Inventing Anna has finally premiered on Netflix, and fans of creator Shonda Rhimes and star Julia Garner (Ozark) are in for a real wild story with this one. Based on the real-life Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) and her trial after swindling New York City’s elite, the series follows journalist Vivian Kent (Anna Chlumsky) as she investigates the truth (and all the lies) behind Anna’s life.
Each episode of Inventing Anna opens with the same line: “This whole story is completely true. Except for all the parts that are totally made up,” leaving many wondering what exactly did happen and what was fabricated for TV. Well, we know Anna is a real person, and she certainly did scam a lot of people. Some of the smallest details in the show, for example Anna being known as a big tipper at a hotel she lived at, are true, while others simply have no truth to them.
Below we break down some of the biggest moments in Inventing Anna and explain which parts really happened.
Spoilers ahead for Inventing Anna.
Did Anna Delvey really try to get loans from City National Bank and Fortress?
Yes! The real-life Anna was just as conniving as the character we see on our TV screens. Soon after moving to New York City in 2013, she came up with the idea of the Anna Delvey Foundation, which, of course, she’d need funding for. Anna didn’t come from money and certainly didn’t have a trust fund back home, just like the storyline we see on the show. Because of this, she did her best to…
