Suits’ Rachael Harris Says Meghan Markle ‘Succeeded’ as Working Actress

While Rachael Harris and Meghan Markle didn’t frequently cross paths on the set of Suits, the comedian still has nothing but positive memories of the now-duchess.

“I didn’t get to do scenes [with her]. The one scene that I did with her during Suits was when she got married,” Harris, 56, exclusively told Us Weekly at the Groundlings 50th Anniversary Event in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 19. “It wasn’t, like, she was ready to improvise [her] lines for the wedding, but she was great.”

Harris added, “She’s hip to all that stuff.”

Meghan, 43, starred as Rachel Zane on the first seven seasons of USA Network’s Suits, playing a paralegal-turned-attorney who fell in love with Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams). Harris, for her part, portrayed recurring character Sheila Sazs, the on-off love interest of Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman).

The Duchess of Sussex ultimately retired from acting at the end of season 7 — which culminated in Rachel and Mike’s wedding — when she married Prince Harry. (Meghan and Harry, 40, stepped down from their royal duties in 2020 and now raise their two children privately in California.)

“What I love about Megan is that I met her way before [Suits] and she just wanted to live her dream and be a working actress,” Harris recalled to Us. “She succeeded at that, so it’s just great that she happened to find a nice guy.”

In addition to thinking fondly about her time at Suits’ Spencer, Pearson and Litt, Harris is also remembering her time as a member of the famed Groundlings improv troupe.

“I think the best thing that I’ve learned from the Groundlings was how to be a supportive player,” Harris told Us at the anniversary event on Saturday, which she attended with fellow alum and friend Cheryl Hines. “When we were doing somebody else’s sketch, if I was supporting in that, you’re supposed to help your other person. To be a supporting player and to not make it about you. It’s taken me a long way in doing television, like doing comedy and Suits and Lucifer.”

She continued, “When it’s not my scene, but show up and be more prepared than ever. It’s, like, when the camera turns around and you’re off-camera for someone because it’s very close-up, you’re freaked out because you want to know your material better than ever — even more so than when it’s on yourself.”

Working with The Groundlings, Harris found that the lessons to “show up and support the other actors and the other writers” were “really drilled” into her cohort.

“Good sportsmanship is what I like,” she gushed. “It’s akin to, you know, are you able to be supportive of other people and see the whole? It’s a collaborative art as opposed to being [focused on yourself].”

With reporting by Lanae Brody