Annie Wersching: voice actress of The Last of Us dies

fans of The Last of Us mourn one of their icons. She died in fact at the age of 45 the actress Annie Werschingafter she was diagnosed with cancer in 2020. Born on March 28, 1977 in Saint Louis, she made her debut with a cameo in Star Trek: Enterprisea saga to which she had also recently returned, given that one of her last roles was that of the Borg queen in the revival Star Trek: Picard. In the meantime he had participated in numerous serial projects, including Witches, Supernatural, Cold Case, General Hospital; in particular he had achieved great fame for having played the FBI agent Renee Walker in the sixth and seventh seasons of 24and again for its parts in Borsch, the Vampire Diaries, Timeless, Marvel’s Runaways And The Rookie.

many, however, they remember her precisely also for having given his voice to the first one video game of The Last of Us: there he played – even lending his physicality through motion capture – Thess, the smuggling companion of the protagonist Joel, who now has the face of Anna Torv in the successful Hbo adaptation; more recently Wersching had also given her voice to Bioware’s online role-playing game Anthem. “I will miss my goofy friend who helped bring Tess to life”, he wrote on Twitter Neil Druckmanncreator of the video game of The Last Of Us: “Annie, you left us too soon. You will forever be a part of the TLoU family and Naughty Dog!“. Also Kiefer Sutherlandhis colleague in 24he remembers her fondly: “The world has lost a light today. Annie Wersching was one of the greatest actresses she has had the pleasure of working with, and was also a friend of hers. About her. My heart breaks for her young family”.

Many, in remembering it, are also promoting a campaign GoFundMe in support of her husband, the comedian Stephen Fulland their three children: Freddie, Ozzie and Archie. “There is a hole the size of a cave in the soul of our family today. But you left us the tools to fill it”, wrote Full in an official statement: “She found wonder in the simplest moments, she danced even without music, she taught us to seek adventure without waiting. ‘Go find it, it’s everywhere,’ she said. And so we will”.