| Annie Wersching | |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1977 |
| Birth Place: | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education: | Millikin University (BFA) |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1995–2023 |
| Children: | 3 |
Annie Wersching (March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023) was an American actress. She was known for her television roles as Renee Walker in 24, Julia Brasher in Bosch, Emma Whitmore in Timeless, Leslie Dean in the Hulu/Marvel series Runaways, Lily Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries 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. She received a BFA in musical theatre from Millikin University, from which she graduated in 1999.[3]
Wersching began her acting career with a guest appearance on the show 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.
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.
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]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Woman at party | |
| 2010 | Below the Beltway | Darcy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Liana | Episode: "Oasis" | ||
| Birds of Prey | Lynne Emerson | 1 episode | ||
| 2003 | Frasier | Esthetician | 1 episode | |
| Angel | Margaret | Episode: "Shiny Happy People" | ||
| 2004 | Charmed | Demonatrix Two | 1 episode | |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | Conner | 1 episode | |
| Killer Instinct | Cecilia Johnson | 1 episode | ||
| E-Ring | Lieutenant | 1 episode | ||
| 2006 | Cold Case | Libby Bradley (1979) | 1 episode | |
| Boston Legal | Ellen Tanner | 1 episode | ||
| 2007 | Supernatural | Susan Thompson | 1 episode | |
| General Hospital | Amelia Joffe | Recurring cast | ||
| Journeyman | Diana Bloom | 1 episode | ||
| 2009–2010 | data-sort-value="Twenty-four" | 24 | Renee Walker | Main cast (seasons 7–8) |
| 2010 | Priscilla Prescott | 1 episode | ||
| NCIS | Gail Walsh | 1 episode | ||
| 2011 | No Ordinary Family | Michelle Cotton | 1 episode | |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Nicole Mateo | 1 episode | ||
| Hawaii Five-0 | Samantha Martell | 1 episode | ||
| 2012 | Harry's Law | Patricia Stanhope | 1 episode | |
| 2013 | Body of Proof | Yvonne Kurtz | 2 episodes | |
| Dallas | Alison Jones | 4 episodes | ||
| Touch | Kate Gordon | 1 episode | ||
| Revolution | Emma | 2 episodes | ||
| 2013; 2015 | Castle | Kelly Nieman | 3 episodes | |
| 2014–2021 | Bosch | Julia Brasher | Main cast (season 1); guest star (seasons 2 & 7) | |
| 2014 | Intelligence | Kate Anderson | 1 episode | |
| Blue Bloods | Joyce Carpenter | 1 episode | ||
| Extant | Femi Dodd | Recurring cast (season 1) | ||
| 2015–2016 | data-sort-value="Vampire Diaries, The" | The Vampire Diaries | Lily Salvatore | Recurring cast (seasons 6–7) |
| 2016 | Code Black | Katie Miller | 1 episode | |
| data-sort-value="Catch, The" | The Catch | Karen Singh | 1 episode | |
| Major Crimes | Liz Soto | 1 episode | ||
| 2017–2018 | Timeless | Emma Whitmore | Recurring cast | |
| 2017 | Doubt | Bonnie Harris | 1 episode | |
| 2017–2019 | Runaways | Leslie Dean | Main cast | |
| 2018 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself (guest diner) | 1 episode | |
| 2019–2022 | data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | The Rookie | Rosalind Dyer | Recurring cast (season 2–3, 5) |
| 2022 | Borg Queen | Recurring cast (season 2) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Last of Us, The" | The Last of Us | Tess | Voice and performance capture |
| 2019 | Anthem | Tassyn | Voice and performance capture |