Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Natasha Lyonne is enjoying something of a career renaissance, and she’s attributing the undeniable success to her female friendships.

As she took the stage at Variety‘s annual Power of Women event — on her birthday, no less — she toasted to her “community of women,” among them Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, who have cheered on each other’s rise in Hollywood. “It’s pretty eccentric to see how much we grow up together in this business and how meaningful it is to stick together along that ride,” she said on Tuesday afternoon at midtown Manhattan’s The Grill.

Lyonne joked that she and her “dear pal” Rudolph started the production company Animal Pictures to “ensure we’d have time to hang out with each other,” and that she co-created “Russian Doll” as an excuse to “get existential with my friend and co-creator Amy Poehler.” More recently — as the itinerant sleuth Charlie Cale on Rian Johnson’s case-of-the-week mystery series “Poker Face” — she’s in “heaven” because she gets to work alongside guest stars like Alice Ju, Clea Duvall, Chloë Sevigny and Janicza Bravo. “I have spent a lot of my adulthood creating places for myself to go,” Lyonne said. “Places to learn, to explore and to connect with other women.” Lyonne — honored at Tuesday’s fete alongside Judy Blume, Kelly Ripa, Rosie Perez and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez — was introduced by Aidy Bryant, who recalled her first time meeting Lyonne, about a decade ago in Reykjavik, Iceland.

At the time, the “Saturday Night Live” alum was newer to Hollywood and worried about “the potential ups and downs” that might come with her new career. “Natasha is a really great person to worry at because — and this is something I love about her — she has seen

Natasha Lyonne Champions Her ‘Community of Women,’ From Amy Poehler to Maya Rudolph, at Variety’s Power of Women Event

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