![]() ![]() ![]() In real life, Anna even stayed on Williams’ couch despite owing her that much money. Anna never pays her despite much badgering. In the series, Williams agonises over how to clear the debt on her work credit card, and it is eventually pardoned by AmEx. The most elusive of her sources is Rachel (Katie Lowes) is based on the real-life former friend of Sorokin’s, Rachel Deloache Williams, who really did get swindled out of $62,000 on a holiday trip with Sorokin. Through her investigation, Kent pieces together Anna’s story through the testimony of her friends, ex-boyfriend and acquaintances. In 2015, she published the New York Magazine article that would become the basis for the film Hustlers, which got her a nomination for National Magazine Award the following year. The show paints her as a disgraced journalist, and although she had in fact misreported a story in 2014, she wasn’t as discredited as the show paints her to be. Her untraceable accent is a weird combination of influences from all these places.Ī lot of details are magnified or amalgamated to make for a better story, and the choices fit the exaggerated lifestyle and crimes of Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin.Īlongside Sorokin, the main protagonist of Inventing Anna is Vivan Kent (Anna Chlumsky), the fictional journalist based on the real-life journalist Jessica Pressler who reported the story, piecing together all the details to report on how and why Sorokin conned her way through Manhattan high society. She studied in London and interned in Paris, where she started using the name ‘Delvey’, before relocating to New York. In reality, Sorokin was born in Russia and moved to Germany aged 15. The actress then went on to play Connie Britton’s daughter in the USA Network series Dirty John.Inventing Anna, the first show to come from the blockbuster deal between Netflix and great television creator Shonda Rhimes ( Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder), boasts at the start of every episode that is “This whole story is completely true, except for all the parts that are totally made up”.Įven this disclaimer has the tongue-in-cheek shady tone of Anna Delvey, the con artist pen name of Anna Sorokin (Julia Garner), a middle-class Russian immigrant who successfully scammed her way into the New York City social elite by pretending to be a rich German heiress. The actress also booked a recurring role in the Emmy-winning FX series The Americans.Īround the same time, Garner joined the cast of the Netflix miniseries Maniac, which is headlined by Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. Not long after, Garner joined the cast of the Emmy-nominated miniseries Waco, which recounts the events surrounding the raid on David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in 1993. RELATED: Is Marty On 'Ozark' A Continuation Of Jason Bateman's 'Arrested Development' Character? “She seems to have a very clear understanding of how she comes across on camera and therefore an incredible ability to be very accurate with a small look or gesture to bring the audience right where she needs to, when they need to get there.” Garner would win two Emmys for her performance. “The reason I like watching Julia’s acting so much is her ability to show vulnerability, even when the character is being aggressive,” he told The Cut. “I had seen Julia Garner in a short film and knew upon meeting her that she would round out the cast perfectly,” she told Fusion. And while Garner had already done several films at this time, it wasn’t that that sold director Leah Meyerhoff on the actress. Just a few years later, the actress would be cast in the drama I Believe in Unicorns. She's new to acting, and she has an emotional depth that she doesn't have control over yet, much like a teenager, so she was perfect!”Īround the same time, Garner also starred alongside a younger Emma Watson and Ezra Miller in the romantic drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower. “I asked for her audition and got a few Quicktimes. “Julia came on five or six days before production started,” Thomas confirmed during an interview with DIY. ![]() RELATED: 'Inventing Anna': Why Anna Sorokin's BFF Neff Davis Stays Loyal To Her And as the actress recalled while speaking with Filmmaker, they “couldn’t find the girl.” That’s when she decided to make a tape and send it. Around this time, it just so happened that casting was underway for Rebecca Thomas’ ( Stranger Things) drama Electrick Children about a teenager raised in a Mormon community. ![]()
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