Anna Gunn has won an Oscar for her role in Breaking Bad.
The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . Anna Gunn . She is best known for her role as Skyler White on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad , for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2013 and 2014 . Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan .