<P> Nikki LePree is a so - called "love guru" whom Stacy befriends when asking for advice about Fred coming back with another love interest in Season 4 . Nikki becomes fast friends with Stacy, and goes as far as convincing Stacy to start a business venture selling her "pake" creations . This so - called "friendship" was viewed with suspicion from Jane when Nikki asked both Jane and Stacy to invest $10,000 into this deal . However, as they were about to go over the deal, Grayson discovered that Nikki had fled two previous residences in a seeming rush, leading him and Jane to believe that Nikki was a con artist who was scamming Stacy . Nikki made up a story that she had left her last home because of an abusive boyfriend, which resulted in Stacy turning on Jane for not believing in her dream . But the partnership abruptly ends when Nikki turns out to truly be a scam artist, taking Stacy's money and leaving town . She would eventually get caught and ends up in jail after she used Stacy's identity, which was later traced back with a record of traffic violations that Stacy had forgotten to pay . </P> <P> Many celebrities have made guest appearances on the show . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> Episode (s) </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paula Abdul </Td> <Td> Herself </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> She appears in some of Jane's dream sequences . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Candice Accola </Td> <Td> Jessica Orlando </Td> <Td> "Begin Again" </Td> <Td> Sister of Tina Orlando; see Mackenzie Mauzy . Member of fictional band Confetti accused of murdering their agent . She made a deal with the ADA to plead guilty in exchange for testifing against her sister . Jessica was represented by Vanessa Hemmings . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clay Aiken </Td> <Td> Tyler Callahan </Td> <Td> "Prom" </Td> <Td> One of Irina's ex-husbands whom was involved with her in a scam to rip off Hank from his money . Though he claimed he was unemployed, Grayson was able to prove his guilt that lead to Callahan confessing . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Van Amstel </Td> <Td> Himself </Td> <Td> "The Wedding" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Diedrich Bader </Td> <Td> Wallace Haft </Td> <Td> "The Chinese Wall" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lance Bass </Td> <Td> Jamie </Td> <Td> "Prom" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Amanda Bearse </Td> <Td> Judge Jodi Corliss </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Judge Corliss presided over two cases . One of which involved a mail order bride scam to rip off Hank "see Tyler Callahan". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brigid Brannagh </Td> <Td> Molly Hagen </Td> <Td> "Secret Lives" </Td> <Td> Molly is a woman whose deadbeat husband wins a fortune at a casino, only to hide it from her while filing for a quickie divorce . (Based on a true story .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delta Burke </Td> <Td> Tessa Wells </Td> <Td> "Make Me a Match" </Td> <Td> One of two sisters in a legal dispute over the inheritance of their dead father . Both sisters work a psychics and are stuck in a bitter sibling rivalry . Grayson resolves the issue by encouraging the sisters to use their "powers" contact their father . See Liza Minnelli (Lily Wells). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sandra Bernhard </Td> <Td> Judge Ada Brown </Td> <Td> "Secret Lives" </Td> <Td> Judge who sympathizes with Molly's situation . See Brigid Brannagh (Molly Hagen) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vivica A. Fox </Td> <Td> Maria Ellis </Td> <Td> "The Long Road to Napa" </Td> <Td> Maria Ellis discovers that her husband, Charles, is married to another woman named Emily Parcelles . Both women team up to expose him, and are both represented by Jane . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jorja Fox </Td> <Td> Marianne Neely </Td> <Td> "Second Chances" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elliott Gould </Td> <Td> Larry Baxter </Td> <Td> "Second Chances" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nancy Grace </Td> <Td> Herself </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Appears on her actual show Nancy Grace, and is either talking about a case Jane is in or interviewing Jane, to which she accidentally knocks Nancy out . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kathy Griffin </Td> <Td> Jenna Kaswell - Bailey </Td> <Td> "He Said, She Said" </Td> <Td> Kim's Sister </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tim Gunn </Td> <Td> Himself </Td> <Td> "Second Chances" </Td> <Td> Gunn appeared in a dream sequence where Jane practiced telling Grayson her true identity . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jasmine Guy </Td> <Td> Judge Nona Daniels </Td> <Td> "Last Year's Model" </Td> <Td> Judge Daniels supervised the sexual harassment trial of Charlotte Perkins . See Lauren Stamile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gregory Harrison </Td> <Td> Brandon Tharpe </Td> <Td> "Crazy" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Star Jones </Td> <Td> Judge Grace Lyford </Td> <Td> "Pick's & Pakes" </Td> <Td> Judge Lyford supervised the patent case for the pake between Stacy and Mr. Pierce see Jonah Pierce . After giving Stacy the patent for the pake, she tells Pierce off that no one likes a "Patent Troll" and will have him charged for fraud, even review his patent claims . