Background
Anna Gunn was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Shana, an interior designer, and Clem, who worked in real estate.
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. Gunn is known for her role as Skyler White in the Administrative Management College drama series Breaking Bad, starring Bryan Cranston. 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 American Broadcasting Company series The Practice from 1997 to 2002, and was a regular as Martha Bullock on Home Box Office"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.
The Fox television Studios pilot was to be written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Miguel Arteta.
In 2014, Gunn starred Office-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 Festival.
