Personal Info
Known Credits
79
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1950-07-20 (75 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Also Known For
Tantoo MartinTantoo Martin-Cardinalتانتو کاردینال
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 proje ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
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2024 --
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
| Auntie (voice)
2024 --
An Ode for Leviticus
| Luna
2024 --
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
| Self - Chula
2023 --
Killers of the Flower Moon
| Lizzie Q
2022 --
The Last Manhunt
| Ticup
2022 --
Wendell & Wild
| Ms. Hunter (voice)
2021 --
Back Home Again
| Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
2020 --
The Corruption of Divine Providence
| Juniper Fairweather
2019 --
Red Snow
| Grandmother Ruth
2019 --
The Grizzlies
| Janace
2019 --
Through Black Spruce
| Mary-Lou
2018 --
Hold the Dark
| Illanaq
2018 --
Falls Around Her
| Mary Birchbark
2017 --
The Great Northern Candy Drop
| Narrator / Louisa (voice)
2017 --
Wind River
| Alice Crowheart
2016 --
ARQ
| The Pope
2016 --
On the Farm
| Ada Taylor
2015 --
Hope Bridge
| Lana
2014 --
Rez Carz
| (voice)
2014 --
Chasing Shakespeare
| Older Venus
2014 --
Down Here
| Stella Mitchell
2013 --
Maïna
| Tekahera
2013 --
Eden
| The Nurse
2011 --
Shouting Secrets
| June
2010 --
Fathers & Sons
| Gordon’s Sister
2010 --
Every Emotion Costs
| Aunt Marcy
2009 --
Changing Climates, Changing Times
| Grace Lajoie
2008 --
Mothers & Daughters
| Celine
2008 --
Dear Prudence
| Ruth Vigil
2008 --
Mom, Dad and Her
| Heather
2008 --
Older Than America
| Auntie Apple
2007 --
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
| Gloria Maquinna
2006 --
The Road to Christmas
| Sioux Woman
2006 --
Unnatural & Accidental
| Aunt Shadie / Rita
2004 --
H2O
| Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004 --
A Thief Of Time
| Irene Musket
2003 --
Dreamkeeper
| Old Pawnee Woman
2003 --
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
| Self
2002 --
How the Fiddle Flows
| Narrator (voice)
2002 --
Edge of Madness
| Ruth
2001 --
In the Light of Reverence
| Narrator (voice)
2001 --
Dodson's Journey
| Waitress
2000 --
The Lost Child
| Aunt Mary
2000 --
The Hi-Line
| Singing Bird
2000 --
Postmark Paradise
| Reenie
2000 --
Navigating the Heart
| Mary
1999 --
A Stranger in the Kingdom
| Heaven Fontaine
1998 --
Smoke Signals
| Arlene Joseph
1998 --
Heartwood
| Violet Boucher
1998 --
Big Bear
| Running Second
1998 --
Honey Moccasin
| Honey Moccasin
1997 --
The Education of Little Tree
| Nonna
1996 --
Grand Avenue
| Nellie
1995 --
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
| Turtle Mother
1995 --
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
| Sarah Winnemucca
1995 --
Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
| Alive
1994 --
Legends of the Fall
| Pet
1994 --
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
| Mary's Mother
1994 --
Sioux City
| Dawn Rainfeather
1993 --
Spirit Rider
| Marilyn St. Claire
1993 --
Where the Rivers Flow North
| Bangor
1993 --
Silent Tongue
| Silent Tongue
1993 --
Mustard Bath
| Sister Amantha
1991 --
Black Robe
| Chomina's Wife
1991 --
The Lightning Incident
| Vivian
1990 --
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
| Herself
1990 --
Dances with Wolves
| Black Shawl
1990 --
Divided Loyalties
| Molly Brant
1988 --
War Party
| Sonny's Mother
1988 --
Candy Mountain
| Annie
1987 --
Loyalties
| Rosanne Ladouceur
1987 --
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
| Little Doe
1986 --
Places Not Our Own
| Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
1983 --
Running Brave
| Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
1981 --
Death Hunt
| Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
1978 --
Marie Ann
| Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)