Marie Schrader (née Lambert) is a fictional character portrayed by Betsy Brandt in the American crime drama series Breaking Bad.

Born Marie Lambert,[2] she is a radiologic technologist, and lives with her husband Hank, a DEA agent, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[8] After Hank is left with post-traumatic stress disorder, having barely escaped a bombing, Marie becomes a major source of comfort and support to him.

[10] Marie is at a loss about what to do when she learns that their health plan will not provide the quantity and the quality of physical therapy Hank requires to fully recover the use of his legs.

[14] Days later, Marie continues struggling to deal with Hank's deepening depression as he copes with physical therapy from having been shot.

[15] Frustrated by Hank's continuous cold shoulder, Marie resumes her kleptomania; she starts stealing objects from real-estate open houses, where she also makes up elaborate stories about who she is, but is eventually caught by a real estate agent.

As Marie begins to confront her about smoking, Skyler screams "shut up" repeatedly and suffers a nervous breakdown.

Walt tells her about Skyler's affair with Ted Beneke and that her breakdown was due to stress over his recent[a] accident.

[16] As Walt and Skyler have marital problems, Marie volunteers to take in their children – Walter Jr. and Holly – for a couple of days while they work things out.

Learning Skyler knew of Walt before Hank was shot, Marie slaps her sister and storms out of the room.

[23] After Hank is killed by Jack Welker, she is initially unaware of his death and reconciles with Skyler on the condition she tells Walter Jr. everything.

"[35] Gilligan revealed that he wanted to have Marie make a cameo appearance in the Better Call Saul season two finale "Klick", but the writer's room objected, considering the idea to be distracting for audiences.

[38] Writer Brad Klypchak linked Marie's kleptomaniac behavior to the emotional emptiness of material abundance.

[39] In the Breaking Bad finale, Marie is shown wearing black-and-white instead of her usual purple; according to Screen Rant's Matthew Wilkinson, this symbolizes her grief.