  In this work we use the gauge/gravity duality to study the anisotropy in the
heavy quark potential in strongly coupled $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super-Yang Mills
(SYM) theory (both at zero and nonzero temperature) induced by a constant and
uniform magnetic field $\mathcal{B}$. At zero temperature, the inclusion of the
magnetic field decreases the attractive force between heavy quarks with respect
to its $\mathcal{B}=0$ value and the force associated with the parallel
potential is the least attractive force. We find that the same occurs at
nonzero temperature and, thus, at least in the case of strongly coupled
$\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM, the presence of a magnetic field generally weakens the
interaction between heavy quarks in the plasma.
