Anna Gunn

Anna Gunn was born in the US. She is best known for her character Skyler White in the AMC Drama series Breaking Bad for which she was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting actor in an Drama Series in 2013 and 2014. As well as playing Martha Bullock and Jean Ward as well, she was a part of The Practice. Anna Gunn began acting as an infant at Sante Fe New Mexico. The family moved to Ohio and she continued her love of performing on stage. Her studies in theatre was at Northwestern University. A semester was completed in the British American Drama Academy. Anna started her acting career working in the Chicago area theatres for a couple of years. She then moved on to film and television. Anna's first major role was Arden on Down the Shore. She played in 29 episodes. Anna continued to appear in movies and TV series such as Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and others until late the 1990's. She was then selected for The Practice as Jean Ward. Martha Bullock, a character she played for two years during Deadwood's 2nd season. Skyler was her role on Breaking Bad. Sully was another of her roles. Gunn has also appeared on the stage for David Schwimmer's production Sex With Strangers. in 2022 Gunn also played in a 4-part audio-play podcast named "Numbered days". The love story that exists between Walter White and his wife Skyler is the most prominent element of the narrative in Breaking Bad with the strained connection between them and eventually its demise echoing the same storyline of Walter White's last years of his life.