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 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.