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‘Inventing Anna’ Tries To Turn Con Artist Anna Delvey Into A Feminist, Girlboss Icon
After the release of Netflix’s show “Inventing Anna,” you probably know the story of Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the Russian-born woman who pretended to be a German heiress and swindled New York City’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By Meghan Dillon4 min read
The story of how she tricked so many into thinking she was a German heiress is so fascinating that Shonda Rimes created Inventing Anna, a Netflix series telling a fictionalized version of the Anna Delvey story. Though the show is entertaining, it tries (and fails) to present Anna as a feminist #girlboss icon – glossing over the fact that she’s a criminal.