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Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal’s screen credits include Black Shawl in Dances with Wolves and Iphigenia (voice) in Wildwood.
Born July 20, 1950 Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada2 movies on MoviHero
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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.
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- 2025Bearing Witness Native American Voices in HollywoodSelf
- 2024Inkwo for When the Starving ReturnAuntie (voice)
- 2024An Ode for LeviticusLuna
- 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of EchoSelf - Chula
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonLizzie Q
- 2022The Last ManhuntTicup
- 2022Wendell & WildMs. Hunter (voice)
- 2021However Wide the Sky: Places of PowerSelf - Narrator
- 2021Back Home AgainMrs. Grey Horns (voice)
- 2021Tantoo Cardinalself
- 2020The Corruption of Divine ProvidenceJuniper Fairweather
- 2020Sisters RisingProducer
- 2019Red SnowGrandmother Ruth
- 2019The GrizzliesJanace
- 2019Through Black SpruceMary-Lou
- 2018Abandoned: Angelique's IsleGreen Thunderbird Woman
- 2018Hold the DarkIllanaq
- 2018Falls Around HerMary Birchbark
- 2017The Great Northern Candy DropNarrator / Louisa (voice)
- 2017Wind RiverAlice Crowheart
- 2016ARQThe Pope
- 2016On the FarmAda Taylor
- 2015Hope BridgeLana
- 2014Rez Carz(voice)
- 2014Chasing ShakespeareOlder Venus
- 2014Down HereStella Mitchell
- 2013MaïnaTekahera
- 2013EdenThe Nurse
- 2011Shouting SecretsJune
- 2010Fathers & SonsGordon’s Sister
- 2010Every Emotion CostsAunt Marcy
- 2009Changing Climates, Changing TimesGrace Lajoie
- 2008Mothers & DaughtersCeline
- 2008Dear PrudenceRuth Vigil
- 2008Mom, Dad and HerHeather
- 2008Older Than AmericaAuntie Apple
- 2007Luna: Spirit of the WhaleGloria Maquinna
- 2006The Road to ChristmasSioux Woman
- 2006Unnatural & AccidentalAunt Shadie / Rita
- 2004H2OGrand Chief Katie Blackfire
- 2004A Thief Of TimeIrene Musket
- 2003DreamkeeperOld Pawnee Woman
- 2003Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an EpicSelf
- 2002How the Fiddle FlowsNarrator (voice)
- 2002Edge of MadnessRuth
- 2001In the Light of ReverenceNarrator (voice)
- 2001Dodson's JourneyWaitress
- 2000The Lost ChildAunt Mary
- 2000The Hi-LineSinging Bird
- 2000Postmark ParadiseReenie
- 2000Navigating the HeartMary
- 1999A Stranger in the KingdomHeaven Fontaine
- 1998Smoke SignalsArlene Joseph
- 1998HeartwoodViolet Boucher
- 1998Big BearRunning Second
- 1998Honey MoccasinHoney Moccasin
- 1997The Education of Little TreeNonna
- 1996Grand AvenueNellie
- 1995Tecumseh: The Last WarriorTurtle Mother
- 1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the WestSarah Winnemucca
- 1995Prophecy, Milestones & ChallengesAlive
- 1994Legends of the FallPet
- 1994Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded KneeMary's Mother
- 1994Sioux CityDawn Rainfeather
- 1994Silent TongueSilent Tongue
- 1993Spirit RiderMarilyn St. Claire
- 1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthBangor
- 1993Mustard BathSister Amantha
- 1991Black RobeChomina's Wife
- 1991The Lightning IncidentVivian
- 1990The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'Herself
- 1990Divided LoyaltiesMolly Brant
- 1988War PartySonny's Mother
- 1988Candy MountainAnnie
- 1987LoyaltiesRosanne Ladouceur
- 1987Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeLittle Doe
- 1986Places Not Our OwnRose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
- 1983Running BraveCaroline
- 1981Death HuntIndian Woman
- 1978Marie AnnTantou, Indian princess
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