Meghan Markle's career outside the royal family has seen increased attention over the past two years, with the Duchess discussing her hopes and ambitions for the future in a number of interviews, and also watching her former TV show, suitdominates the streaming charts in the United States
Megan began her career as an actress out of college and has starred in a number of television projects, including a game show Agreed or not?Before landing a recurring role on the legal drama suit In 2011.
The future princess played paralegal Rachel Zane and starred in seven seasons of the show, before retiring from acting to take up life as a working royal when she became engaged to Prince Harry in 2017.
suit The show has been completed in 2019 and 2023, and has been added to Netflix's streaming library. Combined with streams from the Peacock platform, the show has seen a resurgence in interest, breaking consecutive Nielsen records.
In January 2024, he reported this diverse On the back of this new success, Meghan's co-stars, Gabriel Macht and Patrick Adams, will present at the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards.
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When she parted ways with the monarchy alongside Prince Harry in 2020, Meghan returned to the US and revived her entertainment career, launching Archewell Productions and Archewell Audio, signing partnerships with Netflix and Spotify, and personally becoming a William Morris client. Endeavor Talent Agency in 2023
But Meghan's return to Hollywood was not smooth. said royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams Newsweek The Duchess has suffered a number of setbacks, including losing the couple's partnership with Spotify and being branded a “fraud” by one executive, as well as being named as one of the “losers” of 2023 by Hollywood Reporter.
“Time will tell if this is true, but things are not looking promising,” Fitzwilliams said. “Meghan needs to show up at the upcoming awards and, above all, create something noteworthy.”
However, Meghan spoke optimistically about the future, pointing to a number of “exciting” projects on the horizon.
here, Newsweek You look at everything Meghan has said on the record about her hopes for her future career and the direction it will take.
Based on love
In August 2022, Meghan gave her first big interview since her and Prince Harry's surprise encounter with Oprah Winfrey the previous year.
For the first time, the Duchess discussed her plans for a career in entertainment, producing content with Harry for Netflix, which she said would be inspired by “love” stories.
Meghan Markle to Alison B. Davis in an interview with The Cut—
August 2022
“The part of my life that I haven't been able to share, that people haven't been able to see, is our love story,” she says, then quotes what she says is the end of a speech she gave at her wedding. , where she was comforted by her “resounding knowledge that love wins above all else.” “I hope this is the feeling people get when they see any of the content or projects we work on,” she adds.
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“Good rom com”
Two months later, Meghan sat down to talk about the entertainment industry, diverseand discusses in more detail her desire to produce useful content.
In this interview, the Duchess also revealed that she has no plans to return to acting, and is instead looking forward to developing a career behind the camera.
When asked what kind of content she would create with Harry for Netflix, Meghan once again confirmed that she would base her projects on “love” stories, whether “the love of a partner, or the love of oneself, or the love of community and family.”
She also said she would like to see a “good romantic comedy” return to theaters, saying: “I watched When Harry Met Sally a million times. And all the romantic Julia Roberts movies. “We need to see those again.”
Meghan Markle in an interview with Variety magazineOctober 2022
“A lot of the way my husband and I see things is through our love story. I think that's what people around the world connected to, especially at our wedding. People love love. I'm not excluded from that feeling. And our definition of love is expansive Really: love of partner, love of self, love of community and family. And we use that as a basis for the kind of shows and documentaries we want…
“…We want to think about how to evolve from the same space and do something fun! It doesn't always have to be so serious. Like a good romantic comedy. Don't we miss them? I miss them so much. You've probably watched 'When Harry Met Sally' a million “Once. And all the Julia Roberts romantic comedies. We need to see them again.”
“Exciting” list.
Most recently, Meghan was asked about her future projects on the red carpet at Variety's Power of Women Gala in November 2023.
Speaking to broadcaster Angelique Jackson, the Duchess said her production company had “a lot of exciting things on the list” and she was excited to announce them.
Archewell Productions shut down production during the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in Hollywood in 2023, and has so far announced only one future project, a screenplay adaptation of Carly Fortune's hit novel, Meet me at the lake.
Meghan Markle and Angelique Jackson interview on the red carpet at the Variety Power of Women Gala – November 2023
“We have a lot of exciting things on the menu. I can't wait until we can announce them but I'm really proud of what we're creating and my husband loves it too.”
James Crawford Smith NewsweekRoyal correspondent, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith And read his stories on NewsweekThe Royals Facebook page.
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