---
name: "Tonantzin Carmelo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tonantzin-carmelo"
fi1m_id: "tonantzin-carmelo"
imdb_id: "nm0138371"
tmdb_id: 82381
wikidata_id: "Q7820734"
roles: []
born: "10 March 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T22:52:43.392996+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tonantzin Carmelo

## Identity

Tonantzin Carmelo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tonantzin-carmelo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tonantzin-carmelo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0138371
- **TMDB ID:** 82381
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7820734
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantzin_Carmelo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7820734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82381

Actor. Born 10 March 1977 in Orange County, California, United States.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 March 1977, Orange County, California, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonantzin_Carmelo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7820734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138371/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82381

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The English*](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md) (70)

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## Biography

Tonantzin Carmelo is an American actress. She grew up in Orange County, California, and is of Tongva, Kumeyaay and Latina descent. She studied at the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Dance.

Carmelo began her professional acting career in educational musical theatre and has worked in film, television, stage and video games. She is known for her role as Thunder Heart Woman in the miniseries *Into the West* (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild nomination, and as Touching Ground in the series *The English* (2022). Other credits include recurring roles in *La Brea* (2021–2024) and *Dark Winds* (2022–).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The English* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Touching Ground — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *NCIS: Origins* (2024), series, as Tishmal 'Tish' Kwá'la
- *The Windigo* (2024), as Claire
- *The English* (2022), series, as Touching Ground — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-english.md)
- *Dark Winds* (2022), series, as Eleanda Garza — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *The Sacrifice Zone* (2022), Actor
- *Mosquito* (2022), as Mrs. Sault
- *La Brea* (2021), series, as Paara
- *A Soldier's Revenge* (2021), as Alpana
- *Undone* (2019), series, as Tonantzin
- *The Chosen One* (2019), series, as Dr. Lúcia Santiero
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Detective Soledad Ramirez
- *Entertainment* (2015), as Teresa
- *Child of Grace* (2015), as Kaya
- *Z Nation* (2014), series, as Kuruk
- *The Activist* (2014), as Anna Ward
- *Shouting Secrets* (2011), as Caitlyn
- *Teen Wolf* (2011), series, as Dark Night
- *Shadowheart* (2009), as Miakoda
- *Dark Blue* (2009), series, as Gina
- *Imprint* (2007), as Shayla Stonefeather
- *Unearthed* (2007), as Nodin
- *Into the West* (2005), series, as Thunder Heart Woman
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Sooleawa'uha (voice)
- *187 Shadow Lane* (2003), as Christina
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Adrienne Veston
- *American Experience* (1988), series, as Awashunk
- *The Legend of Hohokam*, Actor

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