NEW YORK (AP) — On the Bravo series “Imposters,” Inbar Lavi plays a young woman named Maddie who is constantly reinventing herself, creating new identities to marry men and women and then steal their money. Off-screen, Lavi is no con artist but she says she can relate to the desire to hide behind different personas.
Born and raised in Israel, the actress admits to being “quite insecure” and “unhappy” as a child.
“The happiest that I remember myself was putting on plays and pretending to be other people,” said Lavi.
“I’m still far away from the person I want to be but whoever this is for now, she’s all right,” she laughed.
“Imposters” airs Thursdays on Bravo. It is the network’s third original scripted series in a lineup dominated by reality shows.
Lavi recalls the audition process for the role was challenging because she was essentially playing a shape shifter.
“I think the rule I made for myself walking in was not to be Maddie. It was to be Inbar because Inbar is an actress who plays other people for a living. As long as I could be true to myself as I could be, I would be true to Maddie. That was my focus.”
