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    Pilot Season: Anna Gunn Lands Post-Breaking Bad Role

    By Liz Raftery | TV Guide – Mon, Feb 4, 2013 10:04 AM EST

    Breaking Bad may be coming to an end, but Anna Gunn has already lined up her next television role.

    Gunn, who plays the long-suffering Skyler White on the AMC show, has been cast in Bravo's drama pilot Rita, the network announced.

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    The project is an adaptation of the Danish series of the same name. The actress will play a private school teacher who tries to balance raising her own kids with handling the children and parents she deals with at work.

    Grey's Anatomy's Krista Vernoff will write and executive-produce alongside Miguel Arteta, who will direct the pilot, Mikkel Bondesen (The Killing), Henrik Bastin (My Generation) and Kristen Campo (The Killing).

    Rita is one of Bravo's first two scripted projects in development.

    Are you looking forward to seeing more of Gunn on TV?

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