Fictional character in How to Get Away with Murder
Fictional character
Annalise Keating
How to Get Away with Murder character
Viola Davis as Annalise in the latter half of the first season.
First appearance
"Pilot" (1.01) September 25, 2014
Last appearance
"Stay" (6.15) May 14, 2020
Created by
Peter Nowalk
Portrayed by
Viola Davis
In-universe information
Title
Professor Annalise Keating, Esq.
Occupation
Defense attorney Professor
Family
Mac Harkness (father)
Ophelia Harkness (mother)
Thelonius Harkness (brother)
Celestine Harkness (sister)
Spouse
Sam Keating
Significant other
Solomon Vick Nate Lahey Eve Rothlo Emmett Crawford Robert Hsieh Tegan Price
Children
Sam Keating Jr. (son; deceased)
Relatives
Clyde (uncle; deceased)
Lynn (aunt)
Josephine (aunt)
Kenya (cousin)
Jericho (first cousin once removed)
Lavinia (first cousin once removed)
Nationality
American
Education
University of Tennessee Harvard Law School
Annalise Keating Esq. (née Anna-Mae Harkness) is a fictional character in the legal drama thriller series How to Get Away with Murder. Series creator Peter Nowalk is responsible for creating and developing the character, and American actress Viola Davis portrayed Keating since the show's inception. Annalise is introduced as a complex, high-profile criminal defense attorney and law professor at Middleton University who maintains social prestige and navigates through university politics.[1] The series' main narrative starts when Annalise chooses five of her students to work with her and they get in the middle of a murder case. Throughout the series' course, Annalise is very protective of her students, who become her allies, and is balancing between her personal life and the public scrutiny.
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