What Happened To Anna Turner? Chicago Fire's Saddest Tragedy Explained

Fans everywhere know that no one's safe when they hang out with the folks at Firehouse 51. Not at first, but Mary tells her in my first episode. By the season finale, Nicole makes a big decision about her sister’s business. He’s so down-to-earth and lovely and normal, and he plays the role so well.

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He was also Kelly Severide's semi-estranged father and close friends with Chief Boden. Chicago Fire fans met Danny in Season 4, Episode 1 ("Let It Burn") after he visited Jimmy to tease him about his firefighter candidacy and his choice of Firehouse 51. Boden Sr.'s death was cataclysmic for Firehouse 51's typically fearless commander, who faced first-time fatherhood suddenly fatherless. She was among the crew of Firehouse 51 emergency personnel responding to a huge apartment fire in Season 2, Episode 22 ("Real Never Waits"). The episode ended on a cliff-hanger as Chief Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker) watched in horror as an explosion went off and the roof collapsed with Firehouse 51 still inside. In the Season 3 premiere ("Always"), Chicago Fire fans were heartbroken to learn that roof collapse caused a beam to fall and strike Shay in the head, killing her instantly.

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To stem the backdraft and protect the squad from the explosion, Otis slammed a steel door shut, facing the inferno on his own. Despite being rushed to the hospital, Otis didn't survive the extensive injuries he suffered from the rescue. In the Season 7 finale ("I'm Not Leaving You"), the crew responded to a fire at Arnow Mattress, but the episode ended on a cliffhanger when a pressure valve exploded. Then, in Season 8, Episode 1 ("Sacred Ground"), viewers learned that a boiler had exploded and sparked a fiery backdraft. However, Benny died in Season 7, Episode 6 ("All The Proof") after suffering from a stroke.

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I know the showrunner which can also kind of be awkward You audition for the part, and she’s like, “You’re not right for it,” and I am like “No! I think that [film] is sort of a reference for Nicole and Mary, they are very different, but the audience is not really sure whether or not if Nicole had a hand in…maybe murdering her mother? I heard this quote from the Coen brothers, it just makes complete sense for actors — the only real power the actor has is to say ‘no’.

Charlotte Sullivan: Anna Turner

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In a 20th anniversary oral history of "Harriet the Spy," Sullivan told Uproxx that the role of Marion led to her being typecast for decades. "Playing that troll is always fun," she said, "but it slightly concerned me because [it's] all I play, still. [Laughs.] I'm like, "What is it that they see in me that's so terrible? '" Sullivan wasn't too regretful to have played Marion, ultimately calling the role "delicious." Sadly, her cancer returned — but Severide stuck with Anna during her last days at the hospital. She died in Season 5, Episode 20 ("Carry Me").

I kind of harness that because Marilyn didn’t have any either. I knew going into it I would be eviscerated because there are so many people obsessed with her [Marilyn], in love with her, and I can’t live up to that. That year proved to be a busy one for Sullivan.

Notably, she is one of a small group of actors to have been considered and cast as the iconic Marilyn Monroe, who she played in 2011 series The Kennedys. Although a Toronto-native and currently traveling back and forth from Montreal to Chicago, Sullivan likes to call Los Angeles her home, where she lives with her husband, fellow Canadian actor/director Peter Stebbings. One of her inner circle of confidantes is her own sister, played by Toronto-born actor Charlotte Sullivan.

What Happened To Anna Turner? Chicago Fire's Saddest Tragedy Explained

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Their unlikely meet-cute sparks a 10-episode romance between Turner and Severide that ends with her succumbing to her illness. Sullivan's resume, however, extends far beyond the Windy City limits. If you have a soft spot for Canadian television or had the pleasure of growing up in the '90s, here's why you might recognize Sullivan. Anna is a leukemia patient who meets Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) after he donates bone marrow to her. Kelly is screened as a favor to his doctor friend Jeff Clarke (Jeff Hephner) but ends up having to put off the transplant after a work injury. After the surgery, Anna’s health improves somewhat.

In “Carry Me,” Episode 20, Anna’s deteriorating health worsens. She dies, and Kelly barely makes it in time to say goodbye, providing the show with one of Kelly’s most heartbreaking moments on the show. It was a marked contrast to many of the show’s other deaths, which often occurred suddenly and unexpectedly, but was no less sad for its inevitability. He seeks her out and learns that her leukemia has become terminal — she'd tried to leave him before the disease devastated her. In "Carry Me," Episode 20, Anna's deteriorating health worsens. She dies, and Kelly barely makes it in time to say goodbye, providing the show with one of Kelly's most heartbreaking moments on the show.

And that is the time everyone wants to come and meet your baby and I didn’t want to see anybody. Everyone was expecting me to bounce back into shape, and I just felt horrible. I didn’t want to be in front of the camera. I just…there’s such a magnetism for the pilot episode.