Chicago Med will return for season 11 on October 1, but things will look different inside Gaffney Medical Center, as Marlyne Barrett, one of the show's three remaining original stars, will be stepping back. The actress has played ER nurse Maggie Lockwood since the show’s 2015 launch, bu t HELLO! can confirm that she has decided to take a temporary leave from the NBC series for personal reasons and will not appear in season 11. It is believed that show bosses hope she will return to the series at a later date.

Marlyne is joined by S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon Goodwin) and Oliver Platt (Dr Daniel Charles), as the only three actors still on the show after 10 years. S. Epatha and Oliver are both returning to the series after their options for the 2025-26 season were picked up.

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