Annalise Keating

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 byPeter Nowalk
Portrayed byViola Davis
In-universe information
TitleProfessor Annalise Keating, Esq.
OccupationDefense attorney
Professor
Family
SpouseSam Keating
Significant otherSolomon Vick
Nate Lahey
Eve Rothlo
Emmett Crawford
Robert Hsieh
Tegan Price
ChildrenSam Keating Jr. (son; deceased)
Relatives
  • Clyde Harkness (uncle; deceased)
  • Lynn (aunt)
  • Josephine (aunt)
  • Kenya (cousin)
  • Jericho (first cousin once removed)
  • Lavinia (first cousin once removed)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity 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.

  1. ^ "Viola Davis as Annalise Keating". ABC. The Walt Disney Company. Retrieved May 21, 2016.