Supporting Cast

If you look at Gossip Girl is a primetime soap, then Connor Paolo was well-trained for his role in it. The native New Yorker's early credits include roles on two daytime soaps—All My Children (he was nine at the time) and One Life to Live. Paulo has some serious film credits—he played the young Sean Penn in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, and also had a role in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center....

Aaron Tveit is perhaps better known for his work on stage than on the screen. Making his Broadway debut as Link Lark in Hairspray in 2006, he's gone on to star in productions of Wicked, Next to Normal, and Catch Me If You Can. With his good looks and high profile on Broadway, Aaron received the honor of being named one of "The 37 Hottest Guys in Theater" by AfterElton.com. Thirty-seven? That's...

Caroline Lagerfelt was born into nobility in Paris, France. Ooh la la. Her father was a Swedish Baron, and his job as an ambassador had his family traveling all over Europe. After this continental upbringing, she moved to the United States to pursue a love of acting. Caroline launched her career on the dinner theater circuit, which then led to roles on and off Broadway. She has had many film...

Raised in the Bronx, Desmond Harrington went to a Catholic prep school and worked as a bartender and construction worker before embarking upon an acting career. For his first role, he played Aulon in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. He then nabbed prominent roles in films such as The Hole, Ghost Ship, and Wrong Turn. In September 2008, he joined the Showtime TV show Dexter....

John Shea is an Emmy Award–winning actor and director who has starred on stage and in television and film. He studied acting and directing at the Yale School of Drama, earning an MFA in Directing in 1973. During his time at Yale, he performed at the Yale Repertory Theatre. John made his Broadway debut at the age of twenty-six in a production of Yentl. While he boasts a diverse acting resume, he...

Canadian actor Kevin Zegers has had numerous small roles in television and film, but children of the nineties will probably know him best as the star of Air Bud and its sequels. From the owner of a basketball-playing dog to a playing Damien Delgaard, the Upper East Side’s worst drug dealer — oh, Kevin, what would Bud say if he could see you now?

Still new to television, Matt Doyle is better known for his roles on Broadway. After studying classical theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he moved to New York City and was cast in productions of The Butcherhouse Chronicles, Lunch, Spring Awakening, and Bye Bye Birdie. His Gossip Girl character (Jonathan Whitney) doesn't play a major part in the Upper East Side drama, but...

Michelle Trachtenberg was born and raised in New York City, making her just as city savvy (but hopefully not as bitchy and coke-inclined) as Georgina Sparks, the character she plays on Gossip Girl. Her first acting job was a Wisk Detergent commercial she did at the age of three. It's been onward and upward with the arts ever since. Michelle is perhaps best known for playing Dawn Summers in the...

The son of immigrants from Galway, Ireland, Robert was born in Manhattan. He attended the Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase in the mid-1980s and has had recurring roles on Law & Order, The Sopranos, and Sex and the City. He currently stars in Denis Leary's Rescue Me. A New York State–certified fire fighter (maybe he's been in some sexy calendars?), he recently traveled to New Orleans to...

The son of legendary actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall (and godson of Katherine Hepurn—impressive), Sam Robards studied acting in college and appeared in several plays off Broadway before making his feature film debut in Paul Mazursky's Tempest. He appeared alongside his father in 1988's Bright Lights, Big City and costarred with his mother in the 1993 Robert Altman film Prêt-à-Porter. His...

Tika Sumpter grew up in Queens. After graduating from Marymount Manhattan College, she went on to become a model before landing the role of Layla Williams on the soap opera One Life to Live. Ironically, New York native Tika plays out-of-towner Raina Thorpe, a Chicago outsider who’s new to the Gossip Girl world.

American character actor and writer Wallace Shawn has one of those fun, mischievously homely faces that is just meant to entertain. His best-known film roles include the evil Vizzini in the fairy tale comedy The Princess Bride ("Inconceivable!") and lovestruck debate teacher Mr. Hall in Clueless. Over the years, he has popped up on all sorts of television shows, including Star Trek: Deep Space...

Zuzanna Szadkowski is a true thespian, a fact belied by her near-mute role as Dorota, Blair's bullied (yet beloved) housekeeper. Instead of polishing silver, Zuzanna has spent her career honing her acting chops: she attended Barnard College in New York City and earned an MFA in acting from The A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard. She has worked in theater in the New York...

David Call is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and the prestigious Atlantic Theatre Company School. He’s had numerous supporting roles in TV and film, including Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Rescue Me, and Mercy, alongside fellow Gossip Girl guest Michelle Trachtenberg.