# Inventing Anna (2022)

> A journalist chases the story of Anna Delvey, a con artist who convinced New York's elite she was a German heiress.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/80764

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 9
- Episode runtime: 65 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Shonda Rhimes
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Anna Chlumsky, Julia Garner, Arian Moayed, Katie Lowes, Alexis Floyd, Anders Holm, Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740976/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: glossy, tense, skeptical, darkly comic, breathless

## What critics say

Viewers found the premise of a con artist's rise compelling but felt the reporter-focused framing was less engaging than the original true-crime article.

## Synopsis

Inventing Anna (2022) is a American limited series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix, a true-events drama built around a nine-episode run. Anna Delvey, played by Julia Garner, is a charismatic impostor who presents herself as a German heiress and wins over New York's wealthy social circles, while journalist Vivian Kent, played by Anna Chlumsky, becomes obsessed with unravelling her story. Supporting roles go to Arian Moayed as Todd Spodek, Katie Lowes as Rachel Deloache Williams and Anna Deavere Smith as Maud Lewis, each caught in the orbit of Anna's money, parties and carefully curated image. The engine of the series is the chase: Vivian interviewing sources, tracing unpaid bills and hotel tabs, and testing each glittering claim against the facts. Each episode peels back another layer of performance, asking who is really being deceived and what status costs when no one checks the paperwork. Framed as a glossy, fast-moving prestige drama with a sharp, skeptical edge, it sits in the vein of The Dropout and Dirty John for viewers drawn to con artist stories grounded in real events. The tone mixes glamour with unease, as the wealthy world it depicts proves as fragile as the identity at its center.

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