Warning: This article contains major spoilers for The Last of Us' April 20 episode “Through the Valley.”

Kaitlyn Dever's role on The Last of Us hit a little too close to home.

The actress recently shared that her mother Kathy died from breast cancer weeks before she started filming the HBO series' second season. And adding even more emotional weight to her plate was the fact that her character Abby Anderson was also grieving the loss of a parent.