The second season of Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl (TV series)

Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...

, an American teen drama

Teen drama

A teen drama is a dramatic television series with a major focus on teenage characters. The genre was relatively non-existent for the first 45 years of television; it came into prominence in the early 1990s...

 based upon the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily von Ziegesar is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl books.-Early life and education:...

. Developed for television by Josh Schwartz

Josh Schwartz

-Film school at USC:In 1995, Schwartz realized his boyhood dream of attending film school to study screen and television writing at the University of Southern California...

 and Stephanie Savage

Stephanie Savage

Stephanie Savage is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer. Savage is best known for developing The CW's teen drama series, Gossip Girl from the novel series, and being an executive producer of the Fox series The O.C....

. Airing on The CW from September 1st 2008 till May 18th 2009 with 25 episodes, including spin-off pilot Valley Girls; focusing on Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Rutherford

Kelly Danne Melissa Rutherford is an American actress known for her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations, Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999 and currently as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl...

/Brittany Snow) and her family in Los Angeles in 1983.

Overview

The series revolves around the lives of privileged teenagers Serena van der Woodsen

Serena van der Woodsen

Serena Celia van der Woodsen is a fictional character in the young adult novel series Gossip Girl and its television adaptation. Serena is featured on the blog of the novel series' mysterious "Gossip Girl" narrator...

, Blair Waldorf

Blair Waldorf

Blair Cornelia Waldorf is the main character of Gossip Girl, introduced in the original series of novels and also appearing in their television and manga adaptations. Described as "a girl of extremes" by creator Cecily von Ziegesar, she is a comical overachiever who possesses both snobbish and...

, Dan Humphrey

Dan Humphrey

Daniel Randolph "Dan" Humphrey is a fictional character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. He is the main male character in the television series of the same name and is portrayed by Penn Badgley. Daniel Humphrey is the son of Rufus Humphrey and has a younger sister, Jenny Humphrey. His...

, Nate Archibald

Nate Archibald

Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is a former American professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the NBA, most notably with the Kansas City Kings and Boston Celtics....

, Jenny Humphrey

Jenny Humphrey

Jennifer Tallulah "Jenny" Humphrey is one of the characters in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar...

 and Chuck Bass

Chuck Bass

Charles Bartholomew "Chuck" Bass is a fictional character in the Gossip Girl series of teen novels and the television series of the same name. He is portrayed by English actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary, antagonistic character in the original book series, in the television series Chuck...

 attending an elite private school on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City. It also features Serena’s mother; Lily van der Woodsen and Jenny and Dan’s father; Rufus Humphrey along with outsider from Vermont Vanessa Abrams

Vanessa Abrams

Vanessa Abrams is a fictional character in the book series Gossip Girl. She is portrayed by Jessica Szohr in the television series of the same name.-Novel series:...

.

Starring

• Blake Lively
  Blake Lively
  Blake Christina Lively is an American actress and model who stars as Serena van der Woodsen in the television teen drama series Gossip Girl...
  
   as Serena van der Woodsen
  Serena van der Woodsen
  Serena Celia van der Woodsen is a fictional character in the young adult novel series Gossip Girl and its television adaptation. Serena is featured on the blog of the novel series' mysterious "Gossip Girl" narrator...
  
  
• Leighton Meester
  Leighton Meester
  Leighton Marissa Meester is an American actress and singer. Meester first garnered attention for playing Blair Waldorf in the CW television series Gossip Girl...
  
   as Blair Waldorf
  Blair Waldorf
  Blair Cornelia Waldorf is the main character of Gossip Girl, introduced in the original series of novels and also appearing in their television and manga adaptations. Described as "a girl of extremes" by creator Cecily von Ziegesar, she is a comical overachiever who possesses both snobbish and...
  
  
• Penn Badgley
  Penn Badgley
  Penn Dayton Badgley is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Humphrey on the CW television series Gossip Girl. He has also starred in the movies John Tucker Must Die, The Stepfather, and Easy A....
  
   as Dan Humphrey
  Dan Humphrey
  Daniel Randolph "Dan" Humphrey is a fictional character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. He is the main male character in the television series of the same name and is portrayed by Penn Badgley. Daniel Humphrey is the son of Rufus Humphrey and has a younger sister, Jenny Humphrey. His...
  
  
• Chace Crawford
  Chace Crawford
  Christopher Chace Crawford , better known as Chace Crawford, is an American actor. He currently portrays Nate Archibald on the CW television drama Gossip Girl.-Early life:...
  
   as Nate Archibald
  Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)
  Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald is a character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the television series of the same name...
  
