Annie Wersching was an American actress who played the role of Lily Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries.
Biography
Wersching was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and she attended high school at Crossroads College Preparatory School in the Central West End of St. Louis. During her youth, she competed in Irish dance and belonged to the St. Louis Celtic Stepdancers. She has a degree in musical theatre from Millikin University.
Wersching married actor and comedian Stephen Full at their Los Angeles home in September 2009. Wersching gave birth to their son, Freddie Wersching Full, on August 8, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. It was reported on February 28, 2013 that Wersching was expecting a second child. She gave birth to a second son, Ozzie Wersching Full, on August 4, 2013. It was reported on June 26, 2018 that Wersching was expecting a third child. On November 25, 2018, Wersching gave birth to their third son, Archie Wersching Full in Los Angeles, California.
In 2020, she was diagnosed with cancer. Details surrounding the type of cancer she had are unknown, and several sources cite that Annie chose to keep her battle private and separate from her career. Her publicist confirmed that she died of cancer in January 29, 2023.[1]
Career
Wersching began her acting career with a guest appearance on the show Star Trek: Enterprise, and moved on to guest starring roles on such shows as Charmed, Killer Instinct, Supernatural and Cold Case. From March to November 2007, she played the recurring role of Amelia Joffe on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. She has also worked in theaters such as Victory Gardens, Marriot Lincolnshire, and the Utah Shakespearean Festival.
Wersching played FBI Special Agent Renee Walker in Seasons 7 and 8 of 24.
After her two season stint in 24, Wersching guest starred on various shows, including CSI, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles, Hawaii Five-0, Body of Proof, Dallas, Revolution, Castle, Blue Bloods and Touch (which stars her 24 co-star Kiefer Sutherland). She was a series regular in the Amazon Prime crime show Bosch.
Wersching played catcher for the National League in the 2009 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game.
On December 12, 2012, she was revealed to be involved in the PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us, where Wersching would be the voice and mo-cap actor of the character Tess. Her character was teased on Geoff Keighley's Twitter account before finally revealing her in the story trailer shown on Spike Video Game Awards on December 7, 2012.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Star Trek: Picard | TV Series | Borg Queen |
| 2019-2023 | The Rookie | TV Series | Rosalind Dyer |
| 2019 | Anthem | Video Game | Tassyn (voice) |
| 2018 | Runaways | TV Series | Leslie Dean |
| 2017 | The Other Mother | Jackie | |
| 2017 | Timeless | TV Series | Emma Whitmore |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | TV Series | FBI Special Agent Liz Soto |
| 2016 | The Catch | TV Series | Karen Singh |
| 2014-2016 | Bosch | TV Series | Julia Brasher |
| 2015-2016 | The Vampire Diaries | TV Series | Lily Salvatore |
| 2016 | Code Black | TV Series | Katie |
| 2013-2015 | Castle | TV Series | Dr. Kelly Nieman |
| 2014 | Extant | TV Series | Femi Dodd |
| 2014 | Blue Bloods | TV Series | Joyce Carpenter |
| 2014 | Intelligence | TV Series | Kate Anderson |
| 2013 | The Last of Us | Video Game | Tess (voice) |
| 2013 | Revolution | TV Series | Emma |
| 2013 | Touch | TV Series | Dr. Kate Gordon |
| 2013 | Dallas | TV Series | Alison Jones |
| 2013 | Body of Proof | TV Series | Yvonne Kurtz |
| 2013 | The Surrogate | TV Movie | Allison Kelly |
| 2012 | Harry's Law | TV Series | Patricia Stanhope |
| 2012 | Blue-Eyed Butcher | TV Movie | Allie |
| 2011 | Partners | TV Movie | Jesse-Lynn Mancini |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | TV Series | Samantha Martell |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | TV Series | Nicole Mateo |
| 2011 | No Ordinary Family | TV Series | Michelle Cotten |
| 2010 | NCIS | TV Series | Deputy DA Gail Walsh |
| 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | TV Series | Dr. Priscilla Prescott |
| 2010 | Below the Beltway | Darcy | |
| 2009-2010 | 24 | TV Series | Renee Walker |
| 2007 | Journeyman | TV Series | Diana Bloom |
| 2007 | General Hospital | TV Series | Amelia Joffe |
| 2007 | Supernatural | TV Series | Susan Thompson |
| 2007 | Company Man | TV Movie | Kate Fisher |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | TV Series | Ellen Tanner |
| 2006 | Cold Case | TV Series | Libby Bradley (1979) |
| 2006 | The Showdown | Short | The Batter's Wife |
| 2005 | E-Ring | TV Series | Lieutenant |
| 2005 | Killer Instinct | TV Series | Cecilia Johnson |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | TV Series | Conner |
| 2004 | Charmed | TV Series | Demonatrix Two |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | Woman at Party | |
| 2003 | Angel | TV Series | Margaret |
| 2003 | Frasier | TV Series | Esthetician |
| 2002 | Birds of Prey | TV Series | Lynne Emerson |
| 2002 | Star Trek: Enterprise | TV Series | Liana |
Appearances
Trivia
- Graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre in 1999 from Millikin University.
- Her mother owns a flower shop.
- Spent her youth competing in Irish Dancing.