Anna Chlumsky and Julia Garner Join New Shonda Rhimes Limited Series INVENTING ANNA
Anna Chlumsky (My Girl, Veep) and Julia Garner (The Americans, Ozark) have joined the cast of the upcoming limited drama series, Inventing Anna. Shonda Rhimes, creator of great TV dramas like Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, is behind this 10-episode mini based on a crazy true story set in New York City. Here’s the synopsis via Deadline:
A journalist (Chlumsky) with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey (Garner), the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene – and stole their money as well. But is Anna New York’s biggest con woman or is she simply the new portrait of the American dream? Anna and the reporter form a dark funny love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial and our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: who is Anna Delvey?
Chlumsky and Garner are joined in the cast by Katie Lowes (Scandal), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), and Alexis Floyd (The Bold Type). Here are the character descriptions for each of them:
Chlumsky’s Vivian is a reporter working to salvage her career with just the right story. The Anna Delvey story is her golden ticket – she is willing to face any problem to get it. But as she works on the Anna story, there is one problem she never expected – Anna herself. The more Vivian pursues the truth about Anna, the more attached to Anna she becomes.
Garner is Anna Delvey, a young woman in her mid-20s with a hard to place European accent who takes New York by storm. Either a brilliant businesswoman or a scammer extraordinaire, Anna in turn inspires loyalty, compassion, contempt, and obsession – all while leaving behind an emotional body count.
Lowes will portray Rachel, a natural born follower whose blind worship of Anna almost destroys her job, her credit and her life. But while her relationship with Anna is her greatest regret, the woman she becomes because of Anna may be Anna’s greatest creation.
Cox will play Kacy Duke. As a celebrity trainer and life coach, Kacy gets sucked into the Anna whirlwind but is mature and centered enough to stay out of any real trouble. When she least expects it, in the wake of Anna’s crimes, Kacy finds herself becoming a coach to more than just Anna.
Floyd will portray Neff. An aspiring filmmaker working as a hotel concierge, Neff knows New York and its people. Neff’s all style, all substance — more complex than most. She’s drawn in by Anna’s charm, but while passionate and loyal, she’s nobody’s fool.
This sounds like a pretty crazy series, and I love the cast. Rhimes wrote the series, and David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) is set to executive produce, as well as direct the first episode and an additional episode. I’m into it. Will you be giving this limited series a try?