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A moving portrait of actress Tantoo Cardinal, travelling through time and across the many roles she’s played, capturing her strength and her impact—and how s...
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Feb 28, 2015 · Tantoo Cardinal has over 100 film and television credits to her name. She is without a doubt one of the most prolific actors in Canada. She's appeared in TV shows like North of 60, Arctic Air ...
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 Native Theatre Company."
27K Followers, 363 Following, 101 Posts - Tantoo Cardinal (@tantoocardinal) on Instagram: "actor, speaker, interested in world movements"
Tantoo Cardinal’s career began with an important role in the Canadian drama film ‘Marie-Anne’, which released in 1978. It was a biopic about Marie-Ann Lagimodiere, the first European woman to settle in Western Canada. Her next important work was in the Canadian-British film ‘Loyalties’, which was directed by Anne Wheeler.
Raised by her grandmother who was Dene, Tantoo also has Cree, Métis, and Nakota heritage. For Tantoo, her four different heritages tie in as such; Cree is her language, Dene are her important relatives, Nakota is her spiritual side, and Metis is cultural.
Actor. Married on January 14, 1988; father of Cardinal's two daughters. The tall, lanky, Tantoo Cardinal is a metis, the term in Canada applying to those of mixed Native American and European descent. Raised among the Cree, she turned her political activism into an acting career that has included roles as the knowing wife of the Medicine Man in ...
