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Anna Gunn (born August 11, 1968)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014. She has also played Jean Ward in The Practice (1997–2002), and Martha Bullock in Deadwood (2004–2006).

Anna Gunn
Gunn at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1968-08-11) August 11, 1968 (age 54) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Spouse	Alastair Duncan ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 2009)​
Children	2

Early life

Gunn was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is the daughter of Sharon Anna Kathryn "Shana" Gunn (née Peters), an interior designer, and Clemens Earl Gunn Jr., who worked in real estate.[2] She is the cousin of Billy Gunn. She graduated from Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1986,[3] then attended Northwestern University, where she majored in theater[2] and graduated in 1990.[1][4] In the fall of 1988, she spent a semester abroad to study at the British American Drama Academy.[5] She moved to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, where she shared a house with Pamela Adlon.[6]

Career

Gunn is known for her role as Skyler White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2012, 2013 and 2014, winning in 2013 and 2014.[7] In August 2013, she wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times examining the public dislike directed toward her character.[8]

Gunn had a recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Jean Ward on the ABC series The Practice from 1997 to 2002, and was series regular Martha Bullock on HBO's Deadwood from 2005 to 2006. She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode "The Glasses", in the Six Feet Under episode "Parallel Play", and on the first season of Murder One.

She provided the voice of Ariel in the Legacy of Kain series of video games,[9][10][11][12] and appeared in the Quantum Leap episode "The Play's the Thing". In 2011, she had a lead role in the Lifetime movie Secrets of Eden, opposite John Stamos.[13] Her other film credits include Without Evidence, Enemy of the State, Treading Water, Twelve Mile Road, and Red State.

In February 2013, cable network Bravo announced that Gunn would star in a pilot for a one-hour TV drama, Rita, based on a Danish TV series about a private-school teacher and mother. The Fox TV Studios pilot was to be written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Miguel Arteta.[14]

In 2014, Gunn starred Off-Broadway with Billy Magnussen in Sex with Strangers, directed by David Schwimmer at Second Stage Theater.[15]

She starred in the 2016 film Equity. Billed as the first female-driven Wall Street movie, it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[16][17]

In 2019, Gunn starred as Maxine Faulk in the Noël Coward Theater limited-time production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.[18][19] March 22, 1994 Gunn appears in NYPD BLUE season 1 episode 18 as after called Kimmy a friend of and informant that was gunned down in the street while the two were leaving a bar.

Personal life

Gunn married Scottish actor and real estate broker Alastair Duncan in 1990. They divorced in 2009.[2] They have two daughters, Eila Rose and Emma.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	French Intensive	Rachel	Short film
	Junior	Casitas Madres Receptionist
1995	Without Evidence	Liz Godlove
	If Someone Had Known	Officer Linda Reed
	Star Power	Denise	Short Film
1997	Santa Fe	Jane
1998	Enemy of the State	Emily Reynolds
2000	Lost Souls	Sally Prescott
2001	Nobody's Baby	Stormy
2002	Treading Water	The Actress
2011	Red State	Travis' Mother
2012	Little Red Wagon	Laurie Bonner
	Sassy Pants	June Pruitt
2016	Equity	Naomi Bishop
	Sully	Dr. Elizabeth Davis
2018	Being Frank	Laura Hansen
2021	Land of Dreams	Nancy
2022	The Apology	Darlene Hagen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Quantum Leap	Liz	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
	Indecency	Celeste	Television film
1992–1993	Down the Shore	Arden	29 episodes
1993	Seinfeld	Amy	Episode: "The Glasses"
1994	Missing Persons	Ellie Keogh	Episode: "My Beautiful Son Is O.K..."
	NYPD Blue	Kimmy	2 episodes
	Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire	Agt. Alex King	Television film
1995–1996	Murder One	Melissa Griotte	3 episodes
1996	Chicago Hope	Megan Stanard	Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope"
	The Lazarus Man	The Journal	Episode: "The Journal"
	Men Behaving Badly	Michelle	Episode: "Babies Having Babies"
	The Big Easy	Evie	Episode: "Snake Dance"
1997	Sleepwalkers	Angie Gilpin	Episode: "Night Terrors"
1997–2002	The Practice	Jean Ward	10 episodes
1999	ER	Ekabo's Lawyer	Episode: "Point of Origin"
	The Drew Carey Show	Kelly Walker	Episode: "Drew's Reunion"
	Judging Amy	Emily Noble	Episode: "Presumed Innocent"
2000	Bull	Miss Coyle	Episode: "A Beautiful Lie"
2001	The Guardian	Meghan Barstow	2 episodes
2002	Yes, Dear	Jessica	Episode: "Kim's New Nanny"
2003	Twelve Mile Road	Leah	Television film
	Dragnet	Dr. Louise Nottingham	2 episodes
	The O'Keefes	Phyllis	Episode: "Pilot"
	L.A. Confidential		Unsold TV pilot
	Wild Card	Janell Morgan	Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone"
	The Lyon's Den	Elizabeth Hopper	Episode: "Blood"
	Miss Match	Maureen Weston	Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
	Miracles	Rebecca Webb	Episode: "You Are My Sunshine"
2004	NYPD 2069	Natalie Franco	Unsold TV pilot
	The D.A.	Shelly Ward	Episode: "The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky"
	Six Feet Under	Madeline	Episode: "Parallel Play"
2005–2006	Deadwood	Martha Bullock	21 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Attorney Susan Bixby	Episode: "Nuts"
2008–2013	Breaking Bad	Skyler White	Lead role; 61 episodes
2010	Law & Order	Marielle Di Napoli	Episode: "Love Eternal"
	Lie to Me	Jenkins	Episode: "Dirty Loyal"
2012	Secrets of Eden	Detective Catherine Benincasa	Television film
2014	The Mindy Project	Sheila Hamilton	Episode: "Girl Crush"
	Gracepoint	Detective Ellie Miller	10 episodes
2015	Criminal Minds	Special Agent Lily Lambert	Episode: "Beyond Borders"
	Portlandia	Glynis Brooks	Episode: "House for Sale"
2016	Robot Chicken	Skyler White (voice)	Episode: "Food"
2017	Shades of Blue	Julia Ayres	10 episodes
2019	Deadwood: The Movie	Martha Bullock	TV movie
2021	Prodigal Son	Sheriff Fern Cooley	Episode: "The Last Weekend"
2022	Physical	Marika	2 episodes
TBA	Sugar		Upcoming series

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	Ariel/Azimuth the Planer/DeJoule the Energist (voice)
1999	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver	Ariel (voice)
2001	Soul Reaver 2
2003	Legacy of Kain: Defiance

References

External links

• Anna Gunn at IMDb
• Anna Gunn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Anna Gunn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn (* 11. August 1968 in Cleveland) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Synchronsprecherin.

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- [en] Anna Gunn

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[es] Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn (Santa Fe, Nuevo México; 11 de agosto de 1968)[2] es una actriz estadounidense, reconocida por sus papeles de Skyler White en la serie de televisión Breaking Bad y de Martha Bullock en la serie Deadwood.

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[ru] Ганн, Анна

А́нна Ганн (англ. Anna Gunn, род. 11 августа 1968, Кливленд, Огайо, США) — американская актриса. Наиболее известна по роли Скайлер Уайт в сериале AMC «Во все тяжкие» (2008—2013), принёсшей две премии «Эмми» за лучшую женскую роль второго плана в драматическом сериале.

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