Ranking Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2's Celebrity Guest Stars—Who's No. 1?

Lisa Kudrow, Anna Camp, Tina Fey, Ice-T...the Netflix comedy was full of familiar faces

By Lauren Piester, Chris Harnick Apr 18, 2016 4:00 PMTags
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If you're anything like us, you spent much of the weekend in a state of constantly thinking about/watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

You also probably spent a lot of time cursing your skills at binge watching and the fact that all your friends had jobs/lives that prevented them from scarfing down season two like your very life depended on it, meaning there was no one for you to talk to when guest stars appeared out of nowhere and made you choke on your gummy bears salad. This was a particularly painful side effect of binge-watching this season, thanks to the insane number of cameos. Billy Eichner, Ice-T, Jeff Goldblum, and even Pacey Witter himself made appearances at some point in the 13 episodes, and then Kimmy's mom appeared and we could barely contain ourselves. It was a struggle to keep people spoiler-free, and we refuse to struggle any longer.

Now that it's Monday and you had the whole weekend to watch the entire season, it's time to determine which of those fantastic guest stars was biggest shock—and the biggest success—of all.

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14. Kenan Thompson (episode 6)
Surprise, it's Lillian's dead husband! Are you now picturing a love scene between Carol Kane and Kenan Thompson?

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13. David Cross (episode 8, 12, and 13)
Oddly appropriate that Jane Krakowski's Jacqueline would fall for the dweeby lawyer.

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12. Josh Charles (episode 13)
David Cross and Josh Charles as siblings? What a family that would be. Whenever we see Josh Charles on a TV screen it's like The Good Wife's Will Gardner lives again, ever so briefly.

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11. Steve Buscemi and Kelsey Grammer on the Apple Watch (episode 4)
Steve Busecmi is a friend to the show, he even directed an episode, and there were so many Frasier references that we now need Kimmy to meet the real Kelsey.

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10. Dean Winters and Will Arnett as the voices of Bunny and Kitty (episode 4)
We'd recognize those gravelly voices anywhere. 30 Rock's Dennis Duffy and Devon Banks, a duo we never thought possible.

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9. Jeff Goldblum (episode 11)
Can we actually get a Dr. Phil-esque show starring Jeff Goldblum? Please?

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8. Tina Fey (episodes 9, 10, and 12)
Last season she was Marcia Clark, this season she was Kimmy's boozy therapist. She helped move the plot along, but it got a little too much at times. However, her brief scene with Jane Krakowski brought "the feels," as the kids say. Liz Lemon and Jenna Maroney live on in our hearts.

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7. Ice-T (episode 12)
At this point it won't feel like a Tina Fey production if Ice-T doesn't appear in some capacity. Admit it, you were surprised (and delighted) he was giving the eulogy at that actor's funeral and making Titus realize things, weren't you?

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6. Zosia Mamet (episode 6)
The Girls star played the perfect hipster Sue from (Austin) Texas, especially when she was yelling out possible passwords for the secret password-protected after-hours speakeasy she thought existed in the back of the soul food restaurant she and her husband wanted to turn into a sole food sneaker store. "Egg! Shyamalan! Ojai!"

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5. Billy Eichner (episode 9)
Is Cate Blanchett good, or is she just tall? We honestly don't know anymore, and we'll think about it every time we watch Carol for the rest of our lives, always knowing no one will be there to ever give us a dollar for figuring out the answer. (For the record, the answer seems to be "she's a treasure!" according to what Billy was crying as Kimmy assaulted him, yelling, "What are you?!")

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4. Fred Armisen (episodes 1, 6, and 13)
Need someone to play Robert Durst for some reason? Hire Fred Armisen, occasionally hand him a suitcase to ponder, and proceed to make everyone clamor for a Jinx remake that is exactly the same as the actual Jinx except it stars Fred Armisen.  

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3. Anna Camp (episodes 2 and 7)
Her entire run as Jacqueline's nemesis and chief yoga mom Deirdre Robbespierre was inspired, but something about the way she watched Kimmy lower her young son, Owen, into a sewer without a single ounce of concern or even full awareness deserves its own specific Emmy. Sure, Anna Camp was great in True Blood and Pitch Perfect, but this was next level stuff.

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2. Joshua Jackson (episode 8)
Call it fate, but when you happen to have finish a Dawson's Creek rewatch just before starting Kimmy Schmidt season two it's hard not to be flabbergasted when Joshua Jackson shows up playing a convenience store clerk named Purvis who has a LOT of strong (and correct) opinions on Dawson, Pacey, Joey, and that time Pacey and Joey had sex on the ski trip. We have still not recovered. Purvis forever.

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1. Lisa Kudrow (episode 13)
We knew Kimmy's mom would have to be someone incredible, so we were happily shocked when it was Lisa Kudrow who turned around at Universal Studios. Only Kudrow could make us love even her most horrible qualities, like how she can't blow kisses and the fact that she never taught Kimmy how to tie her shoes, which led to her eventual kidnapping. You know, she could have been White Snake's Yoko Ono!

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And the award for Character So Great She Deserves her Own List (and/or spinoff) goes to...

Amy Sedaris
Mimi Kanasis is just everything. While every line of hers this season was pure gold (never forget her performance as Sia), nothing could ever top her deep fear of ostriches (who can run fast and can also apparently talk on the phone). More Mimi Kanasis in season three, please.