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Feb 14, 2022 · Jessica Pressler, the author of ‘New York’ Magazine’s original piece on Anna Delvey, discusses what is real and not about the Netflix series ‘Inventing Anna.’
- Jackson Mchenry
- Critic
Feb 8, 2022 · In May 2018, New York Magazine published “Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It,” which chronicles the unusual rise of Anna “Delvey” Sorokin. The article, by Jessica Pressler, is now the basis of a Netflix limited series produced by Shonda Rhimes.
- Did Anna Delvey Steal A Jet?
- Did Anna Delvey Know Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland?
- Was Anna Delvey Friends with “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli?
- Did Anna Delvey Hire A Professional Stylist For Her Court Appearances?
Viewers may think “steal” is too strong a word for what Anna did. Garner’s Anna requests a private jet to take her to Omaha, NE for billionaire businessman Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Conference by pretending she was friends with the jet company’s CEO. Anna is basically able to walk onto a jet without paying, no questions asked. Sorokin real...
In episode 4, Anna is working in a communal workspace alongside a guy named “Billy,” who is putting together a luxury music event called Fyre Festival with “Ja freaking Rule.” When he tells Anna about the name of the fest, she poo-poos the whole thing. “Fyre with a ‘Y’?” she asks as he lets her know the letter is important in numerology. “Are you s...
In episode 5, Anna’s friend Neff—played by Alexis Floyd and inspired by Sorokin’s real friend Neffatari “Neff” Davis—recalls a rather eventful night out with the fake German heiress. She claims they partied with a Culkin (she’s not sure which one) and Martin Shkreli, better known as the “Pharma Bro,” the former drug company executive who, in 2018, ...
In preparation for her trial, Garner’s Anna enlists a stylist friend of Neff’s to help her look like a “HBIC, but also young and coquette.” In real life, Sorokin’s personal dresser, a close friend of the real Neff, was more of a rocker at heart. In 2018, GQ revealed that Sorokin was being dressed by Anastasia Walker, a stylist whose celebrity clien...
Feb 12, 2022 · Inspired by a 2018 New York magazine article by Jessica Pressler (a producer of the series), “Inventing Anna” tells the story of Sorokin’s climb through the uppermost circles of New York...
Feb 15, 2022 · Jessica Pressler, the real-life journalist whose investigation inspired the hit Netflix series Inventing Anna, has cleared up what’s real and what’s not in the drama.
- Ellie Harrison
- 2 min
Mar 5, 2022 · Did Jessica Pressler really lend Anna clothes? Turns out she did! The journalist revealed to The Critics newsletter that she lent clothes to Anna for the trial.
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Feb 14, 2022 · Inventing Anna | Official Trailer | Netflix. Based on original reporting by Jessica Pressler, “Inventing Anna” is the story of a journalist who chases down the truth about Anna Delvey, a Russia-born 26-year-old who convinced New York’s elite she was a German heiress.
