---
name: "Dana Gourrier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dana-gourrier"
fi1m_id: "dana-gourrier"
imdb_id: "nm4158239"
tmdb_id: 1133063
wikidata_id: "Q23010323"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-22T04:23:15.839885+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."
---

# Dana Gourrier

## Identity

Dana Gourrier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dana-gourrier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dana-gourrier
- **IMDb ID:** nm4158239
- **TMDB ID:** 1133063
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23010323
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Gourrier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23010323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4158239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1133063

Actor. Born 31 July 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1979, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Dana Michelle Gourrier 
- **Frequently works with:** [Quentin Tarantino](https://film.one/person/quentin-tarantino.md), [Samuel L. Jackson](https://film.one/person/samuel-l-jackson.md), [Stacey Sher](https://film.one/person/stacey-sher.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Western 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $758m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Gourrier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23010323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4158239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1133063

## Coming up

- *The Greatest* (2026-11-04), as Odessa 'Bird' Clay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-greatest.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Django Unchained*](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Hateful Eight*](https://film.one/film/the-hateful-eight.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dana Gourrier is an American actress. She was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1997, and trained at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she received a bachelor's degree in performing arts, and at the California Institute of the Arts, where she earned a master's in acting.

She is known for her roles as Cora in *Django Unchained* (2012) and Minnie Mink in *The Hateful Eight* (2015), both directed by Quentin Tarantino. Her other film credits include *The Butler* (2013) and *Midnight Special* (2016). On television she has appeared in series such as *True Detective* (2014) and *American Horror Story* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, blog.calarts.edu.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Hateful Eight* (2015), Fi1m 68, as Minnie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hateful-eight.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, as Cathleen — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *The Butler* (2013), Fi1m 66, as Helen Holloway — [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *Django Unchained* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Cora — [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *The Greatest* (2026), series, as Odessa 'Bird' Clay — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-greatest.md)
- *To Live and Die and Live* (2025), Actor
- *Found* (2023), series, as Andrea Robinson
- *Interview with the Vampire* (2022), series, as Bricktop Williams
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, as Jennifer
- *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021), as Sadie
- *Don't Look Deeper* (2020), series, as Miss Hart
- *P-Valley* (2020), series, as Lauren Hawkins, Lauren 'The Jukebox'
- *Raising Dion* (2019), series, as Tessa
- *Evil* (2019), series, as Yasmine
- *The Hateful Eight* (2019), series, as Minnie Mink
- *A Million Little Things* (2018), series, as Melissa
- *The Domestics* (2018), as Wanda the Gambler
- *Same Kind of Different as Me* (2017), as Willow
- *The Hammer* (2017), as Officer Francine
- *Kidnap* (2017), as Deputy Sheriff
- *The Good Time Girls* (2017), as Ada
- *GLOW* (2017), series, as Judith — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/glow.md)
- *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as June Barrow
- *StartUp* (2016), series, as Maya Hibert
- *The Whole Truth* (2016), as Courthouse Employee
- *Midnight Special* (2016), as Sharon Davison
- *The Hateful Eight* (2015), as Minnie — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hateful-eight.md)
- *Superstore* (2015), series, as Lydia
- *Maggie* (2015), as Woman in Scrubs
- *Togetherness* (2015), series, as Phoebe
- *Desiree* (2014), as Stella
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Cathleen — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Christmas on the Bayou* (2013), as Janelle
- *Ravenswood* (2013), series, as Vickie
- *The Butler* (2013), as Helen Holloway — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-butler.md)
- *From the Rough* (2013), as Cafeteria Worker
- *Remember Sunday* (2013), as Bernadette
- *Django Unchained* (2012), as Cora — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/django-unchained.md)
- *Bullet to the Head* (2012), as Deputy Coroner
- *Haunted High* (2012), as Coach Hoover
- *Common Law* (2012), series, as Helling
- *Hide* (2011), as Detective 3
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Chantal
- *Worst. Prom. Ever.* (2011), as Teacher

## Gallery

- ![Dana Gourrier](https://film.one/media/person/9007/gallery-b1818700e9c5.jpg) Dana Gourrier — Image via TMDB
- ![Dana Gourrier](https://film.one/media/person/9007/gallery-60707b47b1f5.jpg) Dana Gourrier — Image via TMDB
- ![Dana Gourrier](https://film.one/media/person/9007/gallery-bd04c9f5fc9a.jpg) Dana Gourrier — Image via TMDB
- ![Dana Gourrier](https://film.one/media/person/9007/gallery-ed7e44e1ac89.jpg) Dana Gourrier — Image via TMDB

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