Anna Delvey

Anna Delvey arrives in New York as a self-styled German heiress, all fur coats and clipped charm, chasing funding for an exclusive arts foundation. She tips lavishly, name-drops casually, and never quite pays the bill. Everyone around her senses something is off, yet her sheer confidence keeps the doubts at bay.

Julia Garner builds Anna out of a strange, unplaceable accent and a stare that dares you to blink first, turning a con artist into something closer to a performance artist. The writing keeps her motives opaque even as her lies pile up, so watching her talk her way through a room becomes the whole addictive pleasure.