Meghan Markle's first ever acting role resurfaces after 30 years

26 August 2023 , 10:54

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Meghan Markle started acting at a young age (Image: Fox Network / Getty)

Meghan Markle may have gained a legion of loyal fans when she rose to fame on Suits, but people are only just discovering her first-ever acting role.

The Duchess of Sussex was a huge star before she married Prince Harry as she wowed viewers as Rachel Zane on the legal drama. Before that, however, Meghan acted alongside some of America's most popular sitcom stars.

Her first uncredited acting role was on the hit show Married... with Children, which ran from 1988 until 1997. Resurfaced stills from the programme show Meghan as a teenager in season nine, which aired in 1995.

In the episode titled The Undergraduate, the actress appeared as a student. She starred in a scene alongside Christina Applegate and David Faustino.

Meghan Markle appeared in Married with Children (Fox Network)

Meghan was given the chance to appear on the show thanks to her now-estranged father Thomas Markle Snr, who worked as a lighting director and director of photography for Married... with Children. Fans have been going wild after unearthing Meghan's appearance.

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Taking to Twitter, one person wrote: "Aww so adorable." Another gushed: "Omg that face," while a third person reminisced: "When you actually remember that episode," adding a crying laughing emoji.

Ed O'Neill, who starred as Al Bundy on Married... with Children, has previously spoken about Meghan's time on the show. "She grew up on the set of Married With Children. Did you know that?" he said during an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

She went on to star in Suits (Frank Ockenfels/Dutch Oven/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)

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."

Meghan herself has spoken about her time on Married... with Children and revealed she would visit the sitcom's set "every day after school". Speaking to Esquire, 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."

The Duchess of Sussex added: "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'."

Meghan admitted that while she wasn't allowed to watch the action on screen, she would put on the end credits when she got home so she could "give the screen a kiss when I saw my dad’s name go by". She also said she was blown away by the talented actors in the show.

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