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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Claire Danes is leaving 'Homeland'

    The 39-year-old actress has confirmed she will be leaving the CIA drama - in which she plays A: bipolar disorder-stricken investigator Carrie Mathison - at the end of the eighth season, following speculation about the future of the programme


    Asked about rumours the next season will be the last, Claire - who can currently be seen on screen in season seven - told Sirius XM DJ Howard Stern: "Yeah, that's it."

    Claire - who confirmed during the interview she is expecting her second child with husband Hugh Dancy, a sibling for six-year-old son Cyrus - admitted she is feeling "really conflicted" about her departure, though she's "ready" for it.

    She said: "I mean, I'll be ready. She's a lot, this Carrie-freakin' Mathison character.

    "It's a workout, so I'll be ready for a reprieve from that."

    Showtime had already renewed the programme for its seventh and eighth seasons ahead of the sixth season premiere, but sources told the Hollywood Reporter there is a possibility it will keep going with a new cast beyond then.

    In February, showrunner Alex Gansa admitted season eighth would likely be his last.

    He confirmed: "It will be my final year and it will be designed to be the end of an eight-season story."

    However, he insisted that didn't have to mean the end for the show.

    He said: "It's definitely going to be my last year.

    "I can't speak for Claire or [co-star] Mandy [Patinkin], but it will be my final year and it will be designed to be the end of an eight-season story.

    "If Showtime, Fox, Claire and Mandy want to take the show further, that's their decision, and we would leave some room for that to happen -- if there's an appetite."

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