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Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker on the TV series “24” and voicing Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45.
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Wersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type of cancer is not specified.
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Neil Druckman, who created The Last of Us, wrote on Twitter that “We just lost a beautiful artist and person. My heart is broken. Thoughts are with her loved ones.”
I just found out that my dear friend Annie Wersching has passed away. We just lost a beautiful artist and person. My heart is broken. Thoughts are with her loved ones.
There is a fund I have set up for her family: https://t.co/dhvk6uOvZV
— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) January 29, 2023
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Actor Abigail Spencer, who appeared with Wersching in the sci-fi series Timeless, tweeted: “We love you Annie Wersching. You will be greatly missed.”
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Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Wersching has appeared in dozens of television shows over the course of her two-decade career.
Her first credit was on Star Trek: Enterprise, and she would go on to have recurring roles on the seventh and eighth seasons of 24, Bosch, The Vampire Diaries, Marvel’s Runaways, The Rookie. ” and most recently the second season of “Star Trek: Picard” as the Borg Queen.
She also provided the voice and motion capture performance for Tess for the popular video game “The Last of Us”.
Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, according to Deadline, and continues to work. She is survived by her husband, actor Stephen Full, and three sons. A GoFundMe page was set up Sunday to support the family.
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