EXCLUSIVE: Jason Ritter (Matlock), Alia Shawkat (Blink Twice), Carol Kane (Between the Temples), David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) and Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets) will guest star in Season 2 of Peacock’s Emmy Award-winning original series Poker Face.
They join previously announced guest stars Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffmann, Kumail Nanjiani, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, Cynthia Erivo, BJ Novak, Margo Martindale, John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim, Sam Richardson, Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Simon Rex, Method Man, Davionte “GaTa” Ganter, Haley Joel Osment, John Cho, Justin Theroux and Patti Harrison.
From creator, writer, director and EP Rian Johnson, Poker Face is a mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
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Season 1 premiered on Peacock in 2023 and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Natasha Lyonne. Peacock received its first Emmy win for Judith Light’s Outstanding Guest Actress Performance in a Comedy Series.
Showrunner Tony Tost serves as executive producer for Season 2 alongside Rian Johnson, Natasha Lyonne, Ram Bergman, Nena Rodrigue, Adam Arkin, Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman. Poker Face is T-Street’s Johnson and Bergman’s first television series and is produced by MRC, along with Natasha Lyonne, under her production banner Animal Pictures. Lyonne will again direct in Season 2.
Ritter is repped by The Burstein Company, Gersh; Shawkat is repped by UTA, MGMT Entertainment, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols; Kane is repped by Liebman Entertainment, Stewart Talent NY; Krumholtz is repped by Paradigm, Brookside Artist Management, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Lynskey is repped by Gersh.
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