Rose Marie Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Anzac, Fort McMurray, Alberta), CM, better known as Tantoo Cardinal, is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis descent.
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 founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company.
Selected filmography:
Film
- Death Hunt (1981) as a Native woman
- Dances with Wolves (1990) as Black Shawl
- Black Robe (1991) as Chomina's Wife
- Unforgiven (1992) as Sally Two Trees
- Silent Tongue as Silent Tongue
- Sioux City (1994) as Dawn Rainfeather
- Legends of the Fall (1994) as Pet
- Smoke Signals (1998) as Arlene Joseph
- Wind River (2017) as Alice Crowheart
- The Grizzlies (2018) as Janice
- Through Black Spruce (2018) as Mary-Lou
- Wendell & Wild (2022) as Ms. Hunter
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) as Lizzie Q
Television
- Stumptown (2019) as Sue-Lynn Blackbird
- See (2019) as the Dreamer
- Spirit Rangers (2022) as Moon
- Three Pines (2022) as Bea Mayer
- Echo (2024) as Chula Battiest