Seven years after signing on as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on House, actress Lisa Edelstein is hanging up her coat and going off duty. The actress released a statement saying she is disappointed to be leaving behind a character she loved playing but she is excited about the new opportunities in acting and producing that lay ahead. Her costars Robert Sean Leonard and Omar Epps renewed their contracts last week and will appear alongside Hugh Laurie, Olivia Wilde and Peter Jacobson in the next season.