Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal CM (born July 20, 1950) is a Canadian actress. Of Cree and Métis heritage, 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."[1]
Tantoo Cardinal | |
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 Cardinal in 2022 | |
| Born | Rose Marie Cardinal July 20, 1950 Anzac, Alberta, Canada |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Children | 3, including Cliff Cardinal |
Early life
editRose Marie "Tantoo"[2] Cardinal was born the youngest of three children to Julia Cardinal, a woman of Cree and Métis descent, and a white father.
Cardinal was raised in the hamlet of Anzac, Alberta. The lack of electricity inspired her to use her imagination while playing in the bush. Her grandmother nicknamed her "Tantoo" after the insect repellent they used while picking blueberries together. She taught Cardinal the Cree language, the traditional ways of their culture and the difficulties she would face growing up Métis in Canada. Cardinal has said that it was walking behind her grandmother where she first learned to act.[2][3][4]
Career
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Cardinal has played roles in many notable films and television series, including Spirit Bay, Loyalties, Dances with Wolves, Black Robe, Legends of the Fall, Smoke Signals, Hold the Dark and North of 60. She was cast in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mini-series By Way of the Stars with Gordon Tootoosis as the Cree Chief and Eric Schweig as Black Thunder.
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".[1]
On August 23, 2011, Cardinal, Margot Kidder, and dozens of others were arrested while protesting the proposed extension of the Keystone Pipeline.[5]
In 2012, Cardinal portrayed Regan in an all-aboriginal production of William Shakespeare's King Lear at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, alongside a cast that also included August Schellenberg as Lear, Billy Merasty as Gloucester, Jani Lauzon in a dual role as Cordelia and the Fool, and Craig Lauzon as Kent.[6]
She played Marilyn Yarlott for three seasons as a recurring cast member in the Netflix series Longmire, a Crow hunter and medicine woman who lives alone in the vast wilderness of the Crow reservation.
In 2017 she was named the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement.[7] She has also won a Gemini Award, a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (now Indspire Award) and was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame.[2]
In the 2018 film The Grizzlies, she plays a high school principal who is skeptical that a first-time teacher can address social issues in the northwestern Nunavut community of Kugluktuk.
On November 26, 2021, Cardinal and several other laureates received the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards after a nearly two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
Personal life
editCardinal met her first husband, Fred Martin, while boarding at his family's home during her high school years in Edmonton. They were married from 1968 to 1978 and had a son, Cheyenne, prior to their divorce.
She had her second son, Clifford, with Beaver Richards.
From 1988 to 2000, Cardinal was married to actor John Lawlor, with whom she had a daughter, Riel.[2]
Filmography
edit| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Marie-Anne | Tantou | |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Indian Woman | |
| 1983 | Running Brave | Caroline | |
| 1986 | Places Not Our Own | Rose | |
| Loyalties | Rosanne Ladouceur | Nominated - Genie Award for Best Actress | |
| 1987 | Candy Mountain | Annie | |
| 1988 | War Party | Sonny's mother | |
| 1990 | Divided Loyalties | Molly Brant | |
| Dances With Wolves | Black Shawl | ||
| 1991 | Black Robe | Chomina's Wife | |
| 1993 | Silent Tongue | Silent Tongue | |
| Where the Rivers Flow North | Bangor | ||
| Mustard Bath | Sister Amantha | ||
| 1994 | Sioux City | Dawn Rainfeather | |
| Legends of the Fall | Pet | ||
| 1997 | The Education of Little Tree | Granma | |
| Silence | Dolores | ||
| 1998 | Honey Moccasin | Honey Moccasin | |
| Smoke Signals | Arlene Joseph | ||
| Heartwood | Violet Boucher | ||
| 1999 | The Hi-Line | Singing Bird | |
| A Stranger in the Kingdom | Heaven Fontaine | ||
| 2000 | Postmark Paradise | Reenie | |
| Blood River | Claire / Mattie | Short | |
| 2002 | Edge of Madness | Ruth | |
| 2004 | Memory | Ida | Short |
| 2006 | Unnatural & Accidental | Aunt Shadie / Rita | |
| 2008 | Older than America | Auntie Apple | |
| Ancestor Eyes | Verna | Short | |
| Mothers & Daughters | Celine | ||
| 2010 | Every Emotion Costs | Aunt Marcy | |
| 2011 | Shouting Secrets | June | |
| 2012 | Eden | The Nurse | |
| 2013 | From Above | Older Venus | |
| Maïna | Tekahera | ||
| 2014 | Down Here | Stella Mitchell | |
| 2015 | Hope Bridge | Lana | |
| 2016 | ARQ | The Pope | |
| 2017 | Wind River | Alice Crowheart | |
| 2018 | Falls Around Her | Mary Birchbark | |
| The Grizzlies | Janice | ||
| Through Black Spruce | Mary-Lou | ||
| Hold the Dark | Illanaq | ||
| Angelique's Isle | Thunderbird Woman | [9] | |
| 2019 | Red Snow | Ruth | [10] |
| 2020 | The Corruption of Divine Providence | Juniper Fairweather | [11] |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Miss Hunter (voice) | [12] |
| The Last Manhunt | Ticup | [13] | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Lizzie Q | [14]
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2025 | Wildwood † | Carol Grod (voice) | In production[15] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Spirit Bay | Annie | Main role |
| 1987 | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge | Little Doe | Television film |
| 1990 | The Campbells | Maria Brant | Episode: "Miles to Go" |
| 1991 | Lightning Field | Vivian | Television film |
| 1992 | Street Legal | Renee Stonehouse | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 1992–93 | By Way of the Stars | Franois | Television mini-series |
| 1993 | Harts of the West | Helen | Episode: "Auggie's End" |
| Spirit Rider | Marilyn St. Claire | Television film | |
