Annie Wersching, Actress in ‘Bosch,’ ‘24,’ ‘Runaways,’ Dies at 45 - Hollywood Reporter

Annie Wersching, an histrion known for her roles successful TV dramas Bosch and 24, arsenic good arsenic her portrayal of Leslie Dean, the parent of alien superhero Karolina connected Marvel’s Runaways, has died. She was 45.

Wersching died from crab connected Sunday greeting successful Los Angeles, a rep for the histrion told The Hollywood Reporter. In a statement, her hubby Stephen Full remembered his woman and the parent of their 3 children.

“There is simply a cavernous spread successful the psyche of this household today. But she near america the tools to capable it,” helium said. “She recovered wonderment successful the simplest moment. She didn’t necessitate euphony to dance. She taught america not to hold for escapade to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.”

“As I drove our boys, the existent loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would outcry BYE! until we were retired of earshot and into the world,” helium continued. “I tin inactive perceive it ringing. Bye my Buddie. ‘I emotion you small family…'”

Wersching, who was diagnosed with crab successful 2020, astir precocious had a bid of recurring roles connected Star Trek: Picard, wherever she played the Borg Queen, arsenic good arsenic The Rookie, wherever she appeared arsenic Rosalind Dyer, a murderer who escapes prison.

Before that, she had large roles successful aggregate seasons of 24, Bosch and Marvel’s Runaways. On 24, Wersching portrayed Renee Walker, a Washington Field Office FBI special agent, who teams with Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer done the Day 7 and Day 8 arcs, which play retired during the series’ seventh and eighth seasons.

On Bosch, the histrion portrayed Julia Brasher, a rookie bull successful the LAPD’s Hollywood Division, whose way crosses with Harry Bosch professionally and personally crossed the archetypal 2 seasons of the series, earlier she returned for play 7 successful 2021. Between 2019 and 2021, Wersching starred successful Marvel’s Runaways and for much than 30 episodes crossed 3 seasons of the Hulu bid portrayed the parent of half-alien Karolina, successful a villain-turned-ally relation that initially pitted Leslie Dean against her daughter’s teen superhero radical of friends.

Her longest-running relation would beryllium arsenic tv shaper Amelia Joffe successful 80 episodes of the daytime soap General Hospital, on with multi-episode arcs connected The CW’s The Vampire Diaries — as the parent of Paul Wesley and Ian Somerholder’s starring vampires, Stefan and Damon — and NBC’s Timeless, arsenic Emma Whitmore, a clip traveler and aviator who fakes her decease and go stranded successful time.

Across her career, she would look successful a fig of impermanent roles connected fashionable shows similar Angel, Boston Legal, Charmed, Cold Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Frasier, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, Rizzoli and Isles and Supernatural.

In 2013, she would reunite successful a one-off occurrence with respective 24 co-stars, including Sutherland, for an occurrence of his FOX bid Touch. She besides reteamed with Supernatural showrunner Eric Kripke for a two-episode arc connected his NBC bid Revolution, arsenic Billy Burke’s character’s erstwhile emotion interest.

While Wersching worked mostly successful TV, she did dependable enactment for video games, astir precocious successful Bioware’s 2019 online enactment RPG Anthem. However, she is astir notably known for her dependable enactment successful The Last of Us arsenic Tess, a subsister of the apocalypse and smuggling spouse to the Naughty Dog game’s starring quality Joel Miller.

Born and raised successful St. Louis, Wersching grew up performing successful philharmonic theatre and competitory Irish creation earlier going to Millikin University, wherever she graduated successful 1999 with a BFA successful philharmonic theatre. She resided successful Chicago earlier touring with Anything Goes and A Christmas Carol, yet performing successful salient theaters and festivals, including Chicago’s Victory Gardens, Marriott Lincolnshire and the Utah Shakespearean Festival.

She moved to Los Angeles successful 2001, wherever she continued her tally arsenic a theatre histrion successful the revival of Do I Hear A Waltz? astatine the Pasadena Playhouse earlier landing her archetypal TV quality connected Star Trek: Enterprise.

A GoFundMe has been acceptable up successful her grant to enactment her household and code ceremonial expenses.

Wersching is survived by her husband, Full, and 3 children Freddie, Ozzie, and Archie.