Why is Megan Boone leaving the NBC series The Blacklist?
MEGAN Boone is an actress who stars as FBI agent Elizabeth Keen on NBC's The Blacklist. Boone will make her final appearance as a regular cast member in the season eight finale on June 23, 2021. The Blacklist features James Spader as Raymond Reddington, a criminal mastermind who suddenly starts cooperating with authorities, and Boone as an FBI agent. According to the show's description, Boone's character "must decide how far she is willing to go to find out why Reddington has entered her life and what his endgame really is." "The fallout between Reddington and Keen will have devastating consequences for all that lie in their wake, including the Task Force they helped to create." Both are original cast members of The Blacklist, which launched in 2013, but Boone will not return for season nine. 2 Megan Boone attends CNN Heroes 2016 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City Credit: Getty  Her departure from the show was a mutual decision, according to Deadline. "Season 8 has completed Lizs transformation from a wide-eyed rookie FBI agent to a criminal on the run who has embraced her dark side," Deadline's Nellie Andreeva writes. Fans should get some long-awaited answers before she leaves the show, including why Spader's character entered her life, according to Deadline. Boone has also starred in several independent films, including Stephen Elliott's About Cherry. Reporter and wife of actress Lisa Banes heartbreaking Lisa Banes' wife Kathryn shares emotional post after the actress, 65, died DRESS TO IMPRESS She was Chrissy Teigen's old stylist kendall's nightmare Kendall targeted by another stalker as man jumps wall of LA mansion 'WIPED OUT' Cops hunting scooter rider who hit Gone Girl star as she dies from injuries Latest 'SENSELESS TRAGEDY' Gone Girl star Lisa Banes, 65, dies after scooter crash in NYC  She also appeared in Adele Romanski's drama Leave Me Like You Found Me, winning the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Gen Art Film Festival. The actress will be seen in the Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad, which is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Colson Whitehead. The Blacklist airs on Wednesday nights at 10 pm on NBC.