Sex Education star Tanya Reynolds has revealed that she will not be returning for the show's upcoming fourth season.
The news comes a week after co-star Patricia Allison, who played Ola, the love interest of Reynolds's Lily, confirmed her own exit due to other work commitments.
"I'm not [returning], actually, which is sad, very sad," Reynolds, who has been on the show since the start, told the Radio Times.
"It's just the natural progression of these shows – when you have such big ensemble casts and so many characters, I think you have to let a few older characters go to make way for newer ones, which is absolutely the right thing, the way it should happen."
She added: "I loved every minute of it and I loved Lily with my whole entire heart. Three seasons was just a really perfect amount for me."
Filming of the new season is expected to begin later this summer ahead of a release on Netflix in early 2023.
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