\n\tWith \u201cToo Much,\u201d \u201cGirls\u201d creator-star Lena Dunham has made her long-awaited return to television, and the ensemble she\u2019s brought along with her is, well, too much.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe series stars viral comedian and \u201cHacks\u201d breakout Megan Stalter and \u201cWhite Lotus\u201d Season 2 star Will Sharpe as the central couple: Jessica, who moves to London for a job opportunity after blowing up her love life in New York, and Felix, the musician and recovering addict she meets and starts to fall for on her first night in town. Throughout the series, the two wander in and out of chaotic situations involving Jessica\u2019s colleagues, Felix\u2019s exes and friends, and both of their families \u2014 making room for plenty of unexpected guest stars.<\/p>\n
\n\tSee the big names in the \u201cToo Much\u201d ensemble \u2014 including Dunham herself \u2014 below.<\/p>\n
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Lena Dunham as Nora South<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tRather than playing the lead, as she did in \u201cGirls,\u201d Dunham takes a backseat in the \u201cToo Much\u201d cast. She plays Nora, Jessica\u2019s older sister, who is struggling to raise her spirits after her recent divorce, especially when it comes to sharing her son, Dash (Oliver Nirenberg) with her ex-husband.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Andrew Rannells as Jameson South<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tRannells, a longtime collaborator of Dunham\u2019s who played Elijah in \u201cGirls,\u201d stars as Jameson, who ended his testy, sexless marriage with Nora to join a polyamorous relationship with a man and a woman both named Cody. Like Jessica, Jameson works in advertising and remains a mentor to her despite his divorce from her sister. He\u2019s the one who gives her the opportunity to move to London and get her life back on track.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Emily Ratajkowski as Wendy Jones<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix \t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tWendy is Zev\u2019s new girlfriend, who Jessica obsessively addresses in video messages that she posts to a private Instagram account that no one follows. Deep down, Jessica knows that it\u2019s Zev, not Wendy, who she should have a problem with, but the happy life Wendy appears to be living with Zev on social media drives her crazy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Michael Zegen as Zev Goldstein<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tMichael Zegen, known for roles in \u201cFrances Ha\u201d and \u201cThe Marvelous Ms. Maisel\u201d plus a three-episode arc in \u201cGirls,\u201d plays Jessica\u2019s ex-boyfriend, Zev. The two dated for several years, but he broke her heart months before \u201cToo Much\u201d begins. In the first episode, Jessica sees on Instagram that he has proposed to his new girlfriend, Wendy. Drunkenly, she breaks into their apartment in the middle of night and gets in a shouting match with Zev, asking him to admit that leaving her is \u201cthe worst thing that anyone\u2019s ever done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Jessica Alba as Herself<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tJessica Alba appears in the first episode of \u201cToo Much,\u201d having hired Jessica\u2019s agency to make a commercial for her company. When a misogynistic assistant director changes the script without Alba\u2019s approval, she asks Jessica to take over, but Jessica panics and runs away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Rita Wilson as Lois Salmon<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Ana Blumenkron\/Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tLois is Jessica and Nora\u2019s mother, who has been single for many years following the death of her husband. The family is tight-knit, but Jessica and Nora have become too dependent on their mother, both moving in with her after their respective breakups. So when Lois gets back on the dating scene herself, she starts to set some boundaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Rhea Pearlman as Dottie<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tDottie is Lois\u2019 mother and Jessica and Nora\u2019s grandmother, who says whatever\u2019s on her mind and doesn\u2019t care to mince words, openly lamenting that her daughter and granddaughters are so romantically challenged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Richard E. Grant as Jonno Ratigan<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tJonno is the boss at the advertising agency Jessica works at in London. He\u2019s judgy and pretentious, but there\u2019s a risqu\u00e9 coolness to him too that\u2019s especially visible when he\u2019s at home with his wife, Ann.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Naomi Watts as Ann Ratigan<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tAnn is Jonno\u2019s wife, who hosts a lavish dinner party for all of Jonno\u2019s colleagues. She and Jessica instantly connect, with Jessica oversharing about her sexual health problems and Ann offering her drugs as the party begins to devolve into a mess of debauchery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Daisy Bevan as Josie<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tDaisy Bevan, daughter of actor Joely Richardson and film producer Tim Bevan, appears in \u201cToo Much\u201d as Josie, who works with Jonno at the advertising agency. Young and aloof, she serves as Jonno\u2019s assistant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Janicza Bravo as Kim Keith Independiente<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tJanicza Bravo is best known as the director and co-writer of 2021\u2019s \u201cZola,\u201d but has previously acted in Dunham\u2019s 2018 HBO series \u201cCamping\u201d and her 2022 film \u201cSharp Stick.\u201d In \u201cToo Much,\u201d she plays Kim, the other American at the advertising agency. She\u2019s competent, cool and even-tempered \u2014 except for when it comes to her crush on Josie. <\/p>\n
