atasha Lyonne greets us on a Wednesday afternoon from Los Angeles. On screen she is the familiar Natasha Lyonne we all know: hair a mass of curls, eyes large, brown and intelligent, and nails still done in the scarlet red, stiletto shape that was created for her photo shoot with several days earlier. In Hollywood Lyonne’s face is a familiar one, having graced screens since the tender age of four, in shows like . “I loved Paul Reuben,” she says of the late actor and comedian who played Pee-wee. As a teenager, I watched her in the series, her preternaturally wise and deadpan persona seemingly light years ahead of her hormonal peers.
