Annalise Keating, born Anna Mae, is one of the main characters of How to Get Away with Murder. She is everything you would hope your Criminal Law professor would be - brilliant, passionate, creative and charismatic. She's also everything you don't expect - sexy, glamorous, unpredictable and dangerous. As fearless in the courtroom as she is in the classroom. Annalise is a defense attorney who represents the most hardened criminals - people who've committed everything from fraud to arson to murder. Annalise seems like she has it all - a successful career and a loving husband, Sam - but soon she will be forced to confront secrets about her life she never saw coming.