Annie Wersching, ‘24’ Actor and Tess in ‘The Last of Us’ Video Game, Dies at 45 - Variety

Annie Wersching, an histrion champion known for her roles successful “24” and “Bosch” and for voicing Tess successful the 2013 video crippled “The Last of Us,” has died pursuing a two-year conflict with cancer. She was 45.

Wersching’s decease was confirmed done a GoFundMe campaign, shared to gully fiscal enactment for the actor’s family. The run has been shared by Alexi Hawley, showrunner of “The Rookie,” Julie Plec, the showrunner of “The Vampire Diaries,” arsenic good arsenic “The Last of Us” originative manager Neil Druckmann.

Plec tweeted, “I became a instrumentality from ‘24’ and was fortunate to beryllium capable to person Annie play mama to 2 of the hottest vamps successful town… RIP Annie, you fantastic soul.”

“We conscionable mislaid a beauteous creator and quality being. My bosom is shattered,” Druckmann wrote.

Born successful St. Louis, Mo., Wersching’s archetypal surface recognition came astatine 24 years old, appearing successful a 2002 occurrence of “Star Trek: Enterprise.” Wersching would spell connected to look successful a assortment of bid — including “Frasier,” “Supernatural” and “Charmed” — earlier landing recurring roles arsenic Amelia Joffe successful “General Hospital” and Renee Walker successful “24.” Wersching would aboriginal articulation “Timeless,” “The Vampire Diaries” and “Extant” arsenic recurring characters. Wersching besides look successful “Runaways” and “The Rookie.”

After being diagnosed with crab successful 2020, Wersching continued acting passim the pursuing 2 years.

Wersching’s GoFundMe notes however overmuch the histrion adored her family. “Annie lived for her family. She loved her enactment and cherished her friends, but Steve and the boys were her implicit everything. It’s truthful Steve tin person clip to grieve without the unit of needing to work. So helium tin beryllium daddy to Freddie (12), Ozzie (9) and Archie (4) arsenic they navigate the aboriginal without their mom, without saccharine Annie.”

Wersching is survived by her husband, Stephen, and 3 sons, Eddie, Ozzie and Archie, aged 12, 9 and 4.