laureates, she received the "Governor General's Performing Arts Awards after a nearly two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic". Personal life Cardinal 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 actor Beaver Richards. From 1988 to 2000, Cardinal was married to actor John Lawlor, with whom she had a daughter, Riel. Filmography Film Television Audiobooks Music videos See also Notable Aboriginal people of Canada References External links Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of the Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group] 1950 births Actresses from Alberta Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Cree people First Nations actresses Living people Members of the Order of Canada People from Fort McMurray 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses 20th-century First Nations people 21st-century First Nations people Indspire Awards Canadian Métis people