Yaya DaCosta and her âChicago medâ co-star
Torrey DeVitto are leaving their longtime roles on the series, with both announcing their departures via Instagram.Â
“It has been such an honor and pure joy to bring Dr. Natalie Manning to life for all of you on
Chicago Med for the past 6 seasons,” DeVitto wrote. “But it is now time for her and me to bow out and say goodbye.”Â
She added, “Thank you to all you loyal watchers who adored her as much as I did. I can’t wait to share what’s to come with all of you. New adventures await!”
Thu May 13, 2021 at 10:05am ET
Dr. Natalie Manning is having a really tough time on Chicago Med. Pic credit: Elizabeth Sisson/NBCUniversal
The new Chicago Med recap comes from Season 6, Episode 14 of the hit show. Called A Red Pill, A Blue Pill, the new episode aired on Wednesday night and featured a number of family stories for the Chicago Med cast.
A lot took place on the last episode of Chicago Med, including Maggie meeting the daughter that she gave up for adoption, Dr. Archer pushing April Sexton into a procedure nurses aren’t allowed to do, and the walls were starting to close in on Natalie after she stole medication from Will’s trial to give to her ailing mother.
Our Kind Of People, is based on the book,
Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class, and has received a straight-to-series order. The show will reportedly take place in “the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.”
Per
Deadline’s official synopsis of the series, “
Our Kind of People follows strong-willed, single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of black women. But she soon discovers a dark secret about her mother’s past that will turn her world upside-down and shake up this community forever.”
DaCosta followed suit shortly after, sharing her own farewell post on social media. Looking back on six amazing seasons as April Sexton, DaCosta paid tribute to the show s cast and crew for their hard work and support over the years. After six amazing seasons of working with some of the most dedicated people in the business, learning wild medical jargon, growing as an actor and as a person. my time as April Sexton on
Chicago Med has come to a close. I am so grateful to Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, show runners Andy Schneider and Diane Frolov, our producers (and stellar directors) Michael Waxman and Michael Pressman, and the entire Wolf Entertainment team for believing in me from the show s very inception, and for giving April wings to explore such dynamic storylines.
Yaya DaCosta on Chicago Med Exit: I m Going to Miss Everyone Dearly TVLine 12/05/2021
Yaya DaCosta is speaking out following the news that she will be leaving
Chicago Med after playing nurse April Sexton since the NBC medical drama’s debut in 2015.
“After six amazing seasons of working with some of the most dedicated people in the business, learning wild medical jargon, growing as an actor and as a person… my time as April Sexton on
Chicago Med has come to a close,” DaCosta wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
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“I am so grateful to Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, showrunners Andy Schneider and Diane Frolov, our producers (and stellar directors) Michael Waxman and Michael Pressman, and the entire Wolf Entertainment team for believing in me from the show’s very inception, and for giving April wings to explore such dynamic storylines,” she continued. “The cast and crew were so good to me and the background actors gave me so much energy and lo