ART AFICIONADO: Annie Wersching

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Annie Wersching

Acting Appreciation

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 28, 1977, Annie Wersching was an American actress best known for her television roles as an FBI Special Agent in 24, and an LAPD officer in Bosch. But us Trekkers remember her as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard.

Annie attended New City School, a St. Louis primary private school. As explained in an interview for St. Louis Magazine, she participated in a school production of the theatre musical Cats, "My music teacher there, Diane Davenport, very ambitiously put on the show Cats when I was in fourth grade. I always think that's such an ambitious show to do with elementary school kids. That was the first show I did, and I did a bunch of shows growing up."

She graduated from Crossroads College Preparatory School in 1995, and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in musical theatre from Millikin University in Illinois. She then acted in several touring plays and at the Utah Shakespearean Festival.

In 2001, when Annie moved to Los Angeles, she appeared in a revival of the musical Do I Hear a Waltz. Soon after, she made her screen debut in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise (Season 1, Episode 20).

She then appeared as a guest star in shows such as Charmed, Killer Instinct, Supernatural, Boston Legal, and Cold Case. She then had a recurring role on the ABC soap opera General Hospital.

In 2009, Annie landed a main cast role for two seasons in TV series 24. She played the valiant but ill-fated Special Agent Renee Walker. She appeared in over 35 TV series, 2 films, and voiced for two video games throughout her career.

Annie passed away on January 29, 2023. She was diagnosed with an unspecified cancer in 2020.