Bonnie Winterbottom

Bonnie Winterbottom
How to Get Away with Murder character
Liza Weil as Bonnie Winterbottom; taken for a promotional shoot before the second season.
First appearance	"Pilot" (1.01)
Created by	Peter Nowalk
Portrayed by	Liza Weil
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Associate attorney
Title	Bonnie Winterbottom, Esq.
Significant other(s)	Asher Millstone (ex-boyfriend)
Nationality	American
Status	Alive

Bonnie Winterbottom is a fictional character created in 2014 by Peter Nowalk. Portrayed by Liza Weil, she is a Philadelphia-based associate attorney who works for Annalise Keating's firm, and one of the main characters developed for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) legal drama mystery television series How to Get Away with Murder.

On February 27, 2014, it was announced that Shonda Rhimes had cast Liza Weil in the role of Bonnie Winterbottom.

"I’ve always played people who are considerably younger, so it’s nice to be playing a grown-up. Bonnie is a grown-up. She’s a serious lady, man. Bonnie is very much navigating and delegating to the students. The students are the only people Bonnie and Frank can assert their power over and I think they’re enjoying that. Bonnie presents as more warm, but she does have an edge. I can relate to her."

Early in the series, Bonnie was portrayed as a sweet and responsible adult. However, over the course of the series, her personal life collapses, and Bonnie finds herself facing numerous problems. She was pressed by Annalise, who wanted her to work more and more, and was involved in a fateful relationship with Analise's intern Asher Millstone. Bonnie's portrayer, Liza Weil, said the character is a grown-up woman and Weil's first role as a "serious lady." Bonnie had a terrifying past; her father sexually abused her when she was a girl.

In an interview with Variety, series creator, Peter Nowalk, commented on Bonnie's future of Bonnie for season 3: "Bonnie is going to have to choose sides, basically. Bonnie is like, Annalise, we can forgive Frank, it was Sam's fault! She's trying to be the peacemaker," he said, regarding the season 2 finale.