There have been many characters that left ABC’s hit TV show, “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Hinton played the intern-turned-resident for five years from 2012 to 2017.

Her reasoning for leaving the show?

Jerrika Hinton as Stephanie Edwards

“And I am eternally grateful to her for understanding.”

Well, she’s been pretty busy.

Hinton plays Millie Morris, a Black FBI agent who’s also a closeted lesbian.

Jerrika Hinton smiling

“I’m having a lot of fun with this job, yeah,” she said.

“This job [has] a bunch of wonderful people, really interesting subject matter.