Poker Face is adding more potential suspects to its ever-growing list of guest stars. The Emmy Award-winning comedy crime drama will be an unofficial Orange is the New Black mini-reunion as series star and executive producer Natasha Lyonne will be working alongside her OITNB co-stars Taylor Schilling (Pam & Tommy) and Adrienne C. Moore (Pretty Hard Cases) for the upcoming second season. Moore and Schilling‘s Poker Face character details have yet to be unveiled.
Deadline reported that Schilling and Moore are joining Lyonne for Poker Face Season 2. Orange is the New Black, which concluded on Netflix in 2019, starred Schilling as the lead character Piper Chapman, while Moore played Cynthia “Black Cindy” Hayes. Lyonne, on the other hand, played the drug addict Nicky Nichols. Poker Face‘s fellow Emmy Award-winning series followed the inmates of women’s federal prison Litchfield Penitentiary (and their past lives outside prison) over the course of seven seasons.
Meanwhile, Poker Face — described as a modern-day Columbo — centers on Lyonne‘s Charlie Cale, a human lie-detector who has an extraordinary knack for identifying deception. Despite her exceptional ability, though, she can never determine what each individual is lying about. That, however, never stopped her from investigating. Season 2 is set to follow the mystery-of-the-week format, with more stars joining Lyonne on her adventure, including her OITNB co-stars.
Who Else Will Star in ‘Poker Face’ Season 2?
Just a week ago, the first images for Poker Face Season 2 were released, highlighting the new faces joining the comedy series. The previously announced guest stars include John Mulaney (Big Mouth), Ego Nwodim (Mr. Throwback), Sam Richardson (Detroiters), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Katie Holmes (Ray Donovan), Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent), Kumail Nanjiani (Only Murders in the Building), Sherry Cola (Joy Ride), Kevin Corrigan (Godfather of Harlem), Ben Marshall (Saturday Night Live), Kathrine Narducci (Euphoria), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Margo Martindale (Cocaine Bear), BJ Novak (Vengeance), Awkwafina (Jackpot!), Corey Hawkins (The Piano Lesson), and Simon Rex (Red Rocket).
Rounding out the Season 2 cast are Cliff “Method Man” Smith (Power Book II: Ghost), Davionte “GaTa” Ganter (Anyone But You), Haley Joel Osment (Blink Twice), John Cho (Searching), Justin Theroux (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Patti Harrison (I Think You Should Leave), Jason Ritter (Matlock), Alia Shawkat (The Old Man), Carol Kane (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer), and Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets).
Geraldine Viswanathan, Rhea Perlman, and Simon Helberg are also confirmed to be returning to reprise the roles they played in the first season. No exact release date has been announced yet for Poker Face Season 2. You can catch up on previous episodes on Peacock.
via Collider