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In universe, Sophie was taking time away because Nate was, well, being Nate. Was there an additional out-of-universe reason that the role of Sophie Devereaux so minimized in season 2?

My initial assumption was that Gina Bellman was pregnant at the time, which would have been rather hard to hide in the normal flow of the show. Having her only appear on a Skype-like app would make it easy to hide a burgeoning belly. According to IMDB, she is married and does have a child. While there's no DOB for the child, her (only) marriage happened well after the filming of season 2, so I'll give her the benefit of doubt that it's not likely that was the reason.

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  • Reminds me of Corey Stroll in The Strain - appearance suddenly changed half-way through one season… because his look had been locked-in by Ant Man & Marvel wins any discussion like that ;))
    – Tetsujin
    Mar 18, 2022 at 19:30

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According to IMdb

Sophie Devereaux's "soul-searching" absence from the team, for the second half of season two, was written to give Gina Bellman maternity leave, as she was pregnant with her daughter at that time.

Also according to IMdb her daughter has her first husband's last name. She is currently married to her daughter's father Zaab Sethna who she met just after filming the Leverage pilot according to the Jewish Chronicle.

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  • Interesting, thank you. That matches with my assumption, I just wasn't able to confirm it.
    – FreeMan
    Mar 20, 2022 at 12:50

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