In the Eric Kripe-created Timeless, Wersching played Emma Whitmore, the original pilot of the time machine that stood at the center of a sinister corporate espionage scheme whose goal was to rewrite history. She also voiced Tess in the original PlayStation survival horror game The Last of Us. RELATED: How Doctor Who and Timeless showcase forgotten women of historyīest known for her Picard and Timeless roles as well as major parts on Bosch and 24, Wersching also acted in a long and varied list of TV series, including The Vampire Diaries (as Lily Salvatore), Marvel’s Runaways (as Leslie Dean), Extant (as Femi Dodd), and in a recurring stint on General Hospital. Her Picard role as the Borg Queen leader of the Borg Collective’s hive mind bookended a 20-year career that first began with Star Trek: Enterprise in 2002, when Wesrching played the unrelated role of Liana in the Season 1 Enterprise episode “Oasis.” She had continued to work while dealing with the illness, filming recent and ongoing parts in Season 2 of Picard as well as Season 5 of ABC crime dramedy The Rookie.

Wersching died Sunday following an extended cancer ordeal first diagnosed in 2020, reports Deadline. Annie Wersching, the actor who portrayed the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard and had numerous memorable roles in a wide range of popular shows including NBC’s sci-fi series Timeless, has passed away following a lengthy fight with cancer.

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