'Breaking Bad' Star Anna Gunn Joins 'The Mindy Project'

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The Mindy Project is welcoming an Emmy winner to its ranks.

Anna Gunn, who won the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Breaking Bad, will guest star on The Mindy Project as Sheila Hamilton, a high-profile New York doctor. In the episode, Hamilton intends to lure Mindy from her current office, exhausting Mindy with her constant attention.

This marks a significant change in tone from the grim drama to which Gunn had grown accustomed on Breaking Bad. However, the change is one Gunn welcomes.

“It would be a lot of fun to play some comedy,” Gunn said in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I’m looking at just some really interesting different character roles that would be a complete 180 from Skyler that would allow me to really stretch and show my range and show colors and things that I haven’t been able to in the past few years.”

The Mindy Project airs Tuesdays at 9:30 PM ET on FOX.

Via: Entertainment Weekly