Tyra Banks Joining Gossip Girl

Entertainment July 31, 2009 AT 6:36PM By UsWeekly Staff

Tyra Banks attends the 2009 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on June 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Tyra Banks is ready for her close-up!

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The America's Next Top Model host will guest star on one episode of Gossip Girl's upcoming third season, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

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Banks will play Ursula Nyquist, a larger-than-life actress who Serena (played by Blake Lively) must control at the premiere of her latest movie, her rep tells Us.

The episode will air Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. EST.

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The former supermodel isn't the only star who'll be spotted on the Upper East Side.

Hilary Duff signed on for a multi-episode story arc -- she'll be playing a movie star who enrolls at NYU and rooms with Jessica Szohr's character, Vanessa -- earlier this month.

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