Annalise Keating — How to Get Away with Murder Character Profile

About Annalise Keating

Prominent criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University who selects five first-year students to intern at her firm. Navigates complex murders involving her husband Sam and student Lila Stangard. Struggles with alcoholism, leads a major class-action lawsuit against the state, wins at the Supreme Court, and faces intense FBI investigation and eventual rehab following multiple tragedies and cover-ups.

Annalise Keating — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Q106432049

Quick Facts about Annalise Keating

Education

Harvard University

Occupation

criminal defense lawyer, law professor

Nationality

American

Annalise Keating's Known Relations

• Sam Keating — Spouse
• Eve Rothlo — Unmarried partner
• Q106435684 — Unmarried partner
• Connor Walsh — Student
• Wes Gibbins — Student
• Q106420859 — Student
• Laurel Castillo — Student
• Q106421160 — Student
• Gabriel Maddox — Student
• Q106432049 — Employer

Character Facts

Played by

Viola Davis

Appears in

How to Get Away with Murder (2014)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (9)

• Annalise Keating — Professional Student — Gabriel Maddox (Rome Flynn)

  Gabriel becomes a student at Annalise's law school and works at her firm

• Annalise Keating — Alliance Ally — Tegan Price (Amirah Vann)

  Tegan is an attorney who allies with Annalise on cases

• Annalise Keating — Professional Employee — Oliver Hampton (Conrad Ricamora)

  Oliver works as a tech expert at Annalise's law firm

• Annalise Keating — Professional Employee — Bonnie Winterbottom (Liza Weil)

  Bonnie works as an attorney at Annalise's law firm

• Annalise Keating — Professional Employee — Frank Delfino (Charlie Weber)

  Frank works as an investigator at Annalise's law firm

• Annalise Keating — Professional Student — Asher Millstone (Matt McGorry)

  Asher is one of Annalise's law students who works at her firm

• Annalise Keating — Professional Student — Michaela Pratt (Aja Naomi King)

  Michaela is one of Annalise's law students who works at her firm

• Annalise Keating — Professional Student — Connor Walsh (Jack Falahee)

  Connor is one of Annalise's law students who works at her firm

• Annalise Keating — Romantic Lovers — Nate Lahey (Billy Brown)

  Annalise and Nate are in a romantic relationship despite his position as a detective

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of How to Get Away with Murder

More characters from How to Get Away with Murder

• Nate Lahey (Billy Brown)
• Connor Walsh (Jack Falahee)
• Gabriel Maddox (Rome Flynn)
• Oliver Hampton (Conrad Ricamora)
• Asher Millstone (Matt McGorry)
• Frank Delfino (Charlie Weber)
• Laurel Castillo (Karla Souza)
• Michaela Pratt (Aja Naomi King)
• Rebecca Sutter (Katie Findlay)
• Bonnie Winterbottom (Liza Weil)
• Tegan Price (Amirah Vann)
• Emmett Crawford (Timothy Hutton)