Annie Wersching

Annie Wersching was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was a teacher and her mother owned a flower shop. She graduated from Crossroads High School in St. Louis. She received a degree in musical theatre from Millikin University in 1999.

Wersching competed in Irish dance as a youth. She danced with the St. Louis Celtic stepdancers for fourteen years. From there she moved to Chicago and worked in several touring companies and theaters. She moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and continued her stage career. She began taking roles in several television shows including Star Trek: Enterprise, Journeyman, Boston Legal, Cold Case, Supernatural, Frasier, Charmed, Killer Instinct among others.

In March 2008, she began work on the soap opera General Hospital as television producer Amelia Joffe. Her most recent and highest profile role is her new role as Agent Renee Walker on the hit television series 24.

On her website she list as special skills burping on cue and face contortionist among other more conventional talents.