Portrait of Tonantzin Carmelo

Tonantzin Carmelo

Acting

Biography

Tonantzín Carmelo is an American actress descending on her mother’s side from Tongva and Kumeyaay Native Americans of Southern California. She is known for her acting roles in film, TV and stage productions including in the Steven Spielberg miniseries, Into the West, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Born: March 10, 1977

Place of Birth: Orange County, California, United States

Filmography

2024
NCIS: Origins

as Tishmal 'Tish' Kwá'la

2024
The Windigo

as Claire

2022
The English

as Touching Ground

2022
Dark Winds

as Eleanda Garza

2022
Mosquito

as Mrs. Sault

2021
La Brea

as Paara

2021
2019
Undone

as Tonantzin

2019
The Chosen One

as Dr. Lúcia Santiero

2018
The Rookie

as Detective Soledad Ramirez

2015
2015
Entertainment

as Teresa

2014
Z Nation

as Kuruk

2014
The Activist

as Anna Ward

2011
Teen Wolf

as Dark Night

2009
Shadowheart

as Miakoda

2007
Imprint

as Shayla Stonefeather

2007
Unearthed

as Nodin

2005
Into the West

as Thunder Heart Woman

2005
American Dad!

as Sooleawa'uha (voice)

2003
187 Shadow Lane

as Christina

2002
CSI: Miami

as Adrienne Veston

1988