\n\tBravo also directed Episode 8 of \u201cToo Much,\u201d titled \u201cOne Wedding and a Sex Pest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Leo Reich as Boss Gibbons<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tLeo Reich, a popular U.K. comedian who makes his acting debut in \u201cToo Much,\u201d plays Boss, the ad agency\u2019s resident Gen Z staffer. Though he\u2019s technically Kim\u2019s assistant, he thinks of himself as a fully-fledged creative and has little regard for \u201cappropriate\u201d office behavior, regularly regaling everyone with tales from his sex life and the parties he goes to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Andrew Scott as Jim Wenlich Rice<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tAndrew Scott plays Jim, a famous director who signs on to direct the ad campaign Jessica moved to London to work on. Jim is tortured and cynical; when he and Jessica go out for drinks, he spends the night ranting about his ex-wife and arguing with Letterboxd users who don\u2019t like his movies. So it\u2019s no surprise that the night ends up going in a strange direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Kit Harington as Jessica\u2019s Father<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tJessica\u2019s father died when she was still quite young, so she doesn\u2019t have many clear memories of him. But when Kit Harington plays him in flashback scenes, his warmth and love for his family make it clear why Jessica still thinks of him so fondly anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Adwoa Aboah as Linnea<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tAt the start of \u201cToo Much,\u201d Felix is dating Linnea, played by model and actor Adwoa Aboah. She\u2019s glamorous and eccentric, but the two aren\u2019t connecting, and she realizes his heart is elsewhere before he even tells her he\u2019s met Jessica. \u201cYou\u2019re a nice guy, okay?\u201d she says as they break up. \u201cBut the next time you date someone and you realize they\u2019re not for you, don\u2019t pretend and slowly back out the door, because I could feel you going.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos as Polly<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\t\u201cBlue Is the Warmest Color\u201d star Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos plays Polly, who Felix dated for 10 years and remains friends with. She\u2019s first mentioned when Jessica asks Felix about the tattoo of her name he has on his butt, and he only says that she\u2019s a friend \u2014 who also has his name tattooed on her butt. When Jessica first meets Polly, she\u2019s so intimidated that she does a huge dose of ketamine in hopes of fitting in. It ends up plunging her into a painful spiral of remembering her past with Zev.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Kaori Momoi as Aiko Remen<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tA prolific Japanese actor best known for \u201cMemoirs of a Geisha,\u201d Kaori Momoi guest stars as Aiko, Felix\u2019s mother. She\u2019s loving, but a bit delusional, telling Felix that his father is her \u201cknight in shining armor\u201d and confident that he\u2019ll get them out of the financial crisis they\u2019ve been in for a long time. Felix knows better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Stephen Fry as Simon Remen<\/h2>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tFelix\u2019s father, Simon, likes to play the role of generous patriarch, but in truth, he\u2019s struggling to take care of Aiko and their adult daughter, who lives with them. He asks Felix for help getting out of his crushing debt \u2014 nevermind that Felix is broke too. Felix sells his car and gives Simon the cash in secret. The act of generosity is complicated and painful for Felix, who still harbors some resentment towards his parents for their constant absence during his childhood: In a flashback, it\u2019s revealed that he was sexually assaulted by his nanny.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Rita Ora as Herself<\/h2>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Netflix\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n\tRita Ora stars in the ad that Jessica moved to London to produce. Like with Alba\u2019s, Ora\u2019s ad gets thrown off by a male director with a big ego, but this time, Jessica is more up to the task. In return for saving the day, Ora gives Jessica some much-needed advice about her obsession with her ex and his new girlfriend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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