Kristen Bell has said she is ''happy to relinquish'' her voice role as mixed-race teenager Molly in Central Park.
The 39-year-old actress has said taking on the character in the Apple TV+ animated series showed "a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege".
Taking to Instagram, Bell, who will still work on the show but in a different role, said she wants the part to go to "someone who can give a much more accurate portrayal."
''This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity. Here is one of mine," she wrote.
''Playing the character of Molly on Central Park shows a lack of awareness of my pervasive privilege.
"Casting a mixed race character with a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race and Black American experience.
"It was wrong and we, on the Central Park team, are pledging to make it right."
''I am happy to relinquish this role to someone who can give a much more accurate portrayal and I will commit to learning, growing and doing my part for equality and inclusion.''
A full statement from the show's creators, posted as a photo in Bell’s social media posts, reads:
"We profoundly regret that we might have contributed to anyone's feeling of exclusion or erasure," they said.
"Black people and people of colour have worked and will continue to work on Central Park but we can do better.
"We're committed to creating opportunities for people of colour and Black people in all roles, on all our projects – behind the mic, in the writers room, in production, and in post-production."
