Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981), is an American member of the British royal family and a former actress. Markle was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her acting career began while at Northwestern University. She attributed early career difficulties to her biracial heredity. Her last and most significant on-screen role was that of Rachel Zane for seven seasons (2011–2018) in the American TV legal drama Suits. She also developed a social media presence. This included The Tig (2014–2017) lifestyle blog which garnered recognition for her fashion sense and led to the creation and release of two clothing lines in 2015–2016. During The Tig period, Markle became involved in charity work focused primarily on women's issues and social justice. Markle was married to American film producer Trevor Engelson from 2011 until their divorce in 2013. She retired from acting upon her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018 and became known as the Duchess of Sussex. The marriage prompted favorable comments about having a mixed-race person in the royal family. Nevertheless, the couple stepped down as senior members in 2020 due to personal privacy issues and perceived hostile media treatment, particularly by the British tabloids. They subsequently settled in her native California to pursue business ventures and charity work. They have two children, Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Cookie Queens — Executive Producer
• With Love, Meghan — Self, Executive Producer
• 2025With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration — Self, Executive Producer
• Polo — Executive Producer
• 2023Dressing Like Meghan Markle — (archive)
• Live to Lead — Executive Producer
• Linhas Cruzadas — Selfie
• 2016Dater's Handbook — Cassandra Barber
• 2015Anti-Social — Kirsten
• 2014When Sparks Fly — Amy Peterson
• 2013Random Encounters — Mindy
• 2012Dysfunctional Friends — Terry
• 2011Horrible Bosses — Jamie
• Suits — Rachel Zane
• 2011The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down — Dana
• 2011The Candidate — Kat
• 2010Get Him to the Greek — Tatiana
• 2010Remember Me — Megan
• Castle — Charlotte Boyd
• The League — Meghan
• 90210 — Wendy
• Fringe — Junior FBI Agent Amy Jessup
• 2008Good Behavior — Sadie Valencia
• 'Til Death — Tara
• 2006Deceit — Gwen
• 2005A Lot Like Love — Hot Girl
• Cuts
• Love, Inc. — Teresa Santos
• The War at Home — Susan
• CSI: NY — Veronica Perez
• Century City — Natasha
• CSI: Miami — Leah Montoya
• Without a Trace — Holly Shepherd
• Married... with Children — Student Sitting on Stage (uncredited)
• Close Personal Friends — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
• No Way Out — Producer
• The Wedding Date — Producer

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2023Meghan & Kate: Women of Windsor — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Meghan Markle: Unforgiven — Self
• Harry & Meghan — Self
• 2021Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special — Self
• 2020Elephant — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2019Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift — Self
• 2019Harry and Meghan: An African Journey — Self
• 2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Diana to Meghan: Royal Wedding Secrets — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Invitation to a Royal Wedding — Self
• 2018The Queen's Birthday Party — Self
• 2018The Royal Wedding: HRH Prince Harry & Meghan Markle — Self
• 2017Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply — Self (archive footage)
• Mentiras verdaderas — Self (archive footage)
• Deal or No Deal — Self - Briefcase Model #12
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self - Guest
• Modern Royal Weddings — Self - (archive footage)