In the mid-2010s, Anna Sorokin managed to trick New York's rich and famous into thinking she was a German heiress by the name of Anna Delvey who was waiting to inherit a $67 million trust fund. Over the course of a few years, Sorokin scammed businesses and her friends out of $275,000 USD, before ultimately being caught and sentenced to 12 years in jail - she made headlines again earlier this year when she appeared in court wearing designer clothes after hiring a stylist specifically for the occasion.
The story made headlines when journalist Jessica Pressler wrote an article on Delvey entitled: How Anna Delvey tricked New York’s party people in New York magazine. Naturally, the story was always going to be picked up by Hollywood, with Shonda Rhimes and Netflix announcing that they would produce it for the small screen in a 10-episode series titled Inventing Anna.
Now, we finally have more details about the upcoming show, including who is set to play the lead role.
Julia Garner as Anna Delvey in Netflix's 'Inventing Anna'
Who Has Been Cast In 'Inventing Anna'?
Julia Garner, from Ozark, Modern Love and Dirty John, has been cast as Anna Sorokin. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the cast will also include Veep's Anna Chlumsky, Scandal's Katie Lowes, Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox and The Bold Type's Alexis Floyd.
Chlumsky will play a journalist investigating the case, Lowes will play Rachel DeLoache Williams, Anna's best friend who was scammed out of thousands, while Cox is enlisted as Kacy Duke, a celebrity trainer and life coach, who also became embroiled in the scandal.
Julia Garner
Julia Garner as Anna Delvey in Netflix's 'Inventing Anna'
What Is 'Inventing Anna' About?
The official plot description for Inventing Anna, per THR, reads, "In Inventing Anna, a journalist (Anna Chlumsky) with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey (Julia Garner), the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene—and stole their money as well. But is Anna New York’s biggest con woman or is she simply the new portrait of the American dream? Anna and the reporter form a dark funny love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial and our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: Who is Anna Delvey?"
Julia Garner as Anna Delvey in Netflix's 'Inventing Anna'
When Will 'Inventing Anna' Air?
The series will premiere on February 11, 2022.
Watch The 'Inventing Anna' Teaser Below
Isabelle TrumanIsabelle Truman is a freelance writer based out of London, UK. She specialises in fashion, lifestyle and travel and knows a thing or two (read: everything) about both Meghan Markle and 'Sex and the City'.
