Annie Wersching: The Last of Us video game and 24 actress, dies at 45 - BBC

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Annie Wersching has been described arsenic "a peculiar idiosyncratic and existent talent"

By Helen Bushby

Entertainment and arts reporter

Actress Annie Wersching, who voiced the quality Tess successful the 2013 video crippled The Last of Us and was successful 37 episodes of TV play 24, has died aged 45.

"You near america mode excessively soon," said The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann, confirming the quality connected Twitter.

24 prima Kiefer Sutherland called her "a beauteous person" and "my friend", and said "my bosom breaks" for her family.

The actress, who besides played the Borg Queen successful Star Trek: Picard, was diagnosed with crab successful 2020.

The satellite mislaid a airy contiguous @Wersching was 1 of the top actors I’ve ever had the pleasance of moving with, and my friend. My bosom breaks for her young family. May she beryllium remembered for the beauteous idiosyncratic that she was.

— Kiefer Sutherland (@RealKiefer) January 30, 2023

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Wersching, who was calved successful Missouri, began her vocation successful 2002 with an quality successful an occurrence of Star Trek: Enterprise, playing Liana.

She besides appeared successful TV shows including Frasier, Charmed, General Hospital, The Vampire Diaries and The Rookie.

Alexi Hawley, showrunner for The Rookie, shared a fundraising leafage for the actress's family, saying: "Such bittersweet news. Annie was portion of The Rookie family. A peculiar idiosyncratic and existent endowment who brought joyousness to our acceptable and elevated each country she was in."

Julie Plec, The Vampire Diaries' showrunner, added: "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."

Actor Michael Chiklis, who starred successful The Shield and 2 Fantastic Four films, added: So bittersweet to perceive that Annie Wersching has died. Too young. Cancer is simply a heartless, murderous thief."

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

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