Annie Wersching

{{Infobox person

| name = Annie Wersching

| image = Annie Wersching by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Wersching in 2022

| birth_name = Anne Wersching

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1977|3|28}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|1|29|1977|3|28}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| education = Millikin University (BFA)

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1995–2023

| spouse = {{marriage|Stephen Full|2009}}

| children = 3

}}

Anne Wersching{{cite web |title=Annie Wersching Biography - Birth Name: Anne Wersching |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/annie-wersching/bio/3030400368/ |work=TV Guide |access-date=8 April 2025}} (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, Dr. Kelly Neiman in Castle, Leslie Dean in 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.

Early life

Wersching was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 28, 1977.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Annie-Wersching/nm1156709/ |title=Annie Wersching: Movies, TV and Bio |website=Prime Video |publisher=Amazon |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420040014/https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Annie-Wersching/nm1156709/ |url-status=live }} She attended Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis, graduating in 1995.{{cite web |title=Annie Wersching Bio |url=http://www.anniewersching.com/home/index.php?location=bio |access-date=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208222628/http://anniewersching.com/home/index.php?location=bio |archive-date=February 8, 2009}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://millikin.edu/profile/annie-wersching |title=Annie Wersching '99 |website=Millikin.edu |date=July 23, 2020 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523180143/https://millikin.edu/profile/annie-wersching |url-status=live }}

Career

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.

Wersching played FBI Special Agent Renee Walker{{Cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Melodie|last2=Dealer|first2=The Plain|date=November 5, 2012|title='Touch' to hold '24' reunion; 'Skyfall' breaks U.K. box-office record; and more|url=https://www.cleveland.com/people/2012/11/foxs_touch_to_hold_24_reunion.html|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=Cleveland|archive-date=February 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210172516/https://www.cleveland.com/people/2012/11/foxs_touch_to_hold_24_reunion.html|url-status=live}} in the seventh and eighth seasons of 24.

File:Annie Wersching 2009.jpg

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.{{Cite web |last=Laymance |first=Reid |title=Official celebrity list for All-Star softball game on Sunday |url=https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/official-celebrity-list-for-all-star-softball-game-on-sunday/article_48a4a93f-6e13-5988-91fe-e038837cdb04.html |access-date=January 30, 2023 |website=STLtoday.com |date=July 6, 2009 |language=en |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130005700/https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/official-celebrity-list-for-all-star-softball-game-on-sunday/article_48a4a93f-6e13-5988-91fe-e038837cdb04.html |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cn|date=February 2023}}

In 2014, she was a series regular for the first season of the Amazon Prime crime show Bosch.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/scene/news/michael-connelly-gives-insight-into-detectives-at-amazons-bosch-premiere-1201423794/ |title=Michael Connelly Gives Insight into Detectives at Amazon's 'Bosch' Premiere |first=Marianne |last=Zumberge |website=Variety |date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104100/http://variety.com/2015/scene/news/michael-connelly-gives-insight-into-detectives-at-amazons-bosch-premiere-1201423794/ |url-status=live }} In 2022, she returned to the Star Trek franchise to play the Borg Queen in the second season of Star Trek: Picard.{{Cite web |last=Templeton |first=Molly |date=September 3, 2021 |title=Annie Wersching Will Play the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/09/03/annie-wersching-borg-queen-star-trek-picard/ |access-date=September 3, 2021 |website=Tor.com |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903145250/https://www.tor.com/2021/09/03/annie-wersching-borg-queen-star-trek-picard/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Blanchet |first1=Brenton |title=Annie Wersching Honored by 'The Rookie' with Touching On-Screen Tribute After Her Death |url=https://people.com/tv/the-rookie-honors-annie-wersching/ |website=People.com |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=16 February 2023}}

Personal life

Wersching married actor and comedian Stephen Full at their Los Angeles home in September 2009.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/parents/24s-annie-wersching-expecting-a-baby/ |title=24{{'}}s Annie Wersching Expecting a Baby |website=People |date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112160750/https://people.com/parents/24s-annie-wersching-expecting-a-baby/ |url-status=live }} They had three sons together.{{cite web|date=August 9, 2010|title=Annie Wersching Welcomes Son Freddie|url=https://people.com/parents/annie-wersching-welcomes-son-freddie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815061840/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/08/09/annie-wersching-welcomes-son-freddie/|archive-date=August 15, 2010|website=People}}{{cite web|date=August 8, 2013|title=Annie Wersching Welcomes Son Ozzie|url=https://people.com/parents/annie-wersching-welcomes-son-ozzie/|website=People|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112160747/https://people.com/parents/annie-wersching-welcomes-son-ozzie/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=December 3, 2018|title='Timeless' Actress Annie Wersching Welcomes Third Child (Exclusive)|url=https://www.etonline.com/timeless-actress-annie-wersching-welcomes-third-child-exclusive-114944|website=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102019/https://www.etonline.com/timeless-actress-annie-wersching-welcomes-third-child-exclusive-114944|url-status=live}}

