The mum-of-six, who serves as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, made the announcement at a press call earlier today, saying she’s still going to keep her hand in the game, but is hopes to further her work helping others.
“I've had a wonderful career and I'm happy to have had all those opportunities to tell stories and work for as long as I have.
“But I'm able to be selective and I would like to focus more on writing and directing; and above all I would like to focus more on my work with the UN and with PSVI [the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative].”
The 38-year-old also used her time at the press call to highlight the plight of the 200 Nigerian school girls, who’ve been kidnapped by extremists, adding:
“The important thing though is to understand that this happens because these men think they can get away with this and they can do this.
“We have to start arresting people for this, we have to start bringing them to justice and we have to start making it an absolute crime that puts fear in these men so that they think twice about this kind of action.”