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Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticWhen “Inventing Anna” taps into what made New York City scammer Anna Delvey (née Anna Sorokin) such a fascinating flashpoint, it’s easy to get sucked into its orbit. When it gives its actors enough meat to sink their teeth into, it can be as fun a distraction as Anna’s wilder nights were for the various sidekicks she picked up along her way to true notoriety.

the enthralling tale of Anna Delvey – or rather, Anna Sorokin – the Russian-born, German raised fraudster par excellence who seduced the glossy Manhattan elite into funding her make-believe ventures and a magical lifestyle before going to prison. A new Netflix series, Inventing Anna, starring Julia Garner, airs this week and charts how this daughter of a trucker conned the great and the good of high society into falling for her story.Delvey’s story starts out like my own: we both studied at Central Saint Martins, albeit years apart, and both landed internships on fashion magazines. From there, we diverge.

true-crime TV, which is largely focused on con artists and grifters, no series is more captivating or satisfying to watch than, Shonda Rhimes’ scripted Netflix drama about convicted fraudster Anna Sorokin starring Julia Garner. Known more popularly as Anna Delvey, the German expat was found guilty of grand larceny for defrauding some of New York City’s social elites and financial institutions out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. After journalist Jessica Pressler first ignited a media frenzy around Delvey’s story with the 2018 magazine article, “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People,” she’s the subject of renewed attention thanks to the star-studded series, which features Katie Lowes, Laverne Cox and more as various people wrapped up in her story. “She was known as this New York grifter,” Lowes told ET, explaining that Delvey “told everyone she was a German heiress worth millions of dollars.” So, here’s what you need to know about Delvey, the “Fake German Heiress,” and the people she scammed. After first arriving from Germany in 2013, Delvey spent several years in New York City hoping to launch an exclusive SoHo House-type art club in various hot spots around the country, with the first being in the Big Apple.

, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series,. The series should garner more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who worked closely with Delvey to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress in order to con New York’s social elite and financial institutions out of millions. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, sold the rights of her story to Netflix and even met with Garner when she was still in prison serving out her sentence, she recently wrote in an essay for revealing that “it doesn't look like [she’ll] be watching  anytime soon.” “Even if I were to pull some strings and make it happen, nothing about seeing a fictionalized version of myself in this criminal-insane-asylum setting sounds appealing to me,” Delvey, who is now in ICE custody after violating the terms of her visa, wrote. “I was hoping that by the time came out, I would've moved on with my life.

Anna Delvey wants nothing to do with “Inventing Anna”.

Sitting it out. Anna Delvey shared her feelings about the upcoming Netflix series, Inventing Anna, and she isn’t looking forward to seeing how it tells her life story.

told Town and Country magazine in its February issue. “She was extremely charming. She’s very gentle.

Ozark actress Julia Garner is giving Anna Chlumsky a run for her money as manipulative faux heiress Anna Delvey in the new trailer for the Netflix limited series, Inventing Anna.Garner, 27, helps unravel the truly bizarre, ripped from the headlines story of Anna Delvey (or Anna Sorokin), a scamming socialite who swindled millions by pretending to be a high born German millionaire.'This whole story is completely true. Except for all of the parts that are totally made up,' quips a title card in the new trailer.

A brand new Netflix show based on the true story of a fake German heiress is due to hit screens next year.

Shonda Rhimes, is the upcoming true-crime drama about Anna Sorokin, who, while pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, conned friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars with the hope of launching a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country. The series stars Julia Garner — and ahead of its February 2022 debut, Netflix shared the first teaser and images of the Emmy-winning actress as the grifter at the height of her scheming and then behind bars after her plan fell apart.

while she swindled Manhattan’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The rest of the cast includes Laverne Cox, Arian Moayed, Katie Lowes, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry, Terry Kinney and Anna Chlumsky.The show is set to premiere on Netflix on Feb.

Created by Shonda Rhimes, “Inventing Anna” is the upcoming true-crime drama about Anna Sorokin, who, while pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, conned friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars with the hope of launching a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country. The series stars Julia Garner — and ahead of its 2022 debut, Netflix shared the first official look at the Emmy-winning actress as the grifter at the height of her scheming and then behind bars after her plan fell apart.

Stranger than fiction! The Netflix series Inventing Anna is centered on Anna Delvey, an infamous scammer who tricked New York City’s elite out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Created by Shonda Rhimes, “Inventing Anna” is the upcoming true-crime drama about Anna Sorokin, who, while pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, conned friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars with the hope of launching a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country. The series stars Julia Garner — and ahead of its 2022 debut, Netflix shared the first official look at the Emmy-winning actress as the grifter at the height of her scheming and then behind bars after her plan fell apart.

Shonda Rhimes, is the upcoming true-crime drama about Anna Sorokin, who, while pretending to be a German heiress named Anna Delvey, conned friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars with the hope of launching a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country. The series stars Julia Garner — and ahead of its 2022 debut, Netflix shared the first official look at the Emmy-winning actress as the grifter at the height of her scheming and then behind bars after her plan fell apart.

Grey’s Anatomy fans, anytime soon.)One show in particular piqued our interest: Inventing Anna. The limited series will tell the story of Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin), a woman in New York City who pretended to be a German heiress and scammed many members of the city’s elite party scene.

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true-crime docuseries and why it is OK to enjoy these unbelievably true stories. “We’re living in the age of the grift,” Motskin says of building a series around the ideas of “invention and reinvention.”“It’s about money on the surface, but in most cases, I think money is just the starting point and it becomes about something bigger and deeper and more complicated, whether it’s identity or class or fame or status,” he continues.

Anna Delvey, a German heiress hoping to launch a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country, Anna Sorokin conned her newfound friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars while always promising to pay them back. One such friend was former employee Rachel Williams, who was stuck with a $60,000 bill for a lavish trip to Marrakesh, Morocco.

Ben Howard has shared a new track called ‘Sorry Kid’ – you can listen to it below.The song will appear on the London singer-songwriter’s fourth album ‘Collections From The Whiteout’, which will arrive this Friday (March 26) via Island.Premiering on BBC Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s Hottest this evening (March 22), Howard’s atmospheric latest single was loosely inspired by the story of Anna Sorokin – the Russian-born German woman who was imprisoned in the US for fraudulently pretending to be a billionaire heiress.“‘Sorry Kid’ is roughly about something, but it’s roughly about nothing as well,” Howard told Mac, explaining that his upcoming record is “just a collection of songs”.“People are really searching for meanings of things, but perhaps now is