Cast & creator
Tantoo Cardinal
Best known for Westworld, Outlander, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
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.
Also known as: Tantoo Martin, Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, تانتو کاردینال, Tantoo Caroline Rose Cardinal
82
film credits
45
television credits
126
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (127)
Showing 127 of 127 credits
Westworld
Ehawee
2016
Outlander
Adawehi
2014
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Snow Bird
1993
Bull
Chief Tsosie
2016
New Amsterdam
Jane Munsee
2018
Longmire
Marilyn Yarlott
2012
See
The Dreamer
2019
Family Law
Mrs. Grant
1999
The Killing
Hooker
2011
The Oscars
Self
1953
Killers of the Flower Moon
Lizzie Q
2023
Penny Dreadful
Old Native American Woman
2014
Stumptown
Sue Lynn Blackbird
2019
Cold Squad
Theresa Sandiman
1998
Street Legal
Renee Stonehouse
1987
Frontier
Kamenna
2016
Wind River
Alice Crowheart
2017
Cardinal
Nookomis
2017
Dances with Wolves
Black Shawl
1990
Wildwood
Iphigenia (voice)
2026
Echo
Chula Battiest
2024
Legends of the Fall
Pet
1994
Godless
Iyovi
2017
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
Marie Chalifoux (voice)
2022
Corner Gas Animated
Real Estate Agent (voice)
2018
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025
Three Pines
Bea Mayer
2022
Arctic Air
Aunt Mary
2012
Spirit Rangers
Moon (voice)
2022
North of 60
Betty Moses
1992
MythQuest
Walloha
2001
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
Gabe LaRoche’s Mother
1995
The Campbells
Maria Brant
1986
The Guard
Ursula
2008
Strange Empire
Pichette
2014Tom Stone
Judge Crowfoot
2002
For the Record
1976
Harts of the West
Helen
1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Aunt Mary
1951
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
Principal (voice)
2022
Blackstone
Wilma Stoney
2011
Hold the Dark
Illanaq
2018
Shattered
Carol
2010
The American Buffalo
(voice)
2023
Wendell & Wild
Ms. Hunter (voice)
2022
The Last Manhunt
Ticup
2022
Mohawk Girls
Zoe’s Mom
2014
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
Iba Beauvais
2006
ARQ
The Pope
2016
Death Hunt
Indian Woman
1981
Hope Bridge
Lana
2015
War Party
Sonny's Mother
1988
Canada: A People's History
Plains Storyteller
2000
H2O
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004How the Fiddle Flows
Narrator (voice)
2002
The Englishman's Boy
Little Soldier's Wife
2008
Eden
The Nurse
2013
Mothers & Daughters
Celine
2008
Luna: Spirit of the Whale
Gloria Maquinna
2007
Dreamkeeper
Old Pawnee Woman
2003
Black Robe
Chomina's Wife
1991
The Education of Little Tree
Nonna
1997
Tecumseh: The Last Warrior
Turtle Mother
1995
Dreamkeeper
Old Pawnee Woman
2003
Back Home Again
Mrs. Grey Horns (voice)
2021Moccasin Flats
Betty
2003
Honey Moccasin
Honey Moccasin
1998
Smoke Signals
Arlene Joseph
1998
The Grizzlies
Janace
2019
Bearing Witness Native American Voices in Hollywood
Self
2025
A Thief Of Time
Irene Musket
2004
The Road to Christmas
Sioux Woman
2006
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
Self - Chula
2024
Marie Ann
Tantou, Indian princess
1978
Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
Green Thunderbird Woman
2018
Down Here
Stella Mitchell
2014
Where the Rivers Flow North
Bangor
1993
Older Than America
Auntie Apple
2008
H2O
Grand Chief Katie Blackfire
2004
Running Brave
Caroline
1983
Fathers & Sons
Gordon’s Sister
2010
The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'
Herself
1990
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee
Mary's Mother
1994
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue
1994
Mom, Dad and Her
Heather
2008
Through Black Spruce
Mary-Lou
2019
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Little Doe
1987
Tantoo Cardinal
self
2021
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
Self
2003
Heartwood
Violet Boucher
1998
Rez Carz
(voice)
2014
Sioux City
Dawn Rainfeather
1994
In the Light of Reverence
Narrator (voice)
2001
An Ode for Leviticus
Luna
2024
The Corruption of Divine Providence
Juniper Fairweather
2020
Divided Loyalties
Molly Brant
1990
On the Farm
Ada Taylor
2016
Falls Around Her
Mary Birchbark
2018
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Heaven Fontaine
1999
The Hi-Line
Singing Bird
2000
Chasing Shakespeare
Older Venus
2014
Maïna
Tekahera
2013Postmark Paradise
Reenie
2000
Candy Mountain
Annie
1988
Inkwo for When the Starving Return
Auntie (voice)
2024
Navigating the Heart
Mary
2000
Mustard Bath
Sister Amantha
1993
The Lightning Incident
Vivian
1991
However Wide the Sky: Places of Power
Self - Narrator
2021Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Sarah Winnemucca
1995
Changing Climates, Changing Times
Grace Lajoie
2009Shouting Secrets
June
2011
Grand Avenue
Nellie
1996
Dear Prudence
Ruth Vigil
2008
Every Emotion Costs
Aunt Marcy
2010
The Lost Child
Aunt Mary
2000
Places Not Our Own
Rose (as Tantoo Martin-Cardinal)
1986Sisters Rising
Executive Producer
2020
Red Snow
Grandmother Ruth
2019
Loyalties
Rosanne Ladouceur
1987
Edge of Madness
Ruth
2002
The Great Northern Candy Drop
Narrator / Louisa (voice)
2017
Unnatural & Accidental
Aunt Shadie / Rita
2006
Big Bear
Running Second
1998Dodson's Journey
Waitress
2001
Spirit Rider
Marilyn St. Claire
1993Prophecy, Milestones & Challenges
Alive
1995