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Tantoo Cardinal

Acting · Born July 20, 1950 · 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.

Movies with Tantoo Cardinal

• Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — Lizzie Q
• Wind River (2017) — Alice Crowheart
• Dances with Wolves (1990) — Black Shawl
• Legends of the Fall (1994) — Pet
• Wildwood (2026) — Iphigenia (voice)
• Wendell & Wild (2022) — Ms. Hunter (voice)
• Hold the Dark (2018) — Illanaq
• Death Hunt (1981) — Indian Woman
• The Last Manhunt (2022) — Ticup
• ARQ (2016) — The Pope
• Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood (2025) — Self
• Eden (2013) — The Nurse

TV shows with Tantoo Cardinal

• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) — Snow Bird
• Frontier (2016) — Kamenna
• Stumptown (2019) — Sue Lynn Blackbird
• Echo (2024) — Chula Battiest
• Three Pines (2022) — Bea Mayer
• Godless (2017) — Iyovi
• North of 60 (1992) — Betty Moses
• Blackstone (2011) — Wilma Stoney