Meghan Markle
| Meghan Markle | |
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At Paley Center in January 2013
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Rachel Meghan Markle August 4, 1981 Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Education | Theater and International Relations |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Actress, humanitarian |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Trevor Engelson (m. 2011; div. 2013) |
Rachel Meghan Markle (born August 4, 1981) is an American actress. She is best known for her television roles as Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits and FBI special agent Amy Jessup in the sci-fi thriller Fringe. She is also a United Nations Women's advocate for political participation and leadership.
Markle was born and raised in Los Angeles County, California. Markle is of mixed race, and self-identifies as such: "My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. ... I have come to embrace [it, and] to say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident mixed-race woman." Her father is of Dutch and Irish descent.
Her mother, Doria, has a master's degree in social work and works as a yoga instructor and clinical therapist. Her father is Emmy Award winner Thomas W. Markle, whose profession—director of photography—resulted in his daughter spending many years as a child visiting the set of Married... with Children.
At age 11, she wrote a letter to then First Lady Hillary Clinton and other high-profile figures complaining that a soap advertisement implied women belonged in the kitchen. The soap's manufacturer was forced to alter the advertisement after Markle's complaint.
From age five, Markle was educated at private schools; firstly at Hollywood Little Red Schoolhouse, and from the age of twelve, at the private Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls, independent Roman Catholic high school in Los Angeles. She then graduated in 2003 with a double major in theater and international relations from Northwestern University.
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