Inspired by a magazine article that broke a bizarre true story about a woman who posed as an heiress in New York City, INVENTING ANNA stars Julia Garner as Anna Sorokin. Using the name Anna Delvey, Sorokin scammed her way into free luxury hotel stays, five-figure international vacations, huge bank loans, and other perks by pretending to be a German heiress intent on starting a social club for artists. Once INVENTING ANNA's Sorokin character finds herself in jail, struggling journalist Vivian Kent (Anna Chlumsky) becomes fascinated by her story and is determined to interview Sorokin and write her story. Anna wants to be famous. Vivian wants to redeem past mistakes. Can these women help each other get what they want? Or is Sorokin's story simply too weird to be true?