| 1993–95 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Snow Bird | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 1994–97 | North of 60 | Betty Moses | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| 1995 | 500 Nations | (voice) | Television mini-series |
| Tecumseh: The Last Warrior | Turtle Mother | Television film | |
| 1996 | Grand Avenue | Nellie | Television film |
| 1998 | Big Bear | Running Second | Television mini-series |
| Cold Squad | Theresa Sandiman | Episode: "Salty Cheever" | |
| 2000 | Navigating the Heart | Mary | Television film |
| The Lost Child | Aunt Mary | Television film | |
| 2001 | MythQuest | Walloha | Episode: "Red Wolf's Daughter" |
| 2002 | Tom Stone | Judge Crowfoot | Episode: "Royalty" |
| 2003–06 | Moccasin Flats | Betty Merasty | Recurring role; 22 episodes |
| 2004 | Windy Acres | Aunt Laura | Recurring role; 7 episodes |
| H2O | Grand Chief Katie Blackfire | Guest role; 2 episodes | |
| A Thief of Time | Irene Musket | Television film | |
| 2006 | Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis | Iba Beauvais | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Luna: Spirit of the Whale | Gloria Maquinna | Television film |
| 2008 | The Guard | Ursula | recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Just Breathe | Heather | Television film | |
| Changing Climates, Changing Times | Grace Lajoie | Television film | |
| 2009 | Tales of an Urban Indian | Dianne | Television film |
| Dear Prudence | Ruth Vigil | Television film | |
| 2010 | Shattered | Carol | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Killing | Prostitute | Episode: "Keylela" |
| 2012–15 | Blackstone | Wilma Stoney | Recurring role; 18 episodes |
| 2013 | Arctic Air | Aunt Mary | Episode: "Skeletons in the Closet" |
| 2014 | Strange Empire | Pichette | Episode: "Lonely Hearts" |
| 2014–16 | Mohawk Girls | Zoe's Mom | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2015–17 | Longmire | Marilyn Yarlott | Guest role; 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Frontier | Kamenna | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| On the Farm | Ada Taylor | Television film | |
| 2017 | The Great Northern Candy Drop | Louisa (voice) | Television film[16] |
| Godless | Iyovi | Miniseries; 7 episodes | |
| 2018 | Outlander | Adawehi | Guest role; 2 episodes |
| 2019 | See | The Dreamer | Guest role; 4 episodes |
| 2019–20 | Stumptown | Sue Lynn Blackbird | Series regular |
| 2020 | New Amsterdam | Dr. Jane Munsee | Episode: "Radical" |
| 2021 | Corner Gas Animated | Julie Rouleau (voice) | Episode: "A Lot to be Desired" |
| 2022–present | Spirit Rangers | Moon (voice) | Recurring role[16] |
| 2022 | Three Pines | Bea Mayer | Series regular[17] |
| 2024 | Echo | Chula | Series regular[18] |
Audiobooks
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Island of the Blue Dolphins | ||
| 2019 | The Testaments |
Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | "Mehcinut" by Jeremy Dutcher |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Governor General Announces 57 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". gg.ca. Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. December 30, 2009. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Pedersen, Anne-Marie; Defelice, James V.; Wise, Wyndham; Mullen, Patrick (December 19, 2018). "Tantoo Cardinal". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Historica Canada. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Actress Tantoo Cardinal to speak at IU's Native Film Series on Feb. 20". iu.edu (Press release). Indiana University. February 12, 2008. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Tantoo Cardinal". IMDb.com. The Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on October 13, 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2009.
- ^ "Margot Kidder arrested at White House oil protest". CBC.ca. CBC News. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Aboriginal cast in staging of King Lear". Ottawa Citizen. May 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tantoo Cardinal among those getting special Canadian Screen Awards" Archived January 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian, January 12, 2016.
- ^ "Tantoo Cardinal, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine O'Hara receive their Governor General's awards" Archived November 28, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. CBC News, November 27, 2021.
- ^ Muredda, Angelo (August 22, 2019). "Angelique's Isle: A rarely told Canadian story visits a hidden landscape, but takes some shaky steps". National Post. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Shepherd, Jeremy (September 26, 2019). "Marie Clements premieres Red Snow at film fest". North Shore News. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Knight, Chris (May 28, 2021). "The Corruption of Divine Providence is a catechism cataclysm". National Post. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ King, Jack (March 14, 2022). "'Wendell & Wild' Teaser Announces Ving Rhames, David Harewood, and More Joining Voice Cast". Collider. Archived from the original on October 6, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (October 25, 2021). "WME Independent Launches Sales On Jason Momoa Western The Last Manhunt About Legend Of Willie Boy; First Look Images". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 11, 2021). "Killers Of The Flower Moon Sets Tantoo Cardinal Among Indigenous Actresses To Join Cast Of Martin Scorsese Movie". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (August 25, 2022). "Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee Among Voice Cast For Laika's Wildwood". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tantoo Cardinal (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 3, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ Horton, Tom (September 2, 2021). "Three Pines image offers glimpse of Alfred Molina as police detective". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ Paige, Rachel (May 17, 2022). "Echo: Alaqua Cox Returns to the MCU as Maya Lopez in First-Look Image". Marvel. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
External links
edit- Tantoo Cardinal at IMDb
- Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of the Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]