Jessica Raine quits Call The Midwife

Jessica Raine is walking away from hit period drama Call The Midwife to pursue a career in Hollywood, according to a U.K. report.

The British actress has filmed her final scenes for the show and will not return for the fourth series, according to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper.

Raine, 31, is said to have spent a month in Los Angeles on the Hollywood auditions circuit.

She previously said of her future plans, "I am really up for playing someone a million miles from (Call The Midwife character) Jenny, much as I love her. I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theater and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction."