Anna Gunn

Her film roles include the action thriller Enemy of the State (1998), the independent thriller Red State (2011), the docudrama Little Red Wagon (2012), the financial thriller Equity (2016), the biographical drama Sully (2016), the comedy drama Being Frank (2018), and the Deadwood sequel film Deadwood: The Movie (2019). She also voiced Ariel in the Legacy of Kain video game series (1996–2003).

• Birth Name — Anna Kathryn Gunn • Born — 11 August 1968 • Birthplace — Cleveland, Ohio, U.S • Education — Northwestern University • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1992–present • Children — 2 • Relatives — William R. Day (great-great-grandfather) Luther Day (great-great-great-grandfather)

Anna Kathryn Gunn was born on August 11, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio, and grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the daughter of Shana (née Peters; 1942–2022) and Clemens "Clem" Earl Gunn Jr. (1939–2024). She has one brother named Matthew. She is the great-great-granddaughter of William Rufus Day (through his son Luther), who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Gunn graduated from Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1986, then attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she majored in theater and graduated in 1990. In the fall of 1988, she spent a semester abroad to study at the British American Drama Academy. She moved to Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, California, where she shared a house with Pamela Adlon.

Gunn's first screen credit was the Quantum Leap episode "The Play's the Thing". She had a recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Jean Ward on the ABC series The Practice from 1997 to 2002, and was series regular as 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 also provided the voice of Ariel in the Legacy of Kain series of video games. • Illustration — The cast and crew of Breaking Bad at the Peabody Awards in 2009 Gunn starred 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 the latter two years. In August 2013, she wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times examining the public dislike directed toward her character. In 2011, Gunn had a lead role in the Lifetime film Secrets of Eden, opposite John Stamos. Her other film credits include Without Evidence, Enemy of the State, Treading Water, 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. After Bravo passed on it, Fox TV Studios ordered a pilot to be written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Miguel Arteta, which was never released. In 2014, Gunn starred Off-Broadway with Billy Magnussen in Sex with Strangers, directed by David Schwimmer at Second Stage Theater. Gunn starred in the 2016 film Equity. Billed as the first female-driven Wall Street film, it premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. That same year, she starred in Clint Eastwood's biographical drama film Sully. In 2019, Gunn starred as Maxine Faulk in the Noël Coward Theater limited-time production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.

Gunn married Scottish actor and real estate broker Alastair Duncan in 1990. They divorced in 2009. They have two daughters.

• Illustration — Gunn at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1992 — Quantum Leap — Liz — Episode: "The Play's the Thing" • Indecency — Celeste — Television film • 1992–1993 — Down the Shore — Arden — Main role • 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 — If Someone Had Known — Officer Linda Reed — 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 — Recurring role; 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 — Renata — Unsold 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 pilot • The D.A. — Shelly Ward — Episode: "The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky" • Six Feet Under — Madeline — Episode: "Parallel Play" • 2005–2006 — Deadwood — Martha Bullock — Main role • 2007 — Boston Legal — Attorney Susan Bixby — Episode: "Nuts" • 2008–2013 — Breaking Bad — Skyler White — Lead role • 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 — Main role • 2015 — Criminal Minds — Special Agent Lily Lambert — Episode: "Beyond Borders" • Portlandia — Glynis Brooks — Episode: "House for Sale" • 2016 — Robot Chicken — Mother / Skyler White (voice) — Episode: "Food" • Shades of Blue — Julia Ayres — Recurring role; 10 episodes • 2019 — Deadwood: The Movie — Martha Bullock — Television film • 2021 — Prodigal Son — Sheriff Fern Cooley — Episode: "The Last Weekend" • 2022–2023 — Physical — Marika — 3 episodes • 2023 — Most Dangerous Game — Chairwoman — 4 episodes • 2024 — Sugar — Margit Sorensen — Recurring role; 6 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain — Ariel — Voice role • DeJoule • Azimuth • 1999 — Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver — Ariel • 2001 — Soul Reaver 2 • 2003 — Legacy of Kain: Defiance