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17 Stars You Totally Forgot Guest Starred On 'Gossip Girl'
Gossip Girl would be nothing without its core cast, but Serena, Blair, Nate, Chuck and Dan weren't the only characters who made the series memorable. The show about New York City rich kids would be nothing without their constant influx of amazing cameos and guest stars, which ranged from iconic New York City figures playing themselves to former Disney Channel starlets in much racier roles. With so many guest stars, it's easy to forget some of the cooler cameos. Check out the 17 actors who made an appearance on the CW drama.
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Tinsley Mortimer
The socialite made two appearances on the series as herself. Considering the actress is a real NYC socialite, it only makes sense.
Lisa Loeb
Loeb appeared in the Season 1 episode “Women On the Verge” as herself. She showed up in the series finale — as Rufus Humphrey’s new love interest!
Cyndi Lauper
Lauper was the surprise guest at Blair’s 20th birthday party.
Ashley Hinshaw
Hinshaw played a version of herself on the Season 3 premiere of the series. Hinshaw played a “sexual pawn” in Chuck and Blair’s bizarre love games.
Tyra Banks
Banks portrayed actress Ursula Nyquist who befriends Serena.
Michael Bloomberg
Even the former mayor of New York City wanted to know the identity of Gossip Girl. Bloomberg showed up in the series finale and was shocked to learn the identity of the blogger.
Rachel Bilson
Bilson showed up in the series finale as herself. She wanted to score a role in the adaptation of Dan’s novel.
Kristen Bell
Bell voiced the mysterious Gossip Girl since the pilot episode, but we only saw her face in the series finale, when she was reading lines with pal Bilson for the fictional movie based on Dan’s novel.
Cecily von Ziegesar
The author of the Gossip Girl novels made an appearance at one of Constance Billard’s mixers in the episode “The Wrong Goodbye.” When her character was introduced to her novel’s creation, the author said that she had “read a lot about [her].”
Ivanka Trump
It’s no surprise that the socialite turned up as a party guest on an episode of Gossip Girl — she went to school with the real-life Blairs and Serenas of the world.
Hilary Duff
Duff played actress Olivia Burke, who attended NYU with Vanessa and Dan. She effectively destroyed our childhood when her character, Olivia, had a threesome with those two college friends.
Aaron Tveit
Tveit, who could totally be a Vanderbilt IRL, had a recurring role as Nate’s politician cousin Tripp… who tried to kill him.
David O. Russell
The American Hustle director played himself on the series. Serena interned for one of Russell’s fictional productions, an adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Beautiful and Damned.
Elizabeth Hurley
Hurley had a season-long arc as shady business woman Diana Payne, who, like everyone else on the show, bedded Nate with ulterior motives.
Rachel Zoe
Zoe played herself on a Season 4 episode of the series — and gets a chocolate fountain to the head.
Kevin Zegers
The Mortal Instruments star — who will star on Fox’s Broadchurch remake Gracepoint — had a recurring role as drug dealer Damien.
Jay McInerney
The Bright Lights, Big City author had a recurring role as Jeremiah Harris, a writer and Dan’s mentor.
