Yes, you read that correctly. Meghan Markle is back in front of the cameras.
Eight years after leaving Suits to marry Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex was spotted in Pasadena, California, filming a small role in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends, which also stars Brie Larson, Lily Collins, and Henry Golding. According to The Sun, Meghan will play… herself.
Why did Meghan decide to return to acting now?
Everything suggests this isn’t a major role, but rather a symbolic appearance—a way to “get her feet wet again,” as a studio source put it—in the world that once catapulted her to stardom.
Those on set reported that she was friendly, relaxed, and very close to the team, something many still remember from her pre-reality TV days. In the words of an informant: “She introduced herself to everyone and was very sweet and down-to-earth.”
Between Hollywood and Montecito
Filming is taking place in California, near Montecito, where Meghan and Harry live with their children, Archie and Lilibet.
That proximity seems more than coincidental, considering the film tells the story of a couple who befriend a famous couple in Santa Barbara. Curious, isn’t it?
Perhaps that’s why this project “felt right,” as one source put it, and received full support from the Duke of Sussex, who, according to rumors, only wants his wife to do what makes her happy.
Her return has sparked nostalgia among Suits fans, but it also reopens the conversation about the evolution of her public life.
Three years ago, Meghan said she was “done with acting,” but time—and perhaps her distance from British life—seems to have rekindled her passion for storytelling, even if it’s from her own perspective.
It may not be a major role, but it’s a statement: Meghan Markle, the actress, never truly disappeared.