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Privacy NoticeMeghan Markle’s rise to fame is often attributed to her well-known role as Rachel Zane on cable show Suits. But the Duchess of Sussex’ first ever uncredited acting role has resurfaced, and was revealed as the US sitcom Married with Children. It joins the long list of Meghan’s unforgotten roles. Footage of Prince Harry’s wife’s first-ever acting gig has resurfaced last year, almost 30 years after the show came to an end and fans couldn’t believe it. In a viral screenshot of the episode that aired in 1995, titled The Undergraduate, a young Meghan can be seen in the background of a scene starring Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy.
The Duchess of Sussex’ first ever uncredited acting role has resurfaced and been revealed as the US sitcom Married with Children
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When Meghan was a little girl, her now-estranged father, Thomas Markle, worked on the iconic 1980s sitcom Married With Children, which starred actor Ed O’Neill. During a 2019 interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Ed spoke about the Markles’ connection to the show. He told Ellen: “By the way, she [Meghan] grew up on the set of Married With Children. Did you know that? Her father was a camera operator.” Ed continued: “Her father was a camera operator. And she used to come on the set in her little Catholic school uniform. She was, like, nine.”
She then went onto quit her acting career to marry Prince Harry
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Meghan made her acting debut in the uncredited role in a season nine episode where she played a student. The episode saw Kelly getting a secret admirer who wanted to take her to his Junior High School prom. Meghan appeared mainly in the background, but she was regularly on set thanks to her father’s role in the production team. He worked on the show for 10 seasons, first as a lighting director before becoming director of photography from the second season to the 10th.
Meghan Markle’s rise to fame is often attributed to her well-known role as Rachel Zane on cable show Suits
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Fans on social media were shocked to see Meghan in resurfaced stills from the show. One user reminisced, writing: “When you actually remember that episode!” While another added: “”Aww so adorable.” Meghan herself spoke about the experience of growing up on the set of Married With Children during a 2018 interview with Esquire. She explained that she would go to the set of sitcom “everyday after school”.
Fans on social media were shocked to see Meghan in resurfaced stills from the show
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She said: “Every day after school for 10 years, I was on the set of Married… with Children which is a really funny and perverse place for a little girl in a Catholic school uniform to grow up. “There were a lot of times my dad would say, ‘Meg, why don’t you go and help with the craft services room over there? This is just a little off-colour for your 11-year-old eyes’.” She added that she wasn’t allowed to watch the show at home, but always watched the end credits so she could “give the screen a kiss when I saw my dad’s name go by.” Meghan knows all things Hollywood after playing paralegal turned associate Rachel Zane in USA Network legal drama Suit between 2011 and 2018. She then went onto quit her acting career to marry Prince Harry but it seems the draw of the big and small screen hasn’t completely gone away, with Harry and Meghan releasing their Netflix docu-series. Meghan made appearances in many TV shows and films over the years including her now infamous role as a ‘suitcase model’ on gameshow Deal or No Deal. Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnMeghan MarklePrince Harry
