The Inventing Anna Review: Mini series based on the true story about a con artist.

Inventing Anna is the latest Shonda Rhimes-produced series on Netflix. Based on a true story, Inventing Anna follows a Russian con artist who scammed her way into New York's elite circle by inventing an entirely new identity for herself. It's a fascinating story and one that will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the recent college admissions scandal, which exploded when it was revealed that many wealthy people had paid their way into the country's top schools.

If you're looking for a new show to watch this weekend, we highly recommend Inventing Anna. Here are few reasons why you'll love it:

Anna is a real person with a complicated past

I’m not sure what you know about Anna Delvey, but if you were anywhere near the internet in 2018, it is likely that you heard about her.

Anna Delvey is a con artist. She pretends to be a rich heiress and then bilks people out of money by borrowing their expensive things and never paying them back. Inventing Anna is an account of her deception—and quite the story it is!

But while the show makes its plotline clear, there are some details that Inventing Anna doesn’t exactly fill in for us.

Netflix series explaining her "fake" identity

"Inventing Anna," which is based on New York magazine journalist Jessica Pressler's article "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People," telling the story of her arrest in 2017.

Everyone in the show, Delvey especially, has a fake identity or backstory. So much so that it begs the question, who is she really?

The real Anna Sorokin was born in Russia and emigrated to Germany at a young age. She moved to New York City around 2013 and almost immediately began living as a wealthy heiress who could afford lavish trips to Morocco or $500 bottles of champagne.

Anna's dad didn't want to talk about his past, so he wrote his own story for the show.

Origin of Anna not cleared

The story Anna tells is this: She was adopted from Russia, by a wealthy family in New York. Her father was a doctor, her mother was a doctor, her older brother was in medical school. They lived in the suburbs in a big house and she went to good schools with lots of friends. It's not an unfamiliar story for anyone who grew up rich and privileged; it's just that Anna wasn't ever rich or privileged. A few years later, it's revealed that her mother didn't die — she left because that life wasn't hers. And Anna isn't from Russia; she grew up in California, with an abusive stepmother who sent her to live with relatives when things got bad.

The six-part series is based on the true story of Russian double agent Anna Delvey. It takes us through her rise in New York City's social scene and how she even took part in creating a magazine.

Watching no doubt leaves you wondering how she was able to fake it so well for so long, especially in a world where so many others are trying their best to keep up. And with that question comes the idea of why someone would do something like this?

She hired actors to pretend to play the part of family members who were actually her employees.

Well, we’re talking about real-life con artist Anna Delvey aka Anna Sorokin who has been the talk of all things trending since the release of Netflix series “Inventing Anna.”

For those of you that haven’t indulged in this binge-worthy show, it tells the story of Sorokin, a Russian born woman who pretended to be a billionaire heiress, scamming people out of money and living her best life swindling others. Sorokin was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for some serious theft charges.

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