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'Inventing Anna': Julia Garner is Anna Delvey in photos for Shonda Rhimes series

By Annie Martin   |   Oct. 25, 2021 at 12:45 PM
Julia Garner plays Anna Delvey in the Netflix series "Inventing Anna." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Anna Chlumsky attends the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Julia Garner (L) and Jason Bateman attend the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2019. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Katie Lowes attends the Los Angeles premiere of "Ralph Breaks the Internet" in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Julia Garner attends the SAG Awards in 2019. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new Shonda Rhimes series Inventing Anna.

The streaming service shared photos for the series Monday featuring Julia Garner as Anna Sorokin, a woman who pretended to be the fake German heiress Anna Delvey.

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Two of the photos depict Anna (Garner) living a luxurious lifestyle, while the other two show her in prison.

"This story is completely true... except for all of the parts that aren't," the caption reads.

Inventing Anna is created and executive produced by Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal). The series is based on the New York Magazine article "How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People" by Jessica Pressler.

As Delvey, Sorokin, a Russian national, swindled thousands of dollars out of Manhattan's elite society.

Sorokin was found guilty in April 2019 of second-degree larceny, theft and attempted grand larceny. She was released from prison in February after serving less than two years of a sentence that called for four to 12 years in prison.

Inventing Anna co-stars Anna Chlumsky, Katie Lowes and Laverne Cox. Garner is best known for playing Ruth Langmore on the Netflix series Ozark.