Acting

Tantoo Cardinal

Born 1950-07-20 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

Wildwood
as Iphigenia (voice)
2026
Below
as Anik
2026
The American Revolution
as (voice)
2025
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
as Self
2025
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
as Auntie (voice)
2024
An Ode for Leviticus
as Luna
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
as Self - Chula
2024
Echo
as Chula Battiest
2024
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Lizzie Q
2023
The American Buffalo
as (voice)
2023
Three Pines
as Bea Mayer
2022
The Last Manhunt
as Ticup
2022
Wendell & Wild
as Ms. Hunter (voice)
2022
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
as Principal (voice)
2022
Spirit Rangers
as Moon (voice)
2022
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
as Marie Chalifoux (voice)
2022
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
as Self - Narrator
2021
Back Home Again
as Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
2021
Tantoo Cardinal
as self
2021
The Corruption of Divine Providence
as Juniper Fairweather
2020
Sisters Rising
Executive Producer
2020
See
as The Dreamer
2019
Red Snow
as Grandmother Ruth
2019
Stumptown
as Sue Lynn Blackbird
2019
The Grizzlies
as Janace
2019
Through Black Spruce
as Mary-Lou
2019
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
as Green Thunderbird Woman
2018
New Amsterdam
as Jane Munsee
2018
Hold the Dark
as Illanaq
2018
Falls Around Her
as Mary Birchbark
2018
Corner Gas Animated
as Real Estate Agent (voice)
2018
The Great Northern Candy Drop
as Narrator / Louisa (voice)
2017
Godless
as Iyovi
2017
Wind River
as Alice Crowheart
2017
Cardinal
as Nookomis
2017
Frontier
as Kamenna
2016
Westworld
as Ehawee
2016
Bull
as Chief Tsosie
2016
ARQ
as The Pope
2016
On the Farm
as Ada Taylor
2016
Hope Bridge
as Lana
2015
Mohawk Girls
as Zoe’s Mom
2014
Strange Empire
as Pichette
2014
Outlander
as Adawehi
2014
Penny Dreadful
as Old Native American Woman
2014
Rez Carz
as (voice)
2014
Chasing Shakespeare
as Older Venus
2014
Down Here
as Stella Mitchell
2014
Maïna
as Tekahera
2013
Eden
as The Nurse
2013
Longmire
as Marilyn Yarlott
2012
Arctic Air
as Aunt Mary
2012
Shouting Secrets
as June
2011
The Killing
as Hooker
2011
Blackstone
as Wilma Stoney
2011
Fathers & Sons
as Gordon’s Sister
2010
Shattered
as Carol
2010
Every Emotion Costs
as Aunt Marcy
2010
Changing Climates, Changing Times
as Grace Lajoie
2009
Mothers & Daughters
as Celine
2008
Dear Prudence
as Ruth Vigil
2008
Mom, Dad and Her
as Heather
2008
Older Than America
as Auntie Apple
2008
The Englishman's Boy
as Little Soldier's Wife
2008
The Guard
as Ursula
2008
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
as Gloria Maquinna
2007
The Road to Christmas
as Sioux Woman
2006
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
as Iba Beauvais
2006
Unnatural & Accidental
as Aunt Shadie / Rita
2006
H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004
H2O
as Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004
A Thief Of Time
as Irene Musket
2004
Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
2003
Dreamkeeper
as Old Pawnee Woman
2003
Moccasin Flats
as Betty
2003
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
as Self
2003
How the Fiddle Flows
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Edge of Madness
as Ruth
2002
Tom Stone
as Judge Crowfoot
2002
MythQuest
as Walloha
2001