Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1950-07-20 (74 years)
- Place of BirthFort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
- Also Known AsTantoo 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2024
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
As: Auntie (voice)
- 2024
An Ode for Leviticus
As: Luna
- 2024
Echo
As: Chula Battiest
- 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
As: Lizzie Q
- 2023
The American Buffalo
As: (voice)
- 2022
Three Pines
As: Bea Mayer
- 2022
The Last Manhunt
As: Ticup
- 2022
Wendell & Wild
As: Ms. Hunter (voice)
2022ONI: Thunder God's Tale
As: Principal (voice)
2022Spirit Rangers
As: Moon (voice)
2021Back Home Again
As: Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
2020The Corruption of Divine Providence
As: Juniper Fairweather
2019See
As: The Dreamer
2019Red Snow
As: Grandmother Ruth
2019Stumptown
As: Sue Lynn Blackbird
2019The Grizzlies
As: Janace
2019Through Black Spruce
As: Mary-Lou
2018New Amsterdam
As: Jane Munsee
2018Hold the Dark
As: Illanaq
2018Falls Around Her
As: Mary Birchbark
2018Corner Gas Animated
As: Real Estate Agent (voice)
2017The Great Northern Candy Drop
As: Narrator / Louisa (voice)
2017Godless
As: Iyovi
- 2017
Wind River
As: Alice Crowheart
2017Cardinal
As: Nookomis
2016Frontier
As: Kamenna
2016Westworld
As: Ehawee
2016Bull
As: Chief Tsosie
- 2016
ARQ
As: The Pope
2016On the Farm
As: Ada Taylor
2015Hope Bridge
As: Lana
2014Mohawk Girls
As: Zoe’s Mom
2014Strange Empire
As: Pichette
2014Outlander
As: Adawehi
2014Penny Dreadful
As: Old Native American Woman
2014Rez Carz
As: (voice)
2014Chasing Shakespeare
As: Older Venus
2014Down Here
As: Stella Mitchell
2013Maïna
As: Tekahera
2013Eden
As: The Nurse
2012Longmire
As: Marilyn Yarlott
2012Arctic Air
As: Aunt Mary
2011The Killing
As: Hooker
2011Blackstone
As: Wilma Stoney
2010Fathers & Sons
As: Gordon’s Sister
2010Shattered
As: Carol
2009Changing Climates, Changing Times
As: Grace Lajoie
2008Mothers & Daughters
As: Celine
2008Dear Prudence
As: Ruth Vigil
2008Mom, Dad and Her
As: Heather
2008Older Than America
As: Auntie Apple
2008The Englishman's Boy
As: Little Soldier's Wife
2008The Guard
As: Ursula
2007Luna: Spirit of the Whale
As: Gloria Maquinna
2006The Road to Christmas
As: Sioux Woman
2006Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
As: Iba Beauvais
2006Unnatural & Accidental
As: Aunt Shadie / Rita
2004H2O
As: Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004H2O
As: Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004A Thief Of Time
As: Irene Musket
2003Dreamkeeper
As: Old Pawnee Woman
2002Edge of Madness
As: Ruth
2001MythQuest
As: Walloha
2001In the Light of Reverence
As: Narrator (voice)
2000The Lost Child
As: Aunt Mary
2000Canada: A People's History
As: Plains Storyteller
2000The Hi-Line
As: Singing Bird
2000Navigating the Heart
As: Mary
1999A Stranger in the Kingdom
As: Heaven Fontaine
1999Family Law
As: Mrs. Grant
1998Smoke Signals
As: Arlene Joseph
1998Heartwood
As: Violet Boucher
1998Big Bear
As: Running Second
1998Cold Squad
As: Theresa Sandiman
1998Honey Moccasin
As: Honey Moccasin
1997The Education of Little Tree
As: Nonna
1996Grand Avenue
As: Nellie
1995Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
As: Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
1995Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
As: Turtle Mother
- 1994
Legends of the Fall
As: Pet
1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
As: Mary's Mother
1994Sioux City
As: Dawn Rainfeather
1993Harts of the West
As: Helen
1993Spirit Rider
As: Marilyn St. Claire
1993Where the Rivers Flow North
As: Bangor
1993Silent Tongue
As: Silent Tongue
1993Mustard Bath
As: Sister Amantha
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
As: Snow Bird
1992North of 60
As: Betty Moses
1991Black Robe
As: Chomina's Wife
1991The Lightning Incident
As: Vivian
- 1990
Dances with Wolves
As: Black Shawl
1990Divided Loyalties
As: Molly Brant
1988War Party
As: Sonny's Mother
1988Candy Mountain
As: Annie
1987Loyalties
As: Rosanne Ladouceur
1987Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
As: Little Doe
1987Street Legal
As: Renee Stonehouse
1986The Campbells
As: Maria Brant
1986Places Not Our Own
As: Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
1983Running Brave
As: Caroline (as Tantoo Martin)
1981Death Hunt
As: Indian Woman (as Tantoo Martin)
1978Marie Ann
As: Tantou, Indian princess (as Tantoo Martin)
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Aunt Mary