How old is Meghan Markle and what is her net worth?
MEGHAN Markle went from being an actress on a US TV show to becoming the new star of the royal family when she married Prince Harry in 2018.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex welcomed their first child on May 6, 2019, – here’s the story of how the star ended up finding fame, getting rich, and falling in love with her very own Prince Charming.
Who is Meghan Markle and how old is she?
Meghan is currently 38, and was born on August 4, 1981.
The actress was born and raised in California but in later life lived in Toronto, Canada, where the TV show Suits was filmed.
As a child, Meghan spent a lot of time on the set of US TV show ‘Married…with Children’ because her dad was a photography director on it.
Meghan was “discovered” at a party but while her career was starting out she worked as a freelance calligrapher.
Her mother, Doria Ragland, is a yoga instructor and social worker.
And her father, Thomas W Markle, won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction for a Drama Series.
Doria is African-American, while Meghan’s father is Dutch-Irish – the family were victims of racial abuse when Meghan was younger.
Meghan is 5ft 6in compared to her husband’s 6ft 1in frame.
What is Meghan Markle’s net worth?
According to Business Insider, Meghan has an estimated net worth of £3.8million ($5million) which she accumulated from her acting career.
She starred in over 100 episodes of the legal drama Suits, where she was paid £40,463 ($50,000) per epsiode – according to knownetworth.com, towards the end of her acting career.
Meghan also earned around about £291,339 ($360,000) from her roles in the 2010 movies Remember Me and The Candidate.
Meanwhile, Prince Harry’s net worth is reported to be at least £19.2million ($25million), which is made up of an inheritance from Princess Diana and an annual allowance from Prince Charles. It’s unknown how much of this comes from the crown.
Why is Meghan Markle famous?
In terms of her acting career, Meghan is best-known for playing the role of Rachel Zane in the USA Network show Suits.
However, Meghan first appeared on television screens with a small role as a nurse in an episode of the daytime soap opera General Hospital in 2002.
She then had small guest roles on the television shows Century City (2004), The War at Home (2006), and CSI: NY (2006).
Meghan also starred as FBI special agent Amy Jessup in sci-fi thriller Fringe and had parts in CSI: Miami.
On the big screen, Meghan has appeared in Horrible Bosses, Get Him to the Greek and Remember Me.
In a non-acting role, she also had a brief stint on Deal Or No Deal in 2006 as a briefcase model.
What causes does Meghan Markle support?
Meghan is devoted to charity work, much like her husband Prince Harry.
She is the Global Ambassador for World Vision Canada and has been to Rwanda to promote the organisation’s Clean Water Campaign.
The Duchess of Sussex has also visited Afghanistan to support US forces and their families.
In 2014 she was involved in a UN campaign for gender equality.
More recently she has spoken out about period taboos in a powerful essay and she travelled to Delhi and Mumbai in January “to meet girls and women directly impacted by the stigmatisation of menstrual health”.
A year ago, Harry and Meghan’s new charity was registered in England and Wales under the title “Sussex Royal The Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex”.
However, in February of this year it was confirmed that “Sussex Royal” would not be used as a brand name for the couple following their step back from public life as working royals.
It was later confirmed that their new foundation would be called “Archewell”.
In March 2020, it was announced that the Duchess would serve as the narrator of Disneynature’s documentary Elephant.
The proceeds from the documentary were donated to Elephant Without Borders in order to help elephants in Botswana.
And in April, she and Harry volunteered to deliver foods prepared by the Project Angel Food to Los Angeles residents amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Who was Meghan Markle’s first husband?
Before marrying Prince Harry, Meghan was married to Trevor Engelson but their union was short-lived.
The pair said I on September 10, 2011 in Jamaica, but divorced in 2013.
Pals of the couple said they split after Meghan developed a “close friendship” with Canadian ice hockey star, Michael Del Zotto.
Meghan has spoken about what she likes in a guy in the past, revealing she dislikes anyone who is “catty” and loves it when a man makes an effort to impress.
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“If the guy is going to write a girl a letter, whether it looks like a doctor’s note, if he takes time to put pen to paper and not type something, there’s something so romantic and beautiful about that,” she said.
Trevor is a film producer and literary manager, and married dietitian Tracey Kurland in May 2019 in California.