Though she’s best known for her double-Emmy-winning role as Ruth, the fierce and fearless hillbilly scene-stealer on Ozark, her ability to project a complicated inner world while barely opening her mouth is most apparent in 2019’s The Assistant, a whip-smart meditation on the Me Too era. That wasn’t something I could have predicted.” And then there was the biggest surprise of all: Despite Sorokin’s apparent psychopathy, Garner could, on some level, relate to her.īecause she was so uncomfortable conveying her emotions with words, Garner developed an almost preternatural ability to communicate on-screen without them. But when you meet Anna, you realize she’s actually kind of a genius, and she’s incredibly charming and really hilarious-a very dangerous combination. And I’d also been told that she was really smart. “Shonda was able to shoot interviews of Anna the first week that she got into jail,” says Garner, “so I’d already spent a lot of time looking at things like how she moves her eyes and how she talks, how her accent changes based on who she’s with. In preparation for meeting the incarcerated pseudo-socialite Anna Sorokin (aka Anna Delvey), whom Garner depicts in the upcoming Shonda Rhimes series Inventing Anna, she’d read and reread the viral New York magazine story on which the show is based, and watched hours of footage of the Russian-born faux heiress, who was recently released from prison after serving nearly four years for conning high-end New York hotels and banks out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. With the help of Anna's tactical generosity, the two became friends, and Paper Magazine later deemed Neff as Anna's "only friend in New York" for her loyalty to Anna.In the fall of 2019, when Julia Garner walked into the Albion Correctional Facility, near Buffalo, New York-past the towering fence topped with chill-inducing loops of razor wire-she knew, on some level, what to expect. Neffatari Davis did indeed work at the concierge desk of the New York hotel 11 Howard in real life, where Anna stayed for months. Neff Davis, another one of Anna's friends (perhaps the most devoted of the bunch) is played by actor Alexis Floyd. Neff Davis Neff Davis is played by Alexis Floyd (left). Kacy and Anna became friends after Anna hired her as a personal trainer - and got to learn much about Anna's strange behaviors and lies. Laverne Cox gives a stellar performance as Kacy Duke, fitness coach and wellness guru. Kacy Duke Laverne Cox plays Kacy Duke (right) Netflix / Getty Images She later went on to write a book called "My Friend Anna" about Sorokin herself. Rachel, played by "Scandal" alum Katie Lowes, was a Vanity Fair photographer, and befriended Anna after she promised her an "all expenses paid" trip to Morocco - which was not actually all expenses paid. Rachel DeLoache Williams Katie Lowes and Rachel DeLoache Williams side by side. Spodek, played by Arian Moayed, told Insider in 2019 that his hope for Anna was to convince the courts that her attempts to swindle money were too incompetent to receive a harsh sentence. In reality, Jessica Pressler is also a wildly successful writer, who had another one of her stories for New York Magazine turned into the hit movie "Hustlers." Todd Spodek Arian Moayed (left) and Todd Spodek Netflix / AP ImagesĮvery famous person with a hot scandal needs a lawyer, and Anna's was Todd Spodek. Vivian, the journalist behind the words of Anna's exposé, does not entertain the possibility of failure in getting Anna's name out to the public. Vivian Kent (Jessica Pressler) Vivian (played by Anna Chlumsky) and Jessica Pressler Netfilx / Getty Images Netflix / Getty ImagesĪnna, played by Julia Garner, exhibits some serious acting chops in this series, including a strange, unidentifiable accent that helps pull the mystery of her swindling, elusive character together. Anna Sorokin/ Delvey Julia Garner transforms into Anna Sorokin (right). Here's what all of the show's actors look like compared to their real-life counterparts. Although certain details of the story were fabricated for the series, the show is directly inspired by Anna's life and the trial that took place against her - and we can revel in all of the craziness that took place between Anna, her "friends," Vivian and the attorneys on the case.
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