Star Trek and 24-year-old actress Annie Wersching dies aged 45

Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in series 24 and voicing Tess in the video game The Last Of Us, has died aged 45.

ersching died Sunday morning in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer, her journalist told The Associated Press.

Neil Druckmann, creator of The Last of Us, wrote on Twitter: “We just lost an artist and a beautiful person. My heart is broken. The thoughts are with her loved ones.

Abigail Spencer, who appeared with Wersching in the sci-fi series Timeless, tweeted: “We love you Annie Wersching. You will be deeply missed.

Born and raised in St Louis, Missouri, Wersching has appeared on dozens of television shows during his two-decade career.

Her first credit was in Star Trek: Enterprise and she also had roles in the seventh and eighth seasons of 24, Bosch, The Vampire Diaries, Runaways, The Rookie and most recently the second season of the series. Star Trek: Picard as Queen Borg.

She also provided voice and motion capture performance for Tess for the popular video game The Last of Us.

Wersching is said to have cancer in 2020 but continues to work. She lives with her husband, actor Stephen Full, and three sons.