Ashley Madekwe leaving Revenge

British actress Ashley Madekwe, who played Ashley Davenport on the ABC primetime soap, is exiting the series after two seasons.The actress will make her final appearance in the first episode of Season 3. The 31-year-old actress’ option was reportedly not picked up due to storyline reasons.

Revenge seems to be paring down the sometimes overwhelming soap. Prior to Madekwe, the show had already cut two main characters, Declan Porter (Connor Paolo ) and Amanda Clarke (Margarita Levieva ). Revenge also will be with a new showrunner in Season 3, with Sunil Nayar recently replacing creator Mike Kelley.

Ashley confirmed the news on Twitter:

Yes it's true I'm leaving Revenge. I've LOVED playing Ashley Davenport but after 2 seasons there is no longer a story left for me to tell...

— Ashley Madekwe (@smashleybell) 31 mei 2013