Breakdown of Анна — такая выскочка, она ничем не интересуется, кроме себя.
не
not
она
she / it (for a feminine noun)
Анна
Anna
такой
such / so / what ... is
интересоваться
to be interested
себя
oneself (себе: Dat/Prep)
ничто
nothing (nominative)
кроме
except
выскочка
show-off
Questions & Answers about Анна — такая выскочка, она ничем не интересуется, кроме себя.
How would the phrase такая выскочка change if we were talking about a man instead of Anna?
It would become такой выскочка. The word выскочка (show-off, upstart) is a common gender noun. These words usually end in -а or -я and take the grammatical gender of the person they refer to. Since Anna is female, we use the feminine modifier такая, but for a male subject, adjectives and pronouns modifying it must be in the masculine form.
Why is ничем in the instrumental case here?
The verb интересоваться (to be interested in) always requires its object to be in the instrumental case. The dictionary form is ничто (nothing), and its instrumental form is ничем. Notice that Russian requires a double negative here, so we use ничем together with не.
Why use себя instead of неё at the end of the sentence?
The reflexive pronoun себя always points back to the subject of the clause (Anna). If you said кроме неё, it would mean Anna is interested in nothing except a different woman. The preposition кроме (except) requires the genitive case, which is why we use the form себя.
Why is there a dash after Анна?
The dash replaces the present tense verb to be (is). In Russian, when both the subject (Анна) and the main predicate noun (выскочка) are in the nominative case, you generally use a dash to connect them.
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