
Tonantzin Carmelo
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.
Movie Appearances

Unearthed
as Nodin
2007

Imprint
as Shayla Stonefeather
2007
The Legend of Hohokam
TBA

The Activist
as Anna Ward
2014

The Windigo
as Claire
2024

The Sacrifice Zone
2022

Entertainment
as Teresa
2015

Child of Grace
as Kaya
2015
Shouting Secrets
as Caitlyn
2011

Mosquito
as Mrs. Sault
2022

Shadowheart
as Miakoda
2009

A Soldier's Revenge
as Alpana
2021

187 Shadow Lane
as Christina
2003
TV Appearances

CSI: Miami
as Adrienne Veston
2002

The Rookie
as Detective Soledad Ramirez
2018

Teen Wolf
as Dark Night
2011

The Chosen One
as Dr. Lúcia Santiero
2019

Into the West
as Thunder Heart Woman
2005

La Brea
as Paara
2021

The English
as Touching Ground
2022

American Dad!
as Sooleawa'uha (voice)
2005

Z Nation
as Kuruk
2014

Undone
as Tonantzin
2019

Dark Winds
as Eleanda Garza
2022

American Experience
as Awashunk
1988