  
• Taylor Momsen
  Taylor Momsen
  Taylor Michel Momsen is an American actress, musician and model who portrays the character of Jenny Humphrey on the CW television series Gossip Girl and portrayed the role of Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and fronts the rock band The Pretty Reckless.-Early life and career:Taylor...
  
   as Jenny Humphrey
  Jenny Humphrey
  Jennifer Tallulah "Jenny" Humphrey is one of the characters in both the Gossip Girl and The It Girl series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar...
  
  
• Ed Westwick
  Ed Westwick
  Edward Jack P. "Ed" Westwick is an English actor and musician, best known for his role as Chuck Bass in the main cast on the American television series Gossip Girl.-Early life and career:...
  
   as Chuck Bass
  Chuck Bass
  Charles Bartholomew "Chuck" Bass is a fictional character in the Gossip Girl series of teen novels and the television series of the same name. He is portrayed by English actor Ed Westwick. Although he is a secondary, antagonistic character in the original book series, in the television series Chuck...
  
  
• Jessica Szohr
  Jessica Szohr
  Jessica Karen Szohr is an American actress. Szohr began her screen career starring on television shows such as CSI: Miami and What About Brian...
  
   as Vanessa Abrams
  Vanessa Abrams
  Vanessa Abrams is a fictional character in the book series Gossip Girl. She is portrayed by Jessica Szohr in the television series of the same name.-Novel series:...
  
  
• Kelly Rutherford
  Kelly Rutherford
  Kelly Danne Melissa Rutherford is an American actress known for her roles of Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on Generations, Megan Lewis on Melrose Place from 1996 to 1999 and currently as Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl...
  
   as Lily van der Woodsen
• Matthew Settle
  Matthew Settle
  Jeffrey Matthew Settle is an American actor best known for playing Captain Ronald Speirs on the HBO show Band of Brothers and Rufus Humphrey on Gossip Girl.-Career:...
  
   as Rufus Humphrey

Recurring

• Michelle Trachtenberg
  Michelle Trachtenberg
  Michelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dawn Summers in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl...
  
   as Georgina Sparks
  Georgina Sparks
  Georgina Sparks is a fictional character in the Gossip Girl novel series and a recurring character on the television series Gossip Girl. She is portrayed by actress Michelle Trachtenberg on the show...
  
  
• Connor Paolo
  Connor Paolo
  Connor Paolo is an American actor best known of his role as Eric van der Woodsen in The CW young-adult series Gossip Girl since 2007-2011.He became part of the two Oliver Stone films, World Trade Center and Alexander where he bagged his biggest break in Hollywood.He is currently playing Declan...
  
   as Eric van der Woodsen
  Eric van der Woodsen
  Eric van der Woodsen is a fictional character from the book series Gossip Girl and the television series of the same name. The television character is portrayed by Connor Paolo.-Novel series:...
  
  
• Zuzanna Szadkowski as Dorota Kishlovsky
• Margaret Colin
  Margaret Colin
  Margaret Colin is an American actress. She is known for her role as Margo Montgomery Hughes # 1 on As the World Turns and for her role as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on Gossip Girl.-Early life:...
  
   as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose
• Robert John Burke as Bart Bass
• Wallace Shawn
  Wallace Shawn
  Wallace Michael Shawn , sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, voice artist, and intellectual. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre , Vizzini in The Princess Bride , and debate teacher Mr...
  
   as Cyrus Rose
• Amanda Setton
  Amanda Setton
  Amanda Setton is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her role as Penelope Shafai in the teen Gossip Girl and for her role as Kimberly Andrews on One Life to Live...
  
   as Penelope Shafai
• Nicole Fiscella
  Nicole Fiscella
  Nicole Fiscella is an American actress and model, of Indian and St Lucian ancestry, who rose to fame through the book-based TV series Gossip Girl as Isabel Coates.-Early life:...
  
   as Isabel Coates
• Yin Chang
  Yin Chang
  Yin Chang is an American actress most recognized for her role of Mei Kwan, a lead character in Prom . The film was released in theaters on April 29, 2011 by Walt Disney Pictures. Previously, Chang was a recurring character in The CW series Gossip Girl...
  
   as Nelly Yuki
• Francie Swift
  Francie Swift
  Francie Swift is an American actress best known for her versality and the wide variety of roles she has played.Swift was born in Amarillo, Texas and attended Tascosa High School...
  
   as Anne Archibald
• Sam Robards
  Sam Robards
  Sam Prideaux Robards is an American actor.-Life and career:Robards was born in New York City, the son of actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall. He began his acting career in 1980 in an off-Broadway production of Album, and made his feature film debut in director Paul Mazursky's 1982 film Tempest....
  
   as Howard "The Captain" Archibald
• Aaron Tveit
  Aaron Tveit
  Aaron Kyle Tveit is an American theatre and film actor originally from Middletown, New York. He is known for originating the roles of Gabe in Next to Normal and Frank Abagnale Jr...
  
