Why Katherine Renee Kane LeftFBIAfter 4 Seasons

Mar. 15, 2025

Katherine Renee Kane on ‘FBI’.Photo:Bennett Raglin/CBS

Bennett Raglin/CBS

Katherine Renee Kanehas bid farewell toFBI.

Amid several casting shakeups on the show and its two other franchises,FBI: InternationalandFBI: Most Wanted,the actress, 32, confirmed she was exiting the CBS procedural drama after four seasons as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace.

“It was time to look towards new creative endeavors," she toldDeadlinein August. “I’m excited for the future and wish the show all the best.”

Katherine Renee Kane as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace on “FBI” Season 7 Episode 1.Bennett Raglin/CBS

In the season 7 premiere episode titled “Abandoned,” fans learned that Tiffany had handed in her resignation and explained that the Hakim case had taken a huge toll on her mental health.

When her FBI partner Stuart Scola (John Boyd) insisted she needed to take some “time off” but her departure didn’t have to be “permanent,” Tiffany replied, “Scola. Have you ever talked me out of anything? Ever? Once? Ever?”

“Sorry, but there’s nothing more dangerous than having a partner who didn’t want to be in the field anymore, but stuck around anyway,” she explained.

The episode concluded with Special Agent Maggie Bell suggesting she and Tiffany get drinks. When Tiffany revealed that she was moving to Georgia for her sister, Maggie asked why she was deciding to leave the FBI.

“It wasn’t any one thing," she said. “I just wanted closure. I thought I’d get that after Hakim was gone; I didn’t.”

‘FBI’ Confirms Kane’s Departure Was Her Choice

(L) Katherine Renee Kane and John Boyd on ‘FBI’.Bennett Raglin/CBS

In a conversation withCinemablendahead of the season 7 premiere, Boyd opened up about Kane’s departure and what it meant for his character, Scola.

Adding how the shift will become a “pretty big change for him,” he said fans could expect to see him “figuring out who he is” and who is “right” and “wrong” for him as a partner.

FBIshowrunner Mike Weiss also told the outlet that Kane was not written out of the series and her departure was a choice she made on her own.

Who Replaces Kane?

Lisette Olivera.Trae Patton/NBCUniversal via Getty

Trae Patton/NBCUniversal via Getty

The timing of Kane’s exit coincided with the casting ofLisette Olivera, who is best known for her role as Jess on the Disney+ seriesNational Treasure: Edge of History.

Deadline reported that Olivera joined as a series regular as Syd, behavioral analysis unit agent, and will take over the role Kane’s character Tiffany vacates, as a partner to Scola.

Who Else Has Left ‘FBI’?

Kane isn’t the only cast member who has left the franchise.

Luke Kleintank, who played Special Agent Scott Forrester onFBI: International, exited the series in May after three seasons, leading to two new faces joining the ranks of the elite FBI squad, the International Fly Team.

Chicago MedalumColin Donnell starred in the final two episodes ofFBI: International’s third season, PEOPLE exclusively revealed in April. After his two episodes aired, Donnell, 41, thanked the show’s “entire cast and crew for welcoming [him] so graciously” on set.

“They are a massively hardworking team from top to bottom and I feel lucky to have spent time with them ❤️,” he wrote onInstagram.

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FBI,FBI: InternationalandFBI: Most Wantedair Tuesdays beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.

source: people.com