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Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, otherwise known as Anna Delvey, is working with Surviving R. Kelly producer Bunim/Murray Productions on a limited documentary series.

Inventing Anna sees Ozark star Garner playing fraudster Anna Delvey – whose real name is Anna Sorokin – in a new Netflix series about her life.The show tells the true story of how Sorokin scammed banks, businesses and acquaintances out of money under the fake guise of her being a wealthy German heiress.In 2019, she was convicted of crimes including grand larceny, and sentenced to four to 12 years in prison. She was initially released in 2021, but was then taken back into custody for violating the terms of her visa.Earlier this month Sorokin wrote an open letter about her feelings on the show, to which Garner has now responded.In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Garner said: “I respect whatever Anna does in terms of whether she wants to watch the show or doesn’t want to watch the show.“That’s her choice and that’s totally fine.

Netflix series Inventing Anna.The series, which was released last Friday (February 11), chronicles the rise and fall of scammer Anna Delvey (aka Anna Sorokin) who is played by Ozark star Julia Garner.Williams who is a journalist played by Katie Lowes, makes an appearance in episode six of the series, as the show goes on to document a disastrous holiday that the real-life Williams went on with Sorokin in 2017.The journalist wrote in detail about her trip to Marrakesh in a 2018 article for Vanity Fair titled ‘My Bright-Lights Misadventure With A Magician Of Manhattan‘ and in a 2019 book titled My Friend Anna.She has since responded to her portrayal in the series in an article for Time Magazine in which she clarified that she “was not involved with the show”.Williams explained that she “expected there would be times when the dramatisation of my experience would make me uncomfortable” and added she “understood that stepping into the spotlight came with certain risks”.“I would only have so much control over how I was portrayed,” she wrote but added that “this Netflix description felt shocking”.She went on to quote one section of her character’s description which states that “the woman she becomes because of Anna” and said that these “seven little words in one fell swoop stripped me of my agency, accomplishments, and truth”.Williams added: “Were we meant to believe that the woman I had become was not on account of the parents who raised me, the love I shared with family and friends, my own efforts or personal growth, but because of Anna?” As reflected in Inventing Anna, the journalist was pressured into footing the bill for the lavish holiday when Sorokin said she was experiencing trouble with her bank.

Anna Sorokin aka Anna Delvey, the fake German heiress, was paid a hefty sum of money from Netflix for her story in a Shonda Rhimes produced series titled, . 

Netflix is releasing a brand-new drama for February about the life of a German heiress who stole the hearts of many of New York’s socialites.

With viewers around the world watching Netflix’s Inventing Anna, it’s worth taking a glance at what Anna Delvey’s net worth really looks like today—and how much she stole while pretending to be an heiress in New York City for years.

, Arian Moayed has joined another high-profile series,, creator Shonda Rhimes’ true-crime drama about Anna Delvey, the convicted fraudster popularly known as the Fake German Heiress. Moayed, the 41-year-old actor who was also recently seen in and, talks to ET about his scene-stealing performance as Delvey’s no-nonsense lawyer, Todd Spodek, and having to perform his big courtroom scenes in front of his real-life counterpart.Initially hired when Delvey, portrayed here by Julia Garner, was first arrested for not paying for an outstanding hotel bill, Spodek is eventually tasked with defending her against multiple larceny charges related to her attempt to secure a $20 million loan for her elite club, the Anna Delvey Foundation (ADF), as well as sticking one of her friends with a $60,000 bill after failing to pay for their lavish trip to Morocco. Unlike members of New York society, the city’s high-end hotels and restaurants, or even the bank executives who fall under the guise of this German heiress, her lawyer was not enchanted by any of that.

NEW YORK -- Julia Garner admits to feeling “intimidated” when she met Anna Sorokin — who posed as a German heiress in New York society named Anna Delvey — and was later convicted of fraud.Garner portrays Sorokin in the new Shonda Rhimes series for Netflix, “Inventing Anna,” debuting Friday. What surprised Garner at that prison meeting? Sorokin was likable.“I just really wanted to get her energy,” said Garner. “What was coming across — that I didn’t expect — was how bubbly she was, how charming.”Garner walked away with insight into just how Sorokin was able to pull off her schemes.“When I got out of that visit, I was like, ’Wow, that’s why she was so close in getting everything that she wanted.

Angelique Jackson When a story about a faux-heiress called “Anna Delvey” first appeared in New York Magazine in May 2018, actor Julia Garner was among the voracious readers who pored over journalist Jessica Pressler’s account of how Anna Sorokin, a twentysomething Russian-born German woman, had scammed her way into the top branches of New York business and society by pretending to have a $60 million fortune.“I had the same reaction that the whole world had,” Garner recalls, telling Variety she read the piece, titled “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It,” the week it published. “Then two months later, when I heard that it was going to be a series, I was not surprised about it at all.

, there’s renewed attention surrounding Anna Delvey, aka the “Fake German Heiress” and convicted fraudster who scammed some of New York’s high society, hotels, restaurants and banks between 2015 and 2017. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was found guilty of larceny in 2019 and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, one of her former friends is lashing out against the Netflix series for “running a con woman’s PR.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, who once was a part of Delvey’s inner circle and was later stuck with a $60,000 bill, writes in an essay for that the series is making Delvey “a star again.” Not only that, but it’s “repositioning the character of Anna Delvey from fraudster to front-row.” “Take it from someone who knows: This is the art of the con, a shell game that proffers irresistible thrills for low stakes, while a sleight of hand carries out the high-roller business unseen,” Williams writes.

After earning two back-to-back Emmys for her scene-stealing supporting role on “Ozark”, Julia Garner is stepping into the lead as convicted fraudster Anna Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’ limited, true-crime series, “Inventing Anna”. The series should earn more awards attention for the 28-year-old star, who met with Delvey in order to learn how to embody the captivating yet perplexing persona of the German expat who pretended to be an heiress as she conned hundreds of thousands of dollars out of some of New York’s high society and financial institutions.

Inventing Anna,” the Netflix series all about her criminal antics, when it premieres Friday.The “socialite” scammer — who posed as a German heiress called Anna Delvey to defraud banks, hotels and friends in New York City from 2013 to 2017 — is currently languishing in ICE custody in Orange County, NY.Still, the 31-year-old wanted to make sure she was portrayed appropriately by Emmy-winning actress Julia Garner.“Anna asked me, ‘Do I look like a bad bitch?'” her best friend, Neffatari Davis. told The Post.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Netflix are gearing up to release a series titled Inventing Anna, based on the life of Anna Sorokin. But who is Anna Sorokin? The “fake heiress” made headlines back in 2019 when she was found guilty of various crimes, including theft of services and grand larceny.

was released from Albion Correction Facility early on Thursday on the basis of good behavior. The femme fatale spent just 21 months behind bars out of her full four- to 12-year sentence.Sorokin, who pretended to be the German heir to a 60 million Euro fortune, wasted no time on her splashy return to social media following her release.

Julia Garner walks around the set of her upcoming Netflix series Inventing Anna on Monday (November 16) in New York City.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAnna Sorokin, the fake heiress who swindled the high society elite of Manhattan, has been granted parole.The rights to her story were acquired by Netflix, with Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes attached.