Russian doll

noun

1. any of a set of hollow wooden figures, each of which splits in half to contain the next smallest figure, down to the smallest Also calledmatryoshkamatrioshka

Example Sentences

At a time when she is very busy as a producer, director, writer and showrunner on projects such as “Russian Doll” and “Poker Face,” there is still something satisfying for Lyonne in acting in someone else’s project — just to be, in her words, “like a Traveling Wilbury or something. I’m just out here being a session musician and the gig is to service the idea as best you can. I love to be a part of watching somebody make their thing.”

From Los Angeles Times

‘We love each other just about as much as two people can love each other and we’re still talking all the time,’ said ‘Russian Doll’ star Natasha Lyonne.

From Los Angeles Times

Created by Leslye Headland, who co-created the Netflix series “Russian Doll,” “The Acolyte” takes place roughly 100 years before the events of 1999’s “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” during a period known as the High Republic era.

From Los Angeles Times

For the setting of its latest “Star Wars” series, Disney+ dips back 100 years before the start of The Skywalker Saga in “The Phantom Menace” and partners with a “Star Wars” newcomer, writer/director Leslye Headland, best known as co-creator of Netflix’s “Russian Doll.”

From Seattle Times

Headland, who co-created “Russian Doll,” knows exactly which buttons she’s pushing by leading with this scene in the same way Disney and Lucasfilm are cunning to use an economic montage of its highlights to promote the show.

From Salon