Illness and death

Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in mid-2020, though she kept her diagnosis private and continued to act afterward.{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2023 |title= Annie Wersching, 24 actress, passes away at 45 |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/29/entertainment/annie-wersching-death/index.html|access-date=January 29, 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Annie Wersching, Who Played Borg Queen on Star Trek: Picard, Dies at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/arts/television/annie-wersching-dead.html |access-date=January 29, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=January 29, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=January 29, 2023 |title=Annie Wersching Dies: Actress In 24, Bosch And Timeless Was 45 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/annie-wersching-dies-actress-in-24-bosch-and-timeless-was-45-obituary-1235243778/ |access-date=January 29, 2023 |website=Deadline |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129194959/https://deadline.com/2023/01/annie-wersching-dies-actress-in-24-bosch-and-timeless-was-45-obituary-1235243778/ |url-status=live }} She died in Los Angeles, California, from adenoid cystic carcinoma on January 29, 2023, at age 45.{{cite web |title=Annie Wersching In The Last of Us |url=https://starsgab.com/annie-wersching-the-last-of-us/ |work=Starsgab |date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=14 October 2024}}{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Abbey |title=Annie Wersching, Actress in Bosch, 24, Runaways, Dies at 45 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/annie-wersching-dead-bosch-24-runaways-1235312384/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 29, 2023 |access-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129210949/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/annie-wersching-dead-bosch-24-runaways-1235312384/ |url-status=live }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role
2003 \|Bruce Almighty \|Woman at party
2010 \|Below the Beltway \|Darcy

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

2003

|Bruce Almighty

|Woman at party

2010

|Below the Beltway

|Darcy

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \|2002 \|Star Trek: Enterprise \|Liana \|Episode: "Oasis"
Birds of Prey \|Lynne Emerson \|1 episode
rowspan="2" \|2003 \|Frasier \|Esthetician \|1 episode
Angel \|Margaret \|Episode: "Shiny Happy People"
2004 \|Charmed \|Demonatrix Two \|1 episode
rowspan="3" \|2005 \|Out of Practice \|Conner \|1 episode
Killer Instinct \|Cecilia Johnson \|1 episode
E-Ring \|Lieutenant \|1 episode
rowspan="2" \|2006 \|Cold Case \|Libby Bradley (1979) \|1 episode
Boston Legal \|Ellen Tanner \|1 episode
rowspan="3" \|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)
rowspan="2" \|2010 \|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \|Priscilla Prescott \|1 episode
NCIS \|Gail Walsh \|1 episode
rowspan="3" \|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
rowspan="4" \|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)
rowspan="3" \|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)
rowspan="3" \|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 \|Red guest diner; Episode: "A Fond Farewell"
2019–2022 \| data-sort-value="Rookie, The" \|The Rookie \|Rosalind Dyer \|Recurring cast (season 2–3, 5)
2022 \|Star Trek: Picard \|Borg Queen \|Recurring cast (season 2)

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |2002

|Star Trek: Enterprise

|Liana

|Episode: "Oasis"

Birds of Prey

|Lynne Emerson

|1 episode

rowspan="2" |2003

|Frasier

|Esthetician

|1 episode

Angel

|Margaret

|Episode: "Shiny Happy People"

2004

|Charmed

|Demonatrix Two

|1 episode

rowspan="3" |2005

|Out of Practice

|Conner

|1 episode

Killer Instinct

|Cecilia Johnson

|1 episode

E-Ring

|Lieutenant

|1 episode

rowspan="2" |2006

|Cold Case

|Libby Bradley (1979)

|1 episode

Boston Legal

|Ellen Tanner

|1 episode

rowspan="3" |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)

rowspan="2" |2010

|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Priscilla Prescott

|1 episode

NCIS

|Gail Walsh

|1 episode

rowspan="3" |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

rowspan="4" |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)

rowspan="3" |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)

rowspan="3" |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

|Red guest diner; Episode: "A Fond Farewell"

2019–2022

| data-sort-value="Rookie, The" |The Rookie

|Rosalind Dyer

|Recurring cast (season 2–3, 5)

2022

|Star Trek: Picard

|Borg Queen

|Recurring cast (season 2)

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| 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

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

|data-sort-value="Last of Us, The" |The Last of Us

|Tess

|Voice and performance capture

2019

|Anthem

|Tassyn