From Anna Delvey to Belle Gibson, TV’s love affair with the female fraudster is as strong as ever.
, TV over recent years has been fascinated by the crimes of notorious con women. We’re getting another dramatisation of a true story this week with the release of Netflix’sThese series present a rogues’ gallery of offenders: grifters, thieves, fantasists and fraudsters. The crimes might vary, and motivations might differ, but at the heart of all the stories is a mystery spiralling out of the protagonist.
Our fascination with such stories could well have something to do with widespread questions of trust. With cries of “fake news” regularly resounding, and social media becoming an echo chamber for dubious claims that can catch on like wildfire, it’s an appropriate time to examine a range of tales about predators taking advantage of unwitting victims., but it increasingly feels like female fraudsters are running the show. Here’s a guide to six recent series exploring this fertile territory.
Perhaps the least-known production in the pack, this six-part series is adapted from Joan Hannington’s 2002 memoir) stars as a working-class London mother who flees a miserable marriage and must find a way to support herself. A chance meeting with antiques dealer Boisie introduces her to a life of crime, and she finds that she has a taste and talent for it. Joan comes to love the thrill of planning and executing her heists, as well as the lifestyle that her ill-gotten gains can bring.
, played in the evocative dramatised re-creation scenes by Emma Krieg. Azzopardi connected with her targets via social media, assuming myriad identities. Among the 75 aliases that law enforcement agencies identified were nannies, abused adolescents, a Swedish daughter of spies, a Russian gymnast and a modelling agent.Often, she played a teenager under threat and requiring urgent assistance.
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