CHICAGO — “Inventing Anna” on Netflix stars Anna Chlumsky as a pregnant magazine journalist obsessively investigating a con artist, with Anders Holm playing her patient husband, forever encouraging his spouse to find a better work-life balance.
“He’s kind of the reality check for her,” said Holm. “She’s hyper-driven about this story and she’s buried herself in it, and I’m the guy who’s like: ‘Yes, I love that about you — but you’re going to have this baby in two weeks and I want to make sure you’re taking care of yourself as a person, as well as a journalist.’”
An Evanston native who first gained fame as part of the central trio on Comedy Central’s “Workaholics,” Holm is just one of several cast members in “Inventing Anna” who has ties to the Chicago area, including Chlumsky, Steppenwolf Theater founders Jeff Perry and Terry Kinney, and “Succession” alum Arian Moayed.