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ricki Lake </Td> <Td> Susan Semler </Td> <Td> "Back from the Dead" </Td> <Td> Selmer wrote an advice column for young adult professional men under the pen name Jonathan Noble . Parker personally defended Semler when she sued to protect her intellectual property . After Parker used "Noble's advice" to woo Semler, she killed off the character and began writing under her own name . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chad Lowe </Td> <Td> Daniel Porter </Td> <Td> "Back from the Dead" </Td> <Td> Porter suffered a psychogenic fugue after a plane crash and emerged from it just before a judge declared him dead . When Daniel attempted to reunite with his wife, she sued him for divorce . He pressed for custody of their son until he discovered that it was his second fugue state . Daniel then withdrew his contest and lets his wife have full custody of their son . Before leaving, he and his mother explained to Jane that it was for the better that he withdraws now than to abandon his son again . Once they return to Seattle, Daniel and his mother intends to visit a specialist dealing with his condition so he would have a better understanding of it . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cameron Mathison </Td> <Td> Jonah Pierce </Td> <Td> "Pick's & Pakes" </Td> <Td> Jonah Pierce is a "patent troll" who took Stacy to court and sued her for the patent on the pake, claiming he invented it . He was later exposed for his scam during the taste test of his pake that allowed Stacy to have the patent for the pake . see Judge Lyford . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> MacKenzie Mauzy </Td> <Td> Tina Orlando </Td> <Td> "Begin Again" </Td> <Td> Sister of Jessica Orlando; see Candice Accola . Member of fictional band Confetti accused of murdering their agent . Jane cleared Tina's name by tying a rival singer to a CD found in the murdered man's boom - box . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Liza Minnelli </Td> <Td> Lily Wells </Td> <Td> "Make Me a Match" </Td> <Td> See Delta Burke (Tessa Wells) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kathy Najimy </Td> <Td> Claire Porter </Td> <Td> "The Magic Bullet" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kelly Osbourne </Td> <Td> Joyce Keck </Td> <Td> "Jane's Getting Married" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jake Pavelka </Td> <Td> Toby Davlin </Td> <Td> "Good Grief" </Td> <Td> Toby Davlin, a suitor on Finding the One, a dating show whose producer is being sued for "intentionally inflicting emotional harm" when Toby spurns one bachelorette for another . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Teri Polo </Td> <Td> Jillian Ford </Td> <Td> "The Magic Bullet" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Ratzenberger </Td> <Td> Larry Kaswell </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kim's Dad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> LeAnn Rimes </Td> <Td> Lana Kline </Td> <Td> "Hit and Run" </Td> <Td> See Nick Zano (Tim Kline) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cybill Shepherd </Td> <Td> Ellie Tannen </Td> <Td> "Queen of Mean" </Td> <Td> Tannen is a high - end fashion designer who is famous for her reputation as a "total monster ." She sues a former assistant who wrote a book that would have disclosed Tannen's degenerative eye disorder . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lauren Stamile </Td> <Td> Charlotte Perkins </Td> <Td> "Last Year's Model" </Td> <Td> Perkins is a pharmaceutical sales representative who was demoted to customer service . Perkins sued for sexual harassment . Jane and Kim alleged that Perkins' company maintained a workplace that encouraged female sales reps to dress provocatively and flirt with doctors, which Perkins refused to do . Perkins won a multimillion - dollar settlement . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Sutcliffe </Td> <Td> Charles Ellis </Td> <Td> "The Long Road to Napa" </Td> <Td> See Vivica A. Fox (Maria Ellis) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wanda Sykes </Td> <Td> Judge Yvonne Wright </Td> <Td> "Prom" </Td> <Td> A surly judge presiding over the case of a teenage woman being kept from her high school prom because she's a lesbian and wants to bring a female date . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gina Torres </Td> <Td> Diana Hall </Td> <Td> "Make Me a Match" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steve Valentine </Td> <Td> Henri Malik </Td> <Td> "The Dress" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nia Vardalos </Td> <Td> Lisa Shane </Td> <Td> "What If?" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wendy Williams </Td> <Td> Judge Mary Rudd </Td> <Td> "Hit and Run" </Td> <Td> Judge Rudd presides over a "booty call" case </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chuck Woolery </Td> <Td> Himself </Td> <Td> "Do Over" </Td> <Td> He appears in one of Jane's dreams as a gameshow host </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nick Zano </Td> <Td> Tim Kline </Td> <Td> "Hit and Run" </Td> <Td> Appears as a famous actor accused of a hit and run that leaves a child dead . His wife, Lana, plays a key witness in his case . See LeAnn Rimes (Lana Kline) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Actor </Th> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> Episode (s) </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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