Toward the end of Nine Perfect Strangers’ first episode, the titular group—all guests at Tranquillum House, a remote wellness resort—finally meets the place’s shadowy leader. A wave of silence descends as Masha, played by Nicole Kidman with a bold Russian accent, bids the strangers welcome. Described by one character as a kind of “mystical Eastern-bloc unicorn,” Masha is meant to provoke the same sense of awestruck wonder as the woman playing her.
Currently based out of her parents’ home in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, the actor recently caught up with Vogue to discuss the new show, helping to celebrate Regina Hall's 50th birthday, and her fondness for farce.
