Archie Panjabi Will Leave “The Good Wife” After This Season
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Photo: Jeffrey Neira/CBS(NEW YORK) — Archie Panjabi is leaving The Good Wife at the end of this season, ABC News has confirmed.
The actress, who has played Kalinda Sharma on the CBS drama since 2009, has inked a deal with 20th Century TV that will begin when her current contract with CBS expires at the end of this season.
The plan is for Panjabi to headline a drama pilot for 20th Century TV this spring.
“Archie is an Emmy Award winning dramatic actress, and rightly so. Her work on The Good Wife has been extraordinary, and the time has come for her to star in a project of her own,” Fox’s executive vice president of casting, Sharon Klein, told ABC News in a statement. “We couldn’t be happier that it will be with us.”
This is the second big loss for the The Good Wife, which also dealt with the the departure of Josh Charles earlier this year. However, showrunners Robert and Michelle King said in a statement that “we still have her for the rest of season six, so let’s not exhaust our goodbyes yet.”
“Archie is an amazing actress who helped build Kalinda from the ground up as an enigmatic, powerful, and sexy character. It’s been a pleasure to write for her, and we’ll be sad to see her go,” they said. “We look forward to meeting all the wonderful new characters Archie brings to the screen. But either way, we’re keeping the boots.”
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