Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn, an American actress. Her most well-known role was Skyler in the AMC's Breaking Bad drama, and won Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Female Actress for Drama Series 2013 and 2014. The actress has also appeared as Jean Ward in The Practice and Martha Bullock in Deadwood. Anna Gunn began acting as an elementary school student at Sante Fe New Mexico. Her family then moved to Ohio, where she continued her interest in performing on stage. She was a theatre student at Northwestern University and spent a year at the British American Drama Academy. Anna had a brief stint performing in Chicago the theatre before moving to film and TV roles. Anna got her first major role as Arden when Down the Shore aired 29 episodes from 1992. Anna continued appearing in films as well as TV shows such Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and others until late 1990's. Then she was cast in The Practice as Jean Ward. Martha Bullock, a character that she played for a period of two seasons on Deadwood's season two. Skyler was the character she played on Breaking Bad. Sully and Deadwood were also part of her acting career. Gunn has also appeared on the stage for David Schwimmer's production Sex With Strangers. She was also a part of the podcast audio drama of four episodes called Numbered Days, which was made available in 2022. The romance with Walter White and his wife Skyler is usually the main focus of the narrative in Breaking Bad with the strained tension in their relationship, and eventually its demise echoing the same storyline of Walter White's last years of life.