Annie Wersching, who played Renee Walker on 24 and Leslie Dean on Marvel’s Runaways, is dead. She was 45.
A rep for the actress confirmed to that Wersching, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, died in Los Angeles on Sunday.
“There is a huge hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it,” her husband Stephen Full said in a statement via THR. “She found miracles in the simplest of moments. She didn’t need music to dance to. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. “Go find it. It is everywhere.’ And we will find it.
“As I drove our boys, the true loves of their lives, down the winding driveway and road, she yelled BYE! until we were out of earshot and into the world,” he continued. “I can still hear it ringing. bye my buddy ‘I love you little family…’”
Wersching had a recurring role on 24, where she played an FBI special agent opposite Kiefer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer in the seventh and eighth seasons of the show. She also portrayed Julia Brasher – a recurring role on Bosch – who appeared in the first two seasons and in season 7. She portrayed Leslie Dean, mother of half-stranger Karolina, on Marvel’s Runaways, where she appeared for three seasons. Her longest-running role was as Amelia Joffe on General Hospital, where she appeared in 80 episodes.
While she was known for her television roles — which have included guest appearances on shows like Angel, Boston Legal, Charmed, Frasier, and more — she also worked as a video game voice actress. Notably, she originated the role of Tess in the 2013 video game The Last of Us.
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Born and raised in St. Louis, Wersching began her career performing in stage productions before attending Millikin University, where she received a BFA in musical theater. She has also toured in productions of Anything Goes and A Christmas Carol.
Recent roles include recurring roles as the Borg Queen on Star Trek: Picard and portraying Rosalind Dyer on The Rookie.