She played Skyler on "Breaking Bad". See Anna Gunn now at 53 years old.

The actor winner of an Emmy talked about the sexist hatred that the character received.


In 2008, one of the most famous television broadcasts of all time was presented.breaking Bad, withBryan CranstonAs a secondary school teacher who becomes a merciless methamphetamine merchant, has so far launched two other projects: the following film,El Camino, who follows Jesse Pinkman of Walter WhiteAaron Paul) in the days following the final of the series, andYou better call Saul, a series of prequel to the origins of the unscrupulous lawyer of Walter, Saul Goodman (Bob odenkirk). But while a lotbreaking BadThe characters once again appeared in the world of the show, Walter's wife, Skyler White, played byAnna Gunn, is not one of them, but. The actor received renowned lotsconsiderable amount of hateful. Read the rest to discover what the actor has done since he played the role of division.

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She had already had a long television career before booking Skyler.

Anna Gunn in 2005
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Gunn started on the screen in 1992, with an episode ofQuantum jumpAnd a telefilm calledIndecency. From that moment, she began to present herself in several popular programs, includingSeinfeld,,NYPD Blue,,Chicago Hope,,Uh, andSix feet Under ground, as well as to appear in films, includingState enemy, and offering voices for video game characters. Its greatest pre-breaking BadThe role was to play Martha Bullock, the wife ofTimothy OlyphantSeth, in the HBO series famous in a critical way,Dead wood.

She still acts and recently revised an emblematic character.

Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn in 2008
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Afterbreaking Bad, Gunn appeared in episodes ofThe Mindy project,,Criminal minds, andLavish son. She played in the American adaptation of the British seriesBroadchurch, withdrawnGracent, resume the role originally played byOlivia Colman. However, the show lasted only a season. Gunn was a recurring character of season 2 of theJennifer Lopezpolice drama,Shades of blue, and has taken films includingDefile,,Be frank, andThe land of dreams. Gunn is also a theater player, and recently played in a 2019 West End production ofTennessee Williams'Iguana night.

Although she has not yet resumed Skyler White, Gunn returned to the role of Martha Bullock for theDead woodFilm in 2019, an opportunity that she surely appreciated given that the original race was interrupted when the show was canceled.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"The creator,David Milch, soughtDead wood Be a slow burn," she saidThe New York Timesin 2014. "And unfortunately, we did not have enough time to let this story materialize. I was the only character in the series who was quite Victorian and properly said and buttoned. And I could never say No one of them really swears words. I was so disappointed! "

She has two daughters.

Anna Gunn in 2019
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thebreaking BadStar was married once, with the Scottish actorAlastair Neil Duncan, from 1990 to 2009. The couple shared two girls,Eila Rose (15) andEmma (21). Gunn keeps his private personal life, in particular by avoiding all social media accounts. But, you can sometimes locate her children with her at events.

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She thinks that the hatred that Skyler received was sexist.

Anna Gunn on Prodigal Son in 2021
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Gunn has spoken several times over the years of sexospecific hatred than Skyler - and by proxy, Gunn herself - received. In 2013, when the show was still on the air, she wrote an article forThe New York Timesentitled, "I have a character problem. "Although Playing Skyler was" one of the most gratifying creative journeys [she] launched himself as an actor, "wrote Gunn, she quickly realized that the character was" a point flash For the feelings of many people about strong and non -submissive feelings, abused women. "The actor reported that she had received death threats and compared the response to her character to hatred which also targeted characters likeMad MenBetty Draper (January Jones) andSopranos' Carmela (Edie Falco).

In a 2019 interview with theLondon evening standard, Gunn explained that she felt " forced to say something , not necessarily for [herself], but for [her] daughters and other women. ""

"I have the impression of having understood what it was, which was just the current of extreme sexism. The idea that the roles of gender were so deeply rooted - it was shocking for me", a -t -He declared. "... the vehemence of it, and the fact that it was just authorized - it was the identifier that has become wild."

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