Emily Bett Rickards is leaving Arrow before its final season

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“Felicity and I are a very tight two, but after one through seven we will be saying goodbye to you," Rickards wrote on Instagram. Executive producers Greg Berlanti and Beth Schwartz put out a statement saying: "We’ve had the pleasure of working with Emily since Season 1 and in those past seven years she has brought one of TV’s most beloved characters to life."