One Chicago Stars Who Have Confirmed They Would — Or Wouldn't — Return

The One Chicago universe has become a revolving door of actors — and fans are still hopeful some of the past characters will make a comeback. Dick Wolf started the Chicago-based family of shows with Chicago Fire in 2012. Two years later, Chicago P.

D. gave fans an inside look at how police work in the Windy City. Chicago Med joined the group in 2015.



After more than a decade on air, each show has lost significant actors such as Jesse Spencer and Monica Raymund on Chicago Fire , Jon Seda and Sophia Bush on Chicago P.D. and Brian Tee and Colin Donnell on Chicago Med .

Luckily a few of the stars are ready and willing to reprise their roles. “It’s always with me,” Seda exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2024. “It was a great time working on Chicago shows.

It was incredible, amazing cast.” You have successfully subscribed. By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from Us Weekly Check our latest news in Google News Check our latest news in Apple News Seda, who played Antonio Dawson on P.

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” Scroll down to see which One Chicago stars have confirmed whether they want to return — or have no plans to come back — to the universe: Credit: Getty Images (3) One Chicago Stars Who've Confirmed They Would — Or Wouldn't — Return: Jon Seda, Monica Raymund, More The One Chicago universe has become a revolving door of actors — and fans are still hopeful some of the past characters will make a comeback. Dick Wolf started the Chicago-based family of shows with Chicago Fire in 2012. Two years later, Chicago P.

D. gave fans an inside look at how police work in the Windy City. Chicago Med joined the group in 2015.

After more than a decade on air, each show has lost significant actors such as Jesse Spencer and Monica Raymund on Chicago Fire , Jon Seda and Sophia Bush on Chicago P.D. and Brian Tee and Colin Donnell on Chicago Med .

Luckily a few of the stars are ready and willing to reprise their roles.“It’s always with me,” Seda exclusively told Us Weekly in January 2024. “It was a great time working on Chicago shows.

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, gushed: “That whole universe is incredible. It was so unique.”Scroll down to see which One Chicago stars have confirmed whether they want to return — or have no plans to come back — to the universe: Credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images Annie Ilonzeh Character : Emily Foster on Chicago Fire When She Exited : Season 8, episode 20 Whether She’ll Return : “I would be interested,” Ilonzeh exclusively told Us in April 2025 when asked about bringing the paramedic back to Firehouse 51 in some capacity.

“I would so be interested to see where Foster has landed and what's the tea and just get back with my people. I mean some of them have keys to my house, that's how much I love them.” When fans last saw Foster, she was leaving to pursue medical school.

As a result, the actress is all for a reunion with some of her “family” members she still keeps in touch with from the show. “Chicago will always have my heart, Chicago Fire will [too],” Ilonzeh added. The actress recalled having a “hard time leaving” the show when her character was written off “for seemingly no reason.

” She explained, “We left on good terms, which is great. And that world is very special to me, and I still watch them. I mean I support them.

” Credit: Lori Allen/NBC Tracy Spiridakos Character : Hailey Upton on Chicago P.D. When She Exited : Season 11, episode 13 Whether She’ll Return : “I would love to reappear, that would be amazing.

I love this whole group of people,” Spiridakos teased to Deadline in May 2024 of her future. “I think as far as a parting message, I would just say thank you to the fans. Thank you to the Chi-hards for welcoming me into this lovely group of people .

I loved running into people in Chicago who stop and say hi and say how much they love my character and love the work that we’ve done on the show. I’m grateful to all of you.” Credit: Art Streiber/NBC Kara Killmer Character : Sylvie Brett on Chicago Fire When She Exited : Season 12, episode 6 Whether She’ll Return : Shortly after her March 2024 exit, Killmer told NBC Insider that she’d “absolutely” come back.

"The door is wide open. Any time they wanna call, I will be there,” she said. “It is a fantastic show, great people.

I will come back anytime they want." Credit: George Burns Jr/NBC Nick Gehlfuss Character : Dr. Will Halstead on Chicago Med When He Exited : Season 8, episode 20 Whether He’ll Return : Gehlfuss told Variety in May 2023 that the door isn’t closed for him.

“We were all in agreement on that, thankfully, as I talked with Dick and the writers,” he explained. “Whenever it makes sense again for important moments, I’d love to don the white lab coat once again.” Credit: George Burns Jr/NBC Brian Tee Character : Dr.

Ethan Choi on Chicago Med When He Exited : Season 8, episode 9 Whether He’ll Return : “There’s always conversation [about] returning on screen,” Tee told TVLine in June 2024, noting that he gets to “play with all the cast and crew” when he directs for the show. Tee said it would take the “right time or the right story line” to come along for him to jump back in front of the camera. “I think probably the hospital needs help.

Some kind of tragedy is about to happen, some kind of major catastrophe drama,” he pitched as his return arc, “And maybe they bring back myself and Will Halstead [played by Nick Gehlfuss ] and [Ethan’s wife] April [played by Yaya DaCosta ] and bring back some of the old crew to kind of fix things to what it was.” Credit: Lori Allen/NBC Jesse Lee Soffer Character : Jay Halstead on Chicago P.D.

When He Exited : Season 10, episode 3 Whether He’ll Return : After nine plus seasons of Chicago P.D. , Soffer exited the series in 2022.

