Actress Lisa Edelstein will not be reprising her role as Dr Lisa Cuddy in the eighth – and likely last – season of the medical drama 'House'.
Deadline.com reports that in a statement, she said: "After much consideration, I am moving onward with a combination of disappointment at leaving behind a character I have loved playing for seven years and excitement of the new opportunities in acting and producing that lie ahead."
Edelstein was one of three stars of the show whose contracts expired at the end of the seventh season.
The other two, Robert Sean Leonard (Dr James Wilson) and Omar Epps (Dr Eric Foreman), agreed new deals.
Deadline.com says that while Edelstein, like Epps, had been asked to take a reduction in her most recent salary of $175,000 an episode, "she is walking away from more than $2 million".
