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Annie Wersching

Annie Wersching
Wersching in 2022
Born	(1977-03-28)March 28, 1977 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	January 29, 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 45) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Millikin University (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–2023
Spouse	Stephen Full ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	3

Annie Wersching (March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023) was an American actress. She was known for her television roles as Renee Walkerin24, Julia Brasher in Bosch, Emma Whitmore in Timeless, Leslie Dean in the Hulu/Marvel series Runaways, Lily Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries (TV series) and Rosalind Dyer in The Rookie, as well as the voice and performance-capture for Tess in the video game The Last of Us.

Wersching was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 28, 1977.^[1] She attended Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis, graduating in 1995.^[2] During her youth, she competed in Irish dance and belonged to the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers group.^[2] She received a BFAinmusical theatre from Millikin University, from which she graduated in 1999.^[2][3]

Wersching began her acting career with a guest appearance on the show Star Trek: Enterprise and moved on to guest starring roles on such shows as Angel, Charmed, Cold Case, Killer Instinct and Supernatural. From March to November 2007, she played the recurring role of Amelia Joffe on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She also worked in theaters such as Victory Gardens, Marriott Lincolnshire, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival.^[2]

Wersching played FBI Special Agent Renee Walker^[4] in the seventh and eighth seasons of 24.

After her two-season stint in 24, Wersching guest starred on various shows, including CSI, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles, Hawaii Five-0, Body of Proof, Dallas, Revolution, Castle, Blue Bloods, The Vampire Diaries, and Touch.

Wersching played in the 2009 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game.^[5]

In December 2012, it was revealed that in the PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us, Wersching was the voice and motion-capture actor of the character Tess. Her character was teased on Geoff Keighley's Twitter account before she was finally revealed in the story trailer shown on Spike Video Game Awards on December 7, 2012.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, she was a series regular for the first season of the Amazon Prime crime show Bosch.^[6] In 2022, she returned to the Star Trek franchise to play the Borg Queen in the second season of Star Trek: Picard.^[7] From 2017 to 2019, she had a main cast role playing Leslie Dean in the Hulu/Marvel original series Runaways. Between 2019 and 2022, she had a recurring role as Rosalind Dyer in The Rookie.^[8]

Wersching married actor and comedian Stephen Full at their Los Angeles home in September 2009.^[9] They had three sons together.^[10][11][12]

Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in mid-2020, though she kept her diagnosis private and continued to act afterward.^[13][14][15] She died in Los Angeles, California, from cancer, on January 29, 2023, at age 45.^[16]

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