Early life

Anna Gunn was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Shana, an interior designer, and Clem, who worked in real estate. She graduated from Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1986. She attended Northwestern University, where she majored in theater and graduated in 1990. During fall of 1988, Gunn spent a semester abroad to study at the British American Drama Academy.

Career

Gunn is known for her role as Skyler White in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in that show, and subsequently won in 2013 and 2014. In August 2013, she wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times examining the public dislike directed toward her character.

Gunn played a recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Jean Ward on the ABC series The Practice from 1997 to 2002, and was a 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.

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

In February 2013, the cable network Bravo announced Gunn would star in a television pilot for a one-hour 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.

In 2014, Gunn starred Off-Broadway with Billy Magnussen in Sex With Strangers, directed by David Schwimmer at Second Stage Theatre.

Gunn starred in the 2016 film Equity directed by Meera Menon. Billed as the first female-driven Wall Street movie, the film will premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Personal life

Gunn and her ex-husband, actor and real estate broker Alastair Duncan, have two daughters, Eila Rose and Emma.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	French Intensive	Rachel	Short film
1994	Junior	Casitas Madres Receptionist
1995	Without Evidence	Liz Godlove
1995	If Someone Had Known	Officer Linda Reed
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
2012	Sassy Pants	June Pruitt
2016	Equity	Naomi Bishop

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Quantum Leap	Liz	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
1992	Indecency	Celeste	Television film
1992-93	Down the Shore	Arden	29 episodes
1993	Seinfeld	Amy	Episode: "The Glasses"
1994	Missing Persons	Ellie Keogh	Episode: "My Beautiful Son Is O.K..."
1994	NYPD Blue	Kimmy	2 episodes
1994	Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire	Agt. Alex King	Television film
1995-96	Murder One	Melissa Griotte	3 episodes
1996	Chicago Hope	Megan Stanard	Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope"
1996	The Lazarus Man	The Journal	Episode: "The Journal"
1996	Men Behaving Badly	Michelle	Episode: "Babies Having Babies"
1996	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"
1999	The Drew Carey Show	Kelly Walker	Episode: "Drew's Reunion"
1999	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	Dragnet	Dr. Louise Nottingham	2 episodes
2003	The O'Keefes	Phyllis	Episode: "Pilot"
2003	L.A. Confidential	N/A	Unsold TV pilot
2003	Wild Card	Janell Morgan	Episode: "The Cheese Stands Alone"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Elizabeth Hopper	Episode: "Blood"
2003	Miss Match	Maureen Weston	Episode: "Kate in Ex-tasy"
2003	Miracles	Rebecca Webb	Episode: "You Are My Sunshine"
2003	Twelve Mile Road	Leah	Television film
2004	NYPD 2069	Natalie Franco	Unsold TV pilot
2004	The D.A.	Shelly Ward	Episode: "The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky"
2004	Six Feet Under	Madeline	Episode: "Parallel Play"
2005-06	Deadwood	Martha Bullock	21 episodes
2007	Boston Legal	Attorney Susan Bixby	Episode: "Nuts"
2008-13	Breaking Bad	Skyler White	61 episodes
2010	Law & Order	Marielle Di Napoli	Episode: "Love Eternal"
2010	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"
2014	Gracepoint	Detective Ellie Miller	10 episodes
2015	Criminal Minds	Special Agent Lily Lambert	Episode: "Beyond Borders"
2015	Portlandia	Glynis Brooks	Episode: "House for Sale"

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	Ariel	Voice
2003	Legacy of Kain: Defiance	Ariel	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2007	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Deadwood	Nominated
2010	Saturn Awards	Best Actress on Television	Breaking Bad	Nominated
2012	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Milan Film Festival Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Sassy Pants	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Breaking Bad	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2013	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Golden Nymph Award	Outstanding Actress — Drama Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film		Nominated
	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress on Television		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
2014	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Won
	Saturn Awards	Best Actress on Television		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]