Annie Wersching, the actress best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24” and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was just 45 years old.
Wersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type of cancer was not determined.
Neil Druckman, who made “The Last of Us”, wrote on Twitter Just found out my dear friend, Annie Wersching, passed away. We just lost a beautiful artist and human being. My heart is shattered. Thoughts are with her loved ones.
There’s a go fund me set up for her family:
Just found out my dear friend, Annie Wersching, passed away. We just lost a beautiful artist and human being. My heart is shattered. Thoughts are with her loved ones.
There’s a go fund me set up for her family: https://t.co/dhvk6uOvZV
— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) January 29, 2023
Actor Abigail Spencer, who appeared with Wersching on the sci-fi series “Timeless,” tweeted, “We love you Annie Wersching. You will be deeply missed.”
“24” Actress Annie Wersching dies at age 45
Wersching’s husband, Stephen Full, released a statement to CNN:
“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall,” he wrote.
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Wersching appeared regularly in television dramas throughout the 2010s and 2010s. In 2007, she played Amelia Joffe on the long-running ABC soap “General Hospital”. Her breakout role came in 2008 when she played FBI agent Renee Walker on the hit Fox show 24 alongside Kiefer Sutherland in the seventh and eighth seasons.
Some of Wersching’s other notable TV credits include her role as the love interest of Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) in Amazon Prime’s 2014 series “Bosch” and a recurring role as the villainous vampire Lily Salvatore on The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.”
Playing the Borg Queen in 2022’s “Star Trek Picard” Wersching shared photos of herself from the set in full costume, along with messages of thanks for the makeup and prosthetics artists who transformed her into the space villain. Wersching’s role in “Star Trek Picard,” which airs on Paramount+, is listed as one of the actresses’ last professional credits on IMDb.
