Liz Carr devoted eight years of her life to Silent Witness but walked away from the show in 2020 for a heartbreaking reason

Liz Carr is due to return to screens once more after leaving her Silent Witness career in the past over five years ago, with the star still leaving a massive void in the show and is very much missed by fans to this day.

The actress who played the role of forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery on the popular crime series that aims to uncover the most heinous crimes, is due to make a one-off appearance of Matt Tebbutt’s Saturday Kitchen this morning.

There isn’t a doubt in mind that the famous Silent Witness star will delve into discussion with host Matt about her days spent on the much-loved programme and her reasons to eventually bid the role farewell.

In her character’s final scenes, Liz may have given fans a real life hint about her reasons to exit. On the show, Clarissa said she was opting to “focus less on the dead and more on the living”.

Here, we explore Liz’s heartbreaking reason to walk away from the beloved show.

Liz Carr’s reasons for walking away from Silent Witness (Image: BBC)

Much like her character Clarissa, the actress opened up in an interview with Radio Times about her reason for departing and they proved to be similar to her on-screen persona in her final scene

She told the publication: “To quote Clarissa, ‘I just know, deep down – that it’s time for me to move on, to focus less on the dead and more on the living. On life’.”

Liz Carr worked on Silent Witness for eight years (Image: Getty)

In the same interview, Liz shared that she had been harbouring feelings of “resentment” and wanted to leave on a high note.

After an eight-year tenure, Liz explained: “Silent Witness has given me such an amazing opportunity to develop as an actor. But I know this is the right time to take a leap of faith, leaving what I know and seeing what other opportunities await.

“It has been a rollercoaster of a ride, but I feel I’m leaving on an exhilarating high.The job was a joy. Clarissa was very loved, and I don’t take the experience or the support that I got in that role for granted at all.”

The actress added: “But I wanted to see who else I could play. Silent Witness took nine months a year, so it did cut out an awful lot of projects that I would have loved to do.

“I was starting to almost resent that, because I wanted to do other things, she continued to Radio Times.”

What did Liz do next?

Liz Carr admitted she was starting to “resent” the job (Image: Getty)

Remaining true to her word and wanting to explore what options were out there in the world of acting, Liz did initially keep herself very busy.

The beloved actress who suffers from a condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, and has used a wheelchair since she was 14, did appear in two episodes of Netflix’s The Witcher, and in 2023 she featured in Loki.

She also landed a role in the second season of Good Omens last year as the angel Saraqael.

In May last year, she opened up to the Big Issue about how her health condition gave her the toughest of starts in life.