10 Greatest TV Extra Performances Ever

by Danny Meegan

1. Alexandria Resident #9 (The Walking Dead)

Alexandria Resident #9 The Walking Dead
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One thing that separates movie and TV extras is that TV extras have a chance to appear on the same show for years at a time. Many shows use the same locations with each passing season, so if you're an extra who lives nearby, then hey, why not stick around?

This is exactly the case with a Walking Dead extra called Alexandria Resident #9, who currently holds the record for the most appearances by an unnamed character.

First appearing in the season five episode Forget (where, in the opening two minutes, she opens the Alexandria gate for Sasha) she's managed to survive all the way through to the show's current, final season, fighting off zombies, dealing with human drama, and performing guard duty - all without uttering a single line of dialogue.

Like the other recurring extras on our list, Alexandria Resident #9 has developed quite the fan following, with some viewers praising her specific acting performances (like when she absolutely books it down the street in another season five episode, Try), and others simply amazed that she's lasted this long.

Maybe she'll die in an upcoming episode, but even if she does, she'll undoubtedly be remembered as the MVP of Walking Dead extras.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!