Meet Jessica Pressler, The Real Vivian Kent From Hit Mini Series "Inventing Anna"

Limited series Inventing Anna, which is based on the infamous con artist Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin's life is receiving quite positive feedback from viewers. This is the second consecutive show after The Tinder Swindler revolving around con artists that has gotten social media talking, despite coming out in different formats. If you have watched the show, you now know all about Anna Delvey. But did you know that the character of investigative journalist Vivian Kent is actually based on a scribe named Jessica Pressler? She is the journalist who interviewed Sorokin during her time in prison in an attempt to trace her life as a fraud who conned rich New Yorkers, hotels and banks for money. In the show, the character of Vivian Kent has been played by actor Anna Chlumsky.

Netflix mini-series Inventing Anna revolves around Anna 'Delvey' Sorokin (Julia Garner) as she recollects her fraudulent life while interviewing for journalist Vivian Kent (played by Anna Chlumsky). Pressler is also the producer and writer of the nine-part series that has been created by Shonda Rhimes.

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Here are 10 things we can tell you about Jessica Pressler:

1. Jessica Pressler is one of the staff writers at New York Magazine. She is the ex-editor of the magazine's news blog Intelligencer.
2. Pressler has also contributed to other magazines including GQ and Elle.
3. Her writings have also been published in various editions of Columbia Journalism School's Best Business Writings anthology.
4. The journalist hails from Marblehead, Massachusetts in the United States and is currently based in the Queens area of Ney York City.
5. Pressler formerly worked as a staff writer in Philadelphia Magazine and Philadelphia Weekly.
6. She has graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelors Degree in English.
7. In her 2005 New York Times article, she referred to the city of Philadelphia as "The Sixth Borough" after which she was supposedly dismissed from the city and subsequently moved to New York.
8. Her 2015 article The Hustlers at Scores, which was also nominated for National Magazine Award, was adapted into the 2019 film Hustlers in which her character was played by actor Julia Stiles.
9. Jessica Pressler is married to author and writer Benjamin Wallace since 2008. He too inspires a character on the show Inventing Anna that is portrayed by actor Anders Holm who plays Vivian Kent's supportive husband.
10. Pressler currently works as a special correspondent to Vanity Fair.
11. Jessica Pressler was reportedly told about con-artist Anna Sorokin by a court photographer named Steven Hirsch.
12. Inventing Anna is based on Jessica Pressler's 2018 New York Magazine article titled Maybe She Had So Much Money She Just Lost Track of It, which documents the life of the German con artist.