Annie Wersching (March 28, 1977 – January 29, 2023) was an American actress. She was best known for her television roles as Renee Walker in 24, Julia Brasher in Bosch, and Emma Whitmore in Timeless, 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. She attended Crossroads College Preparatory School in St. Louis, graduating in 1995. During her youth, she competed in Irish dance and belonged to the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers step dancing group. She received a BFA in musical theatre from Millikin University, from which she graduated in 1999.
Wersching began her acting career with a guest appearance on the show “Star Trek: Enterprise,” and she would go on to have recurring roles in the seventh and eighth seasons of “24,” “Bosch,” “The Vampire Diaries,” Marvel’s “Runaways,” “The Rookie” and, most recently, the second season of “Star Trek: Picard” as the Borg Queen.
She also provided the voice and motion capture performance for Tess for the popular video game “The Last of Us.”
Wersching was diagnosed with an unspecified cancer in the summer (June-July) of 2020, though she kept it private and continued to act afterward. She died in Los Angeles on January 29, 2023, at the age of 45.
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Woman at Party |
| 2010 | Below the Beltway | Darcy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Liana | Episode: “Oasis” |
| 2002 | Birds of Prey | Lynne Emerson | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Frasier | Esthetician | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Angel | Margaret | Episode: “Shiny Happy People” |
| 2004 | Charmed | Demonatrix Two | Episode: “A Wrong Day’s Journey Into Right” |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | Conner | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Killer Instinct | Cecilia Johnson | 1 episode |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Lieutenant | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Libby Bradley (1979) | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | Ellen Tanner | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Supernatural | Susan Thompson | 1 episode |
| 2007 | General Hospital | Amelia Joffe | Recurring role |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Diana Bloom | 1 episode |
| 2009–2010 | 24 | Renee Walker | Main cast (seasons 7–8) |
| 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Priscilla Prescott | 1 episode |
| 2010 | NCIS | Gail Walsh | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Partners | Jesse-Lynn Mancini | Television film |
| 2011 | No Ordinary Family | Michelle Cotton | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Nicole Mateo | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Samantha Martell | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Harry’s Law | Patricia Stanhope | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Blue-Eyed Butcher | Allie | Television film |
| 2013 | The Surrogate | Allison Kelly | Television film |
| 2013 | Body of Proof | Yvonne Kurtz | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Dallas | Alison Jones | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Touch | Kate Gordon | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Revolution | Emma | 2 episodes |
| 2013; 2015 |
Castle | Kelly Nieman | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Intelligence | Kate Anderson | 1 episode |
| 2014–2021 | Bosch | Julia Brasher | Main cast (season 1); guest star (seasons 2 & 7) |
| 2014 | Blue Bloods | Joyce Carpenter | Episode: “Insult to Injury” |
| 2014 | Extant | Femi Dodd | Recurring role |
| 2015–2016 | The Vampire Diaries | Lily Salvatore | Recurring role |
| 2016 | Code Black | Katie Miller | 1 episode |
| 2016 | The Catch | Karen Singh | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | Liz Soto | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Other Mother | Jackie McClain | Television film |
| 2017–2018 | Timeless | Emma Whitmore | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Doubt | Bonnie Harris | 1 episode |
| 2017–2019 | Runaways | Leslie Dean | Main cast |
| 2018 | Hell’s Kitchen | Herself (guest diner) | 1 episode |
| 2019–2022 | The Rookie | Rosalind Dyer | Recurring role (seasons 2–3, 5) |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Picard | Borg Queen | Recurring role (season 2) |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Last of Us | Tess | Voice and performance capture |
| 2019 | Anthem | Tassyn | Voice and performance capture |