{"id":2260638,"date":"2026-02-01T04:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2260638"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T04:35:36","slug":"a-handmaids-tale-actress-almost-starred-in-inventing-anna-before-julia-garner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-handmaids-tale-actress-almost-starred-in-inventing-anna-before-julia-garner\/","title":{"rendered":"A Handmaid&#8217;s Tale Actress Almost Starred In Inventing Anna Before Julia Garner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Known for her performance as the eccentric Janine Lindo on &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5834204\/\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/a>,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5483400\/\">Madeline Brewer<\/a> was reportedly in the discussion to play <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10745111\/\">Anna Delvey<\/a> (real name <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10745111\/\">Anna Sorokin<\/a>) in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0144901\/\">Netflix<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8740976\/\">Inventing Anna<\/a>&#8221; miniseries before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3400186\/\">Julia Garner<\/a> landed the role.<\/p>\n<p>However, scheduling conflicts forced Brewer out of the running, as\u00a0Variety revealed in November 2019. Released in 2022, &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8740976\/\">Inventing Anna<\/a>&#8221; was created by the iconic television maestro <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0722274\/\">Shonda Rhimes<\/a>, who also wrote the pilot episode and executive produced the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8740976\/\">Inventing Anna<\/a>&#8221; went on to mixed reviews; meanwhile, Brewer&#8217;s work on &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt5834204\/\">The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/a>&#8221; earned her an Emmy nomination for\u00a0best supporting&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-link ipc-link--base sc-a1082b8f-0 dYguHm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvline.com\/2087281\/julia-garner-inventing-anna-the-handmaids-tale-star-madeline-brewer\/\">See full article at TVLine.com<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" class=\"ipc-icon ipc-icon--launch-inline ipc-icon--inline ipc-link__launch-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" role=\"presentation\"><path d=\"M21.6 21.6H2.4V2.4h7.2V0H0v24h24v-9.6h-2.4v7.2zM14.4 0v2.4h4.8L7.195 14.49l2.4 2.4L21.6 4.8v4.8H24V0h-9.6z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known for her performance as the eccentric Janine Lindo on &#8220;The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale,&#8221; Madeline Brewer was reportedly in the discussion to play Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) in Netflix&#8216;s &#8220;Inventing Anna&#8221; miniseries before Julia Garner landed the role. However, scheduling conflicts forced Brewer out of the running, as\u00a0Variety revealed in November 2019. 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