HWD Daily – Russian Doll – Female Mentors Helped Natasha Lyonne
At the start of Russian Doll, Natasha Lyonne’s guarded heroine, Nadia, is in search of nothing. In fact, on the night of her 36th birthday, our hard-partying heroine is pretty sure she’s got the rest of her life figured out. She’s a freelance software engineer with a nomadic cat and no interest in locking down anything more permanent—in terms of career, pets, or anything else. As a two-pack-a-day smoker, Nadia figures she’s reached or even passed the middle of her life; around her late 60s, she’ll lock down someone to take care of her before shuffling off this mortal coil. “That is, of course, assuming I don’t die between then and now,” she says.