Annie Wersching, best known for her recurring role as FBI agent Renee Walker on “24,” died Sunday at the age of 45.
The actor’s death followed a battle with cancer a publicist told the Associated Press. She was diagnosed in 2020 and continued to work, according to a GoFundMe for her husband Stephen Full and three sons Freddie, 12; Ozzie, 9; and Archie, 4.
“She is a private person by nature and the diagnosis made that even more so. He wanted to protect his boys. He wanted to improve himself in order to continue working. And honestly, he didn’t want to talk about it. He wanted to live his life, on his own terms and be with his family,” the fundraiser said. “Annie lived for her family. He loved his job and he loved his friends, but Steve and the boys were absolutely everything.”
Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Wersching’s credits include Star Trek: Enterprise, Bosch, The Vampire Diaries, Runaways, Supernatural, The Rookie and Star Trek: Picard. She also voiced the character Tess in the video game “The Last of Us”.
Neil Druckmann, creator of “The Last of Us,” said Sunday that he had just learned of the death of his “dear friend.”
“We just lost a beautiful artist and human being. My heart is broken. Thoughts are with his loved ones,” she said he posted on Twitter.
Jon Cassar, director and executive producer of “24,” remembered Wersching as “a beautiful soul” and an “incredible talent.”
