From a beer commercial to Horrible Bosses: 7 Meghan Markle TV and film clips from before she met Prince Harry
Meghan Markle’s best-known gigs were probably on legal drama Suits and reality competition Deal or No Deal, but she also appeared in a host of smaller, somewhat obscure, scenes in TV, films and commercials
Meghan Markle’s real-life fairy-tale fantasy romance with Prince Harry certainly captured the attention of keen global onlookers. Before this, she was recognised as a reasonably successful Hollywood actress and model, having graced the big and small screens.
Back then, the future Mrs Prince Harry appeared in a number of supporting, yet defining, roles. Some of these gigs are well known, like her powerful 7-season-long performance on Suits as legal luminary Rachel Zane as well as her stint as a suitcase-holding stunner on the mid-2000s reality competition series Deal or No Deal.
Markle could also be seen in a host of smaller, somewhat obscure, scenes in television, film and commercials.
The following are seven of her noteworthy on-screen appearances you might not have seen before.
Lights. Camera. Activism!
Long before her first on-screen acting job, an adolescent Meghan was featured in a significant local news report because of a powerful (and ultimately successful) letter she had submitted to Procter & Gamble. The letter objected to inherently male chauvinistic language used in one of their commercials for a dishwashing detergent. Standing up for a cause has always been part of this duchess’ DNA.
From medicine to monarchy
Her debut acting performance was as a nurse in famed soap opera General Hospital. Though modest in scope, the role managed to kick-start her acting career.