Grand Chief Katie Blackfire

The Road to Christmas

2006

As Sioux Woman

Fathers & Sons

2010

As Gordon’s Sister

Every Emotion Costs

2010

As Aunt Marcy

Chasing Shakespeare

2014

As Older Venus

Production

Sisters Rising

2020

As Executive Producer

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