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“Chicago P.D.” is shedding one other member of Intelligence. Tracy Spiridakos, who portrays Hailey Upton, shall be leaving after Season 11, a number of sources verify to Selection.
It’s unknown what number of episodes she’s going to seem in within the upcoming season.
Spiridakos joined the NBC procedural in Season 4, first as a recurring character. She was as much as a collection common in Season 5 and has appeared in 127 episodes. Her character has additionally appeared within the spinoffs, “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fireplace” and “FBI.”
The exit comes one season after Jesse Lee Soffer, who portrayed Upton’s husband, Jay Halstead, selected to go away the collection after 10 years. Season 10 featured Jay leaving for an Military activity in Bolivia and selecting to repeatedly lengthen his journey, deciding to not come again to his spouse.
There’s an opportunity that Soffer may come again for a cameo earlier than Spiridakos leaves, as he advised Selection final February that the door is “undoubtedly not” closed.
“By no means say by no means. I really feel so dangerous for the followers which are like, ‘Is he going to come back again?’ ‘What’s he going to do?’ ‘What’s happening with him and Hailey?” he mentioned on the time. “I wish to suppose — and I hope the followers suppose this too — that he’s simply out of the country proper now, doing what he does greatest and making the world a safer place. In a household, typically anyone strikes away or goes to school some place else. I nonetheless find it irresistible. I nonetheless love the followers. And I nonetheless love Halstead. Halstead’s at all times going to be in my blood. That’s by no means going to alter.”
Season 10 of “Chicago P.D.” ended with Adam Ruzek’s (Patrick Flueger) life on the road; he was been shot and rushed to the hospital after shedding loads of blood. Season 11 doesn’t but have a premiere date because it has been delayed by the strikes. The SAG strike continues to be ongoing, however the writers have been capable of return to work earlier this month. Gwen Sigan is ready to return as showrunner.
“Chicago P.D.” is produced by Wolf Leisure and Common Tv.