| Dana Gourrier | |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2010–present |
Dana Gourrier is an American actress, known for her roles as Tessa on the Netflix show Raising Dion (2019), Cora in the film Django Unchained (2012), and as Minnie Mink in The Hateful Eight (2015),[1] both directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Gourrier graduated from Ursuline Academy in 1997. She originally majored in Psychology at the University of New Orleans, but dropped out to pursue performing arts as she had originally wanted. Gourrier received a bachelor’s degree in performing arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a master’s in acting from the California Institute of the Arts.
| Year | Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hide | Detective 3 | ||
| Worst. Prom. Ever. | Teacher | |||
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Cora | [2] | |
| Bullet to the Head | Deputy Coroner | [3] | ||
| Haunted High | Coach Hoover | |||
| 2013 | Christmas on the Bayou | Janelle | ||
| Lee Daniels' The Butler | Helen Holloway | |||
| From the Rough | Cafeteria Worker | |||
| Remember Sunday | Bernadette | |||
| Broken City | Cop | |||
| 2015 | The Runner | Daria Winston | ||
| The Hateful Eight | Minnie Mink | [4] | ||
| Maggie | Woman In Scrubs | |||
| Desiree | Stella | |||
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Sharon Davidson | ||
| The Whole Truth | Courthouse Employee | |||
| 2017 | Kidnap | Deputy Sheriff | ||
| The Good Time Girls | Ada | |||
| Same Kind of Different as Me | Willow | |||
| The Tale of Four | Sweet Thing | Short film | ||
| Heart, Baby | Officer Francine | |||
| 2018 | The Domestics | Wanda | ||
| 2021 | The United States Vs. Billie Holiday | Sadie |
| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ghosts | Jennifer | |
| 2022 | Interview with the Vampire | Bricktop Williams | |
| 2022 | Evil | Yasmine | |
| 2021 | The Good Fight | June Barrow | |
| 2020–2022 | P-Valley | Lauren 'The Jukebox' Hawkins | |
| 2018 | GLOW | Judith | |
| 2017 | The Arrangement | Nina | |
| 2016 | Superstore | Lydia | |
| StartUp | Maya | ||
| 2015–2016 | Togetherness | Phoebe | |
| 2015 | The Astronaut Wives Club | Antoinette Gibbs | |
| 2014 | Red Band Society | Teacher | |
| True Detective | Cathleen | ||
| Ravenswood | Vickie | ||
| 2013 | American Horror Story | Chantal | |
| 2012 | Common Law | Helling | |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Shawna | |
| Treme | Detective Leroy |