Annie Wersching is lifeless at age 45. The Vampire Diaries alum had been privately battling most cancers since 2020.

Her husband, Stephen Full, shared a press release after his spouse’s dying. “There’s a cavernous gap within the soul of this household as we speak. However she left us the instruments to fill it. She discovered marvel within the easiest second. She didn’t require music to bounce. She taught us to not watch for journey to search out you. ‘Go discover it. It’s in every single place.’ And discover it we will,” he mentioned through Deadline. “As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and avenue, she would yell BYE! till we had been out of earshot and into the world. I can nonetheless hear it ringing. Bye my Buddie. ‘I like you little household.’”

Actress Ever Carradine was among the many first to pay tribute her former Marvel’s Runaways costar. “We misplaced a ray of sunshine this morning,” Carradine, 48, wrote through Instagram on Sunday, January 29. “I ❤️ you @anniewersching and hope you’re dancing along with your beloved mama whereas watching over your candy boys. I’m so fortunate to have been your buddy.”

The Handmaid’s Tale star additionally started a GoFundMe campaign for Wersching’s husband Steve and three sons: Freddie, 12, Ozzie, 9, and Archie, 4.

Within the description, Carradine revealed that the late Missouri native saved her medical prognosis quiet. “Annie was identified with most cancers Summer time of 2020,” she defined. “She’s a non-public particular person by nature, and the prognosis made her much more so. She needed to guard her boys. She needed to get higher so she may proceed working. And truthfully, she simply didn’t actually wish to discuss it. She needed to stay her life, on her phrases, and be along with her household.”

The fund was arrange with a aim of $200,000 to assist the household with medical payments, funeral bills and extra. “Everybody cherished Annie. Everybody. However nonetheless a lot we cherished her, she cherished her boys extra. Let’s assist deal with them for her. ❤️,” Carradine wrote.

Inside only a few hours, the marketing campaign collected over $45,000 from donors. Actors Jonathan Frakes, Lea Thompson and Jeri Ryan had been among the many first to donate alongside Supernatural creator Eric Kripke and The Final of Us co-creator Craig Mazin.

“Heartbreaking. Annie was so sort, sensible, energetic,” Kripke famous through Twitter on Sunday. “She was my secret weapon, I forged her in each present I made, was in search of her half in #TheBoys. I’ll at all times remorse not working along with her another time. Like to her household, assist when you can.”

Kripke forged her on Supernatural, The Boys, Timeless and Revolution. Timeless alum Abigail Spencer additionally mourned her former costar. “We love you #AnnieWersching. You can be deeply missed. 💔,” the actress tweeted on Sunday. “Please #Timeless group donate no matter you possibly can to assist Annie’s husband Steve & their boys as they transition via this very painful time.”

TV followers will acknowledge Wersching from quite a few different hit TV exhibits. She starred on Basic Hospital as Amelia Joffe in 2007 and appeared on seasons 7 and eight of the drama 24 as Renee Walker. Within the sixth and seventh seasons of The Vampire Diaries, she performed Lily Salvatore, the long-lost mom of Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder).

“So unhappy to listen to this,” Vampire Diaries govt producer Julie Plec shared through Twitter on Sunday. “I grew to become a fan from 24 and was fortunate to have the ability to have Annie play mama to 2 of the most well liked vamps on the town. This go fund me is for her household. RIP Annie, you great soul.”

After her go to to Mystic Falls, she performed cult chief Leslie for 3 seasons of Marvel’s Runaways and stirred up drama on The Rookie as serial killer Rosalind Dyer from 2019 to 2022.

The Rookie present runner Alexi Hawley mourned Wersching’s dying through Twitter, writing: “Such unhappy information. Annie was a part of The Rookie household. A particular particular person and true expertise who introduced pleasure to our set and elevated each scene she was in. Please donate in case you are ready.”

Wersching began her profession on display screen with a gig on Star Trek: Enterprise in 2002. Her 2022 arc because the Borg Queen on Star Trek Picard was amongst her closing roles earlier than her dying.