Early years

Markle was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is African-American and her father is of Dutch and Irish descent. Her father is a retired photography director, and as a child Markle spent time on the set of Married...with Children.

She has expressed an interest in returning to school to pursue a Master's in International Diplomacy. Markle's acting career began unexpectedly when she was discovered at a party after her friend gave a manager a copy of Meghan's film in college to view. To support herself between acting jobs Markle worked as a freelance calligrapher.

Acting career

In 2002, Markle got her start in an episode of the daytime soap opera, General Hospital. She's also appeared in television episodes of Century City, Cuts, Love, Inc., The War at Home, 90210, Knight Rider, Without a Trace, The Apostles, CSI: NY, The League, Castle and Suits. Markle has also made appearances in the films A Lot Like Love and Deceit.

Markle made her debut late in the first season of Deal or No Deal on April 12, 2006. Aside from a single appearance holding case #12, Markle was the regular model carrying case #24. Markle quit the show in early 2007. Markle also appeared as a 'mob' member and was interviewed on one episode of the game show "1 versus 100".

Markle appeared on Fringe as Junior Agent Amy Jessup in the first two episodes of its second season. Since July 2011 she portrays Rachel Zane, an "attractive paralegal working with Mike Ross (with his encyclopedic knowledge of the law) (Patrick J. Adams) and becomes his valuable after-hours research ally" on the USA Network show Suits.

Markle appeared in two 2010 films, Get Him to the Greek and Remember Me and one 2011 film, Horrible Bosses. She appeared in the short film The Candidate (seen on the KQED public television show ImageMakers: the Company of Men) as a secretary in 2012.

Personal life

Markle married Trevor Engelson on September 10, 2011, after having dated since 2004. The couple split in May 2013.

Markle is a self-proclaimed foodie, which was incorporated into her Suits character Rachel Zane.

Meghan is also the founder of The TIG, "a hub for the discerning palate--those with a hunger for food, travel, fashion & beauty".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	A Lot Like Love	Natalie
2010	The Candidate	Kat	Short film
2010	Remember Me	Megan
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Tatiana	Uncredited
2011	Horrible Bosses	FedEx Girl
2012	Dysfunctional Friends	Terry
2012	Random Encounters	Mindy
2015	Anti-Social	Kirsten
2016	Dater's Handbook	Cassandra	Hallmark Channel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	General Hospital	Jill	1 episode
2004	Century City	Natasha	"A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose" (season 1: episode 4)
2005	Cuts	Cori	"My Boyfriend's Back" (season 1: episode 5)
2005	Love, Inc.	Teresa Santos	"One on One" (season 1: episode 9)
2006	1 vs. 100	Herself	Mob member number 7
2006	The War at Home	Susan	"The Seventeen-Year Itch" (season 1: episode 17)
2006	CSI: NY	Veronica Perez	"Murder Sings the Blues" (season 3: episode 7)
2006	Deceit	Gwen	TV film
2007	Deal or No Deal	Herself	Holder of Case #24; 4 episodes
2008	90210	Wendy	"We're Not in Kansas Anymore" (season 1: episode 1) "The Jet Set" (season 1: episode 2)
2008	'Til Death	Tara	"Joy Ride" (season 3: episode 2)
2009	Knight Rider	Annie Ortiz	"Fight Knight" (season 1: episode 14)
2009	Without a Trace	Holly Shepard	"Chameleon" (season 7: episode 15)
2009	Fringe	Junior FBI Agent Amy Jessup	"A New Day in the Old Town" (season 2: episode 1) "Night of Desirable Objects" (season 2: episode 2)
2009	The League	Random Girl	"The Bounce Test" (season 1: episode 2)
2010	CSI: Miami	Officer Leah Montoya	"Backfire" (season 8: episode 20)
2010	The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down	Dana	TV film
2011-present	Suits	Rachel Zane	Main Character; Series Regular
2012	Castle	Charlotte Boyd/Sleeping Beauty	"Once Upon a Crime" (season 4: episode 17)
2014	Extant	Girl at Table	"Extinct" (season 1: episode 2)
2014	When Sparks Fly	Amy Peterson	Hallmark Channel movie

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