We can be like her. Reporter the woman who has walked the walk before walking the world stage. Any opportunity to help people that have less than you will change how you move in the World Without question. Reporter from finding her voice. Rachel enters wearing a towel. I said no. Not doing it. Reporter to activist speaking her heart. Now capturing prince harrys. This beautiful woman trip and fell into my life. This is 20 20. Reporter its not a palace, its not a mansion. In fact its just an apartment above a garage, but for the very uncommon commoner born Rachel Meghan markle, this was home. And if you follow the driveway back thats where the yard is and meghan lived in the back upstairs. Meghan markle grew up here in los angeles. Her father worked on various tv series here in town. Her mother got a masters in social work from the university of southern california, usc. And she describes her as a freespirited clinical therapist. Reporter like so many children, including the one who would become her fiance, early in life megan had to endure the divorce of her parents. They may have separated when she was around 2. Divorced when she was around 6. Starting at age two until around six megan lived with her mom doria, seen here on her instagram in that garage apartment in the ethnically diverse middleclass miracle mile neighborhood according to nantille charbonnet, their former landlord. She was gentle, she was soft, and perceptive. She was always listening and paying attention. Reporter by all accounts her parents remained amicable and she caught the showbiz bug through her fathers job as a director of photography for the bawdy 90s sitcom married with children. I need a vacation. Peg if you want to visit some place new, try the kitchen. Reporter her parents divorced when she was quite young. Her father worked on married with children. So from married with children to the windsor clan. Thats thats a neat arc. Reporter huge arc. Yes, the girl who will be marrying into the house of windsor grew up in the house of bundy. Here she is with members of the cast. On the set every day for ten years i was there. Its a very perverse place for a little girl to grow up and then the guests the first ten years of Meghan Markles life in no way, shape, or form compare to or match up to the first ten years of any other princesss life ever. Ever. Reporter with an African American mother and a white father, there is Something Else meghan grapples with that sets her far apart from other royals. I think we can safely say that dealing with profound issues of racism and inequality have not factored into any current princesss life. Reporter the question of race and identity becomes a theme throughout meghans life. Shes been outspoken about the topic here she is at a usa network event. Im biracial. Most people cant really tell what im mixed with, so, much of my life has felt like being a fly on the wall. And so some of the slurs that ive heard, the really offensive jokes, or the names, its just hit me in a really strong way. But its not only issues of race shes tackling early on in life. Meghan was also confronting gender inequality in advertising. Dont believe it . See for yourself on this nick news segment. My name is Meghan Markle and im 12 years old. Its always mom does this and mom does that. Reporter as the story goes, this all came about after young meghan saw this commercial during a class. Women are fighting greasy pots and pans i was furious. And i said i think ill write a letter. The president of proctor and gamble