Gina Torres appeared on six seasons of Suits before parting ways. Here's why she eventually left the USA Network series.

Gina Torres plays Jessica Pearson, a co-founder and managing partner of the prestige law firm, in the first seven of the series’ nine seasons and the one-season spin-off show, Pearson.

Jessica Pearson, as played by Gina Torres, is one of the founders of the firm, but she is not part of the legal action for all nine seasons of the show. Here’s when — and why — Jessica ...

Isabella Vosmikova/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson on 'Suits'.© Provided by People FOX/Getty Gina Torres in 9-1-1: Lone Star ...

Originally announced in 2019, the series saw Torres' now-disbarred lawyer, Jessica Pearson, relocating from New York City to the mean streets of Chicago as she traded the courtroom for city hall.

Suits fans may think of Jessica Pearson and Harvey Spector as partners, friends, or mentor and mentee — but to Gina Torres, they're more like mother and son.

Pearson debuted back in 2019 as a starring vehicle for Gina Torres, after being set up on Suits in Season 7 prior to Torres' departure. Torres, who explained why she wanted to get her own spinoff ...

. Torres’ deal comes as Jessica Pearson made a surprise return to Suits in the final minutes of tonight’s Season 6 finale.

No one knows that better than Jessica Pearson, as the actress who behind this character, Gina Torres, was quick to point out during our set visit interview last month.

Although the series ended in 2019 and Torres left in 2016, she said it has only become more common for people to recognize her for her role as Jessica Pearson. “I don’t know what to make of it ...