How Many Seasons of 'Suits' Did Meghan Markle Make?

Meghan Markle played the character of Rachel Zane in the USA Network legal drama Suits from 2011 to 2017, appearing in seven seasons.

The actress met her future husband, Prince Harry, during a filming break in 2016, and returned to Toronto where the production was based and where Harry would later visit her.

She announced that she had officially left the show during her engagement interview with Harry on November 27, 2017. She told the BBC: "I don't see it as giving anything up. I just see it as a change."

"I've been working on my show for seven years," she said. "So we're very very fortunate to be able to have that sort of longevity on a series. For me, once we hit the 100 episode marker, I thought, you know what, I have ticked this box and I feel really proud of the work I've done there and now it's time to work as a team with [Harry]."

What is Suits?

Suits was a drama set in an American law firm focusing on the professional and personal lives of a group of high-powered lawyers.

The show ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, totalling 134 episodes.

The series was set in New York City and filmed in part in Toronto, Canada, where members of the cast were based during production.

Suits was well received by critics and fared equally well with audiences, gaining an 87 percent average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Meghan Markle was cast from season one of the show as paralegal Rachel Zane, who, over the course of the seven seasons she was featured in, made a number of personal and professional developments, finally becoming an attorney and marrying long-term love interest Mike Ross, played by Patrick J. Adams.

Meghan's final appearance on the show was in the season seven finale where Zane and Ross married. Filmed in 2017, the final six episodes of the season were broadcast in April 2018 with the wedding episode broadcast just weeks before Meghan's own royal wedding to Prince Harry.

Where Can I Watch Meghan Markle's Episodes of Suits?

All nine seasons of Suits are available to stream in the U.S. on Peacock and Amazon Prime.

The series was broadcast on the USA Network in the U.S. and the Dave network in the U.K.

The show is available to stream in full in the U.K. on Netflix.

Which Actors From Suits Attended Meghan Markle's Wedding?

When Meghan Markle married Prince Harry at Windsor on May 19, 2018, she invited a number of her co-stars and colleagues from Suits to attend.

Among them was Patrick J. Adams, who played Meghan's love interest and on-screen husband.

Also in attendance were Sarah Rafferty, who played Donna Paulson; Abigail Spencer who played Dana Scott; Gabriel Macht, who played Harvey Specter; Rick Hoffman, who played Louis Litt; and Gina Torres, who played Jessica Pearson.

The group were seated in prominent positions close to the altar of St. George's chapel and members of the royal family. They joined a number of other Hollywood stars such as Oprah Winfrey and Priyanka Chopra.

Has Meghan Markle Retired from Acting?

Meghan Markle has officially announced that she does not intend to returning to acting in the future, despite becoming a leading content creator through her joint production company with Prince Harry known as Archewell Productions.

The couple signed a multi-million dollar content creation deal with streaming giant Netflix in 2020 after stepping down from their roles as working members of the royal family and moving to the U.S.

In October, Meghan opened up about her feelings towards acting in an interview with Variety. In it, she reflected that Hollywood as an industry had changed a great deal since she left in 2017 also expressing her hope that any actress who might play her on screen in future would identify the "playful" side of her.

When asked if she'd consider a return to her acting roots, the duchess said: "No. I'm done. I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not."

Entertainment expert and founder of MarkMeets, Mark Boardman, told Newsweek: "Meghan has come a long way since her time in the hit series Suits and expects more high profile television series or feature films to reference her, [in] which she hopes the actress shows her soft and playful side.

"[Her] stand-out role on Suits for seven series as a paralegal-turned-associate character drew much attention to her acting abilities but neither the show or her portrayal was worthy of an Emmy nomination.

"108 appearances on Suits ensured Meghan Markle had become not only a successful actress, but gave her the insight into the world of production, promotion and media," he continued. "Besides rediscovering her love of fashion, the role led her to doing press in London where she was famously set up on a blind date with Prince Harry and the rest is history."

Of her new life behind the camera, Boardman says that Meghan has "moved away from what she calls the toxic acting industry" and "is settled into family life and committed to being a royal and supporting Harry in his duties as required, and financially they are both very secure so can pick and choose what projects they individually pick up."

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