Ana Gasteyer & Anthony Edwards to Guest Star on HBO's GIRLS

Ana Gasteyer and Anthony Edwards will soon be appearing on HBO's GIRLS, it was announced today.

The pair will play the parents of Shoshana on the fourth season of the series, premiering Jan. 11.

Other slated guest stars include Natasha Lyonne as Rickie; Gillian Jacobs as Mimi-Rose Howard; Marc MARON as Ted; Zachary Quinto as Ace; Jason Ritter as Scott; Maude Apatow as Cleo; and SPIKE Jonze as Marcos.

Returning guest stars for the fourth season of GIRLS include: Rita Wilson as Marnie's mother; Peter Scolari and Becky Ann Baker as Hannah's parents; Jon Glaser as Laird; Gaby Hoffman as Adam's sister, Caroline; Louise Lasser as Beedie; and Bob Balaban as Dr. Rice.

On the new season, Hannah has left New York to attend the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, hoping to become a more serious writer, while facing uncertainty in her relationship with Adam. Back in the city, Marnie is pursuing a music career, trying to balance her personal and professional relationship with Desi. New graduate Shoshanna is interviewing for jobs and struggling to sort out her relationship with Ray. And Jessa is trying sobriety through AA, but her knack for creating drama is undiminished.

Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the Emmy®-winning HBO series GIRLS takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of women in their 20s. Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham, Ilene S. Landress, Murray Miller, Paul Simms and Bruce Eric Kaplan executive produce the show, which kicks off its ten-episode fourth seasonSUNDAY, JAN. 11 (9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT), followed by other half-hour episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

In addition to Dunham, who stars as Hannah, the cast includes Allison Williams as Marnie; Jemima Kirke as Jessa; Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna; Alex Karpovsky as Ray; Adam Driver as Adam; Andrew Rannells as Elijah; and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Desi.

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