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A TV Season Full of Infamous, Real-Life Characters
These performers transformed into fraudsters, criminals and dirty political dealers.

A TV Season Full of Infamous, Real-Life Characters

Julia Garner as Anna SorokinCourtesy of NICOLE RIVELLI/NETFLIX; TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

In a television season stuffed with ripped-from-the-headlines true crime stories and nostalgia-driven period pieces, these performers took on the monumental tasks to play over-the-top figures of infamy that range from camp icons, political players and accused killers. See how the actors compare to their real-life counterparts below.