Anna Gunn (born August 11, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for playing

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on the

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Western series ''

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'' (2004–2006) and its

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''Deadwood: The Movie'' (2019), and

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on the AMC crime drama series ''

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'' (2008–2013). Her

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include two

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and a

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. Gunn's has starred on the

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series '' The Practice'' (1997–2002), the

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series ''

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'' (2014), the NBC series ''Shades of Blue'' (2016), and the Apple TV+ series ''Sugar'' (2024). Her film roles include the action thriller ''Enemy of the State'' (1998), the independent thriller ''Red State'' (2011), the

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''Little Red Wagon'' (2012), the financial thriller ''Equity'' (2016), the biographical drama ''Sully'' (2016), and the comedy drama ''Being Frank'' (2018). She also voiced Ariel in the ''Legacy of Kain'' video game series (1996–2003).

Early life and education

Gunn grew up in

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. She is descended from

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, who was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is of Polish, Slovak, English, German and distant Irish and Dutch descent. She graduated from Santa Fe Preparatory School in 1986, then attended Northwestern University, where she majored in theater and graduated in 1990. In the fall of 1988, she spent a semester abroad to study at the

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. She moved to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, where she shared a house with Pamela Adlon.

Career

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

series '' The Practice'' from 1997 to 2002, and was series regular as

's ''

'' from 2005 to 2006. She appeared on ''

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'' 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. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information. The cast and crew of Breaking Bad at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards

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Gunn starred as

in the AMC drama series ''

'', for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2012, 2013 and 2014, winning 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. In 2011, Gunn had a lead role in the

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film ''Secrets of Eden'', opposite

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. Her other film credits include ''

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'', '' Enemy of the State'', '' Treading Water'', and '' Red State''. In February 2013, cable network

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announced that Gunn would star in a pilot for a one-hour TV drama, ''Rita'', based on a

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TV series about a private-school teacher and mother. The

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pilot was to be written by

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and directed by

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. In 2014, Gunn starred

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with Billy Magnussen in ''Sex with Strangers'', directed by David Schwimmer at Second Stage Theater. Gunn starred in the 2016 film ''

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''. Billed as the first female-driven

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film, it premiered at the

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. That same year, she starred in

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'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''.

Personal life

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

Filmography

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Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

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