Tantoo Cardinal
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Tantoo Cardinal, CM, was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on July 20, 1950, and is a Canadian film and television actor.
Early life
Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal was born the youngest of three children to Julia Cardinal, a Cree and Métis descendent.
In the hamlet of Anzac, Alberta, Cardinal was raised. When playing in the woods, she inspired her to use her imagination. Since the insect repellent they used when picking blueberries together, her grandmother's nicknamed her "tantoo." Cardinal Elizabeth Deel, the Cree language, the ancient ways of their heritage, and the challenges she would face when growing up Métis in Canada. The Cardinal has said that it was walking behind her grandmother, where she first learned to act.
Personal life
During her high school years in Edmonton, the Cardinal discovered Fred Martin, her first husband, while boarding at his family's house. They were married from 1968 to 1978, and Cheyenne had a son, Cheyenne, before their divorce.
Clifford, her second son, was born alongside actor Beaver Richards.
Cardinal was married to actor John Lawlor, with whom she had a daughter, Riel, from 1988 to 2000.
Career
Cardinal has appeared in several notable films and television series, including Spirit Bay, Loyalties,Dances with Wolves, Black Robe, Legends of the Fall, Smoke Signals, Keep the Dark, and North of 60. She appeared in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mini-series By Way of the Stars starring Gordon Tootoosis as the Cree Chief and Eric Schweig as Black Thunder.
"For her contributions to the growth and development of Aboriginal performing arts in Canada as a screen and stage actress as well as a founding member of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company," she was named as a member of the Order of Canada in 2009.
Thousands of others were arrested on August 23, 2011 when protesting the upcoming extension of the Keystone Pipeline.
She appeared as Regan in an all-aboriginal version of William Shakespeare's King Lear at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, alongside August Schellenberg as Lear, Billy Merasty as Gloucester, Jani Lauzon as Kent, and Craig Lauzon as Kent.
She was named the recipient of the Earl Grey Award of Canadian Cinema and Television in 2017.
She plays a high school principal who is suspicious of a first-time teacher in Kugluktuk's northwestern Nunavut neighborhood.
After a nearly two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she and other Laureates were honoured at the "Governor General's Performing Arts Awards" on November 26, 2021.