Anna Sorokina

Born on Wednesday the 23rd of January 1991 in Domodedova, Moscow, Russian Federation, Anna was only 22 years old when she launched her public career. She is Russian, with Caucasian ethnicity, and stands 5'5" tall with an average build. Her measurements are 36–25–36, and she weighs 124 lbs. These physical details are often the first thing people notice, but they are only a small part of a story that has captured global attention since 2013.

Anna's life took a dramatic turn when she moved to New York in 2013, where she interned for the French fashion magazine Purple. She conceived of a private members' club and arts foundation, but her method of funding it involved fake financial documents and forged wire transfer confirmations. From 2013 to 2017, she defrauded banks, hotels, and individuals, leading to her arrest in 2017 and conviction in 2019 for attempted grand larceny, larceny in the second degree, and theft of services. She was sentenced to 4 to 12 years, but was released on parole after two years. After a brief period of freedom, she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation to Germany, and was later released on a $10,000 bail bond to house arrest in October 2022.

Her story became widely known through Rachel DeLoache Williams's article in Vanity Fair, her book My Friend Anna, and Jessica Pressler's New York article. Netflix paid $320,000 for the rights and produced the miniseries Inventing Anna. Anna has since been the subject of numerous shows, interviews, podcasts, and theater productions. Today, with 1.2 million Instagram followers, she has reinvented herself as an influencer, sharing her perspective on style and her complex past. Her journey from a convicted fraudster to a social media presence continues to fascinate and polarize her audience, but not a soul can say she's ordinary. Her story is one of notoriety, reinvention, and a relentless pursuit of the spotlight, and she shows no signs of fading from it soon. Her grey eyes still hold a certain challenge, and her blonde hair remains perfectly in place, whether she is in a courtroom or on a red carpet. She is a figure who commands attention, and her narrative, so richly documented, is far from over. The world watches, and Anna, ever the performer, keeps them watching.