Actress Annie Wersching has died following a secret battle with cancer. She was 45.
The Hollywood star – best known for her roles in the TV series 24, Bosch, Timeless, Star Trek: Picard, and, most recently, The Rookie – passed away over the weekend, her husband confirmed in a heartbreaking statement via Deadline.
“There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it,” wrote her actor Stephen Full, who is the father of her two young sons: Ozzie, 12, and Archie, four. “She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall.”
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“As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell BYE! until we were out of earshot and into the world. I can still hear it ringing. Bye my Buddie. ‘I love you little family…'”
According to an online crowd-funding page set up to support her young family, the actress was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 before filming began on Star Trek: Picard, but she chose to keep her diagnosis private. She was also filming The Rookie while undergoing treatment.
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“She wanted to live her life, on her terms, and be with her family,” reads a note included on the fundraising page. “She loved her work and cherished her friends, but Steve and the boys were her absolute everything.”
Jon Cassar – the director and producer of 24, in which Wersching played FBI agent Renee Walker – also paid tribute. “My heart is broken in more pieces than I can count,” Cassar also said in a statement via Deadline.
“Annie came into my world with an open heart and a contagious smile. Brandishing such talent, she took my breath away. Annie became more than a workmate, she became a real friend to me, my family and every cast and crew member that worked with her,” he wrote.
“She’ll be truly missed by them and the fans she always found time to interact with. Annie you’ll be missed, you left your mark, and we’re all the better for it.”
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