   as William "Trip" Vanderbilt III
• Sebastian Stan
  Sebastian Stan
  Sebastian Stan is a Romanian-born American actor. He is best known for playing Prince Jack Benjamin on the television drama Kings and Carter Baizen on Gossip Girl.-Early life:...
  
   as Carter Baizen
• Willa Holland
  Willa Holland
  Willa Joanna Chance Holland is an American actress and fashion model. She is best known for her role as Kaitlin Cooper, Marissa Cooper's devious younger sister, on the television series The O.C.. She also appeared as Agnes Andrews on The CW series Gossip Girl...
  
   as Agnes Andrews
• Desmond Harrington
  Desmond Harrington
  Desmond Harrington is an American actor. He is known for movies such as The Hole, Wrong Turn and Ghost Ship. He joined the cast of the Showtime series Dexter in its third season as Det. Joseph Quinn.-Life and career:...
  
   as Jack Bass
• Dreama Walker
  Dreama Walker
  Dreama Walker is an American actress. She is known for her role as Hazel Williams on Gossip Girl, based on the book series .-Personal life:...
  
   as Hazel Williams

Guest Stars

• Tamara Feldman
  Tamara Feldman
  Tamara Feldman is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Mary Beth in Hatchet and in The CW television series Smallville, Supernatural and Gossip Girl.- Personal life :...
  
   as Poppy Lifton
• Caroline Lagerfelt
  Caroline Lagerfelt
  Caroline Eugenie "Carolyn" Lagerfelt is a French-born stage, film, and television actress of Swedish descent, long-based in the United States.-Early life and education:...
  
   as Celia "CeCe" Rhodes
• Madchen Amick
  Mädchen Amick
  Mädchen Amick is an American actress best known for playing Shelly Johnson on the cult television series Twin Peaks and its 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.-Early life:...
  
   as Catherine Beaton
• Patrick Heusinger
  Patrick Heusinger
  Patrick Heusinger is an American actor who made his debut in the 2006 film Sweet Land as Young Lars and then appeared in Tie a Yellow Ribbon, The Nanny Diaries, and Black Swan". Heusinger is best-known for his roles as "Lord Marcus" on the CW's hit drama Gossip Girl and "Adam" on USA Network's...
  
   as Lord Marcus Beaton
• John Patrick Amedori
  John Patrick Amedori
  John Patrick Amedori is an American actor and musician.His most notable role has been as the 13 year old Evan Treborn in The Butterfly Effect. He has also appeared in a number of TV shows, including Law & Order, Nip/Tuck, Joan of Arcadia and Ghost Whisperer. He also appeared in the movie Stick It...
  
   as Aaron Rose
• Armie Hammer
  Armie Hammer
  Armand Douglas "Armie" Hammer is an American actor. After appearing on television and playing the title role in 2008's Billy: The Early Years, he became known for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in the 2010 film The Social Network, and Clyde Tolson in J. Edgar...
  
   as Gabriel Edwards

Valley Girls (spin-off pilot)

• Brittany Snow as Lily Rhodes
• Krysten Ritter
  Krysten Ritter
  Krysten Alyce Ritter is an American actress and former model. Ritter is well known for her critically acclaimed turn as Jane Margolis on AMC's Breaking Bad where she first appeared as the property manager and neighbor of Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman...
  
   as Carol Rhodes
• Cynthia Watros
  Cynthia Watros
  Cynthia Michele Watros is an American television actress, who also starred in films and on stage. She is known for her roles as Libby on the ABC TV series Lost, Kellie in The Drew Carey Show, Erin in Titus, and Annie Dutton in Guiding Light...
  
   as Celia "CeCe" Rhodes
• Andrew McCarthy
  Andrew McCarthy
  Andrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the 1980s films St. Elmo's Fire, Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie's, Pretty in Pink, and Less Than Zero, and more recently for his role in the television shows Lipstick Jungle, White Collar and Royal Pains.-Career:McCarthy...
  
   as Rick Rhodes
• Matt Barr
  Matt Barr
  Matthew Jerome "Matt" Barr is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief, Ian Banks in One Tree Hill, Christopher Sullivan in the mystery horror series Harper's Island, and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats.-Early life:Matthew...
  
   as Keith van der Woodsen

Plot

It's senior year for our beloved Upper East Siders, and the drama is at an all-time high. Applying for college is only a small part of the story, as new romances (and some not-so-new romances) bloom and fade, scandals erupt at every turn, and alliances shift even faster than Gossip Girl can send an update. Families and reputations are destroyed and made; so are fortunes. And even the strongest friendships are tested.

Episodes

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