Meghan Markle could make a shock return to acting when she returns to the UK with her family this month. The Duchess, 45, is said to have been offered a role in an unnamed project based in Britain.
A source close to the duchess didn’t deny the reports but now speculation has come forward that Meghan is in talks to make her return to acting with an appearance in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen TV series.
Move back to the UK
Speculation Meghan may return to her former career as an actress followed the news that she and the Duke of Sussex will move back to the UK with their young children later this month.
The former Suits star quit acting when she wed Prince Harry in 2018 but has still been on our screens in her Netflix show With Love, Meghan.
And Ladbrokes are offering 100/1 on Meghan landing a role in gritty London soap EastEnders amid speculation of her starring in a Netflix hit season.
Bookies' odds and reports
Nicola McGeady, of Ladbrokes, said: “The odds suggest Meghan’s more likely to be back on palace duties than pulling pints in the Queen Vic, but we’ve learned never to rule anything out when it comes to the Sussexes.”
Deadline first reported Meghan is in the early stages of discussions for her first significant acting role since her marriage to Harry.
It is believed that Meghan may be joining award-winning director Ritchie for a potential role in hit Netflix series The Gentlemen, which stars Theo James and Kaya Scodelario.
Potential role in The Gentlemen
The show follows Duke Eddie Horniman as he unexpectedly inherits his late father’s country estate – which is home to an underground cannabis empire. It is a spin-off from Ritchie’s blockbuster of the same name, which tells the story of an American drug lord looking to sell his cannabis empire in England.
The action-comedy show, which premiered in 2024, is expected to release its second season later this year. Meghan is reportedly in talks for a role in a possible third season, though the series has yet to be renewed according to Deadline.
Meanwhile, a top talent manager reckons directors and producers will “absolutely want to meet” the duchess of Sussex.
Industry interest
Professor Jonathan Shalit, chairman of InterTalent Rights Group, said: “If she wants to return to acting, I have absolutely no doubt there would be interest in her. Suits has had an extraordinary life beyond its original run.”
He added: “If Meghan decided tomorrow that she seriously wanted to act again, directors and producers would absolutely want to meet her and audition her. Would she automatically be handed every role she wanted? Of course not. Nobody is. But would doors open? Absolutely.”
Harry, 41, and Meghan are set to live in a non-royal gaff outside London. They have already enrolled their kids Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, in British schools.
Meghan made her name playing Rachel Zane in seven series of US legal drama Suits.
