Annie Wersching, actress of ‘Timeless’ and ‘The Last of Us’ video game, dies

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The actress Annie Wersching, known for television series such as ’24’ or ‘Timeless’died of cancer at age 45, two years after being diagnosed.

The death of the actress was confirmed this Sunday after those close to Wersching shared on social networks an online funding campaign to support his family.

“(Wersching) She was a reserved person by nature and the diagnosis made her even more reserved. She wanted to protect the children from her, she wanted to get better so she could keep working and honestly, she didn’t want to talk about it. He wanted to live his life his way and be with his family.“, the description of the GoFundme page reads.

The executive producer of the series ‘The Vampire Diaries’, Julie Plec -in which Wersching had a role-, shared the campaign on Twitter and mourned the death of the actress: “Rest in peace Annie, you are a wonderful soul,” he wrote.

In a statement collected by local media, actor Stephen Full, Wersching’s husband, expressed his feelings about the loss: “Today there is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family. But she left us the tools to fill it,” she said.

Full also assured that Wersching lHe was taught to look for “adventure” in life and that he would pursue it with his children, “the two true loves of his life”.

Wersching was born in Saint Louis, Missouri (USA) in 1977, She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and began her career on the ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ show.

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The actress’s career was broader in the television field by being part of series such as ‘Runaways’, ‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘Bosch’, ‘General Hospital’, among others.

Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, but that did not stop her from being part of programs like ‘The Rookie’, ‘Star Treck: Picard’ in which she gave life to the Borg queen, or the character of Tess, her voice in the video game ‘The Last of Us’



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