He insisted during a February 2023 interview with Variety that he’s “definitely not” opposed to reprising the role. “Never say never. I feel so bad for the fans that are like, ‘Is he going to come back?’” Soffer confessed.

“‘What’s he going to do?’ ‘What’s going on with him and Hailey?’” The actor explained that he likes to think that his character is “just in another country right now.” Soffer continued, “I still love it. I still love the fans.

And I still love Halstead. Halstead’s always going to be in my blood. That’s never going to change.

” Soffer has since returned to P.D. as a director for an episode in both season 10 and season 11.

Credit: Elizabeth Morris/NBC Jesse Spencer Character : Matt Casey on Chicago Fire When He Exited : Season 10, episode 6 Whether He’ll Return : When original Chicago Fire star walked away from the show mid-way through season 10, he revealed it wasn’t the last of his character. “My home here with my wife [ Kali Woodruff Carr ] is in Chicago, and I'm still going to be here, I'm just stepping back for right now,” he said in an October 2021 statement . “I'm stepping away but I'll be back.

" Spencer returned for the season 10 finale and made a cameo in two season 11 episodes. His character married Sylvie Brett ( Kara Killmer ) during season 12, episode 6, in 2024. Credit: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC Yaya DaCosta Character : April Sexton on Chicago Med When She Exited : Season 6, Episode 16 Whether She’ll Return : DaCosta reprised her role as April during three episodes of season 8 of Chicago Med after exiting the show after season 6.

After her character married Ethan ( Brian Tee ), DaCosta told TV Insider that she wouldn’t be back in a full-time capacity unless April was a doctor. "I always thought April was going to finish her schooling and become a doctor. .

.. I think the idea was always that we would kind of tap into some woman’s empowerment and now that he was all set, go back to her fulfilling her dream, and I guess just as time went on, everyone was comfortable seeing her as a nurse,” DaCosta explained in July 2023.

“The way that she was in the hospital, the way that she interacted with the patients, the wisdom that she brought to the cases, the way that the doctors could trust her to just finish their sentences and start doing what was needed before they’re even asked, I think that kind of gave her a lot of credibility and expectation that she would be a doctor . So if ever in this or any other dimension, April Sexton were to return to screen, it would have to be as a doctor. " Credit: John Tsiavis/NBC Monica Raymund Character : Gabriela Dawson on Chicago Fire When She Exited : Season 7, episode 1 Whether She’ll Return : Before she returned for one episode in season 8, Raymund teased that it might not be the end of her story on Chicago Fire .

“I really do miss my cast and my crew. It’s a pleasure and an honor working with those people. I really love it,” the actress told TVGuide.

com in November 2018. Raymund continued: “Honestly, I don't know! If I just can't bear it and must go back to the show, I know the door remains open and I'm grateful for that. But girl, I'm trying to figure out what I'm gonna do tomorrow so I have no idea whether or not I'm going to return to the show.

That is up for debate but I am very humbled that the door remains open.” Credit: Elizabeth Sisson/NBC Colin Donnell Character : Dr. Connor Rhodes on Chicago Med When He Exited : Season 5, episode 1 Whether He’ll Return : “I loved my time on Chicago Med , and I loved [showrunners] Andy and Diane,” the actor told TVLine in November 2022 “I loved our crew so much, the cast was so wonderful, and I know they’ve had a lot of comings and goings since I’ve left myself.

But yeah, why ever close a door?” Donnell noted, “If it ever came a knockin’, let’s see if the schedules work out. It’d be fun to revisit that guy.” He added that should Dr.

Rhodes return there would be “some stuff left to explore.” Credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images Jon Seda Character : Antonio Dawson on Chicago P.D.

When He Exited : Season 6, episode 22 Whether He’ll Return : Seda played coy about a possible return, telling Us in January 2024, “Antonio didn’t die. He’s still alive.” The actor added that he would love if his character could “have a pizza in the background” of a scene sometime soon.

Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBC Sophia Bush Character : Erin Lindsay on Chicago P.D. When She Exited : Season 4, episode 23 Whether She’ll Return : Bush revealed in December 2017 that two seasons into landing her “dream job” on Chicago P.

D. she realized she “couldn’t do that job anymore.” The actress told the showrunners between season 3 and 4 that she was done.

"I said, ‘I'm not giving you two weeks notice and I'm not coming in here throwing s–t and breaking lamps and saying I'm never coming back,’” Bush recalled on Refinery29’s “ UnStyled ” podcast of her exit. “’I'm giving you 23 episodes notice. I'm giving you that much time.

So there will be no conversation in which I was hysterical, emotional, in which I was being a quote irrational female or whatever you want to put on it.’” Bush revealed she was “miserable” working on the show and after that quitting conversation she realized she had been “drowning.” Her description of the bad set life has seemingly confirmed that Bush will not return in any capacity down the line.

Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage Charlie Barnett Character : Peter Mills on Chicago Fire When He Exited : Season 3, episode 20 Whether He’ll Return : After former showrunner Derek Haas revealed he’d love to have Barnett back on the show, the actor told TVLine in October 2019, “Tell him to call me! I should give him a call. They’re doing great over there, the numbers are sticking up there.” Barnett added, “I would be more than happy to return.

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