{"id":239404,"date":"2023-10-25T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239404"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T14:31:17","slug":"the-real-reason-blue-bloods-star-sami-gayle-left-as-nicky-reagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/tv-and-movies\/the-real-reason-blue-bloods-star-sami-gayle-left-as-nicky-reagan\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Blue Bloods star Sami Gayle left as Nicky Reagan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue Bloods episode 13 promotional clip<\/h3>\n

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Blue Bloods.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Blue Bloods revolves around the professional and personal lives of the Reagan family, but why did actress Sami Gayle, who is behind Nicky Reagan, leave the show?<\/p>\n

When Blue Bloods first started in 2010, Nicky Reagan was played by youngster Marlene Lawston for just the pilot episode before her character left to pursue her education.<\/p>\n

Actress Sami Gayle, who was a few years older than Lawston, was shortly brought in to take on the role of Nicky.<\/p>\n

She remained a recurring character in the first year with Gayle given the \u201calso starring\u201d credit for the next three.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until season five that Gayle\u2019s Nicky was promoted to join the main cast of Blue Bloods.<\/p>\n

Read more: Tom Selleck nearly unrecognisable in rare public appearance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why did Sami Gayle leave Blue Bloods as Nicky Reagan?<\/h2>\n

After season 10 Gayle became more of a regular again, returning as a guest star but was completely absent from season 13.<\/p>\n

Her character Nicky went off to attend Columbia University which mirrored Gayle\u2019s life as she was also getting her degree at the same university.<\/p>\n

Gayle will be graduating in the next couple of years so it is possible she may make a comeback as Nicky.<\/p>\n

Her character previously expressed her desire to become the first female Reagan police officer which could be a nice way of bringing her back into the fold.<\/p>\n

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The 27-year-old has dipped her toe back into the acting water though as earlier this year, she appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s Bad Cinderella on Broadway.<\/p>\n

She has also previously featured in The Congress, Vampire Academy, Noah and Candy Jar.<\/p>\n

Gayle even had an uncredited role as a performer in Blue Bloods back in 2012 for the song I Don\u2019t Need Anything But You, according to her IMDb page.<\/p>\n

For now though, fans are going to have to wait a little while longer for the entire Reagan family, let alone Nicky.<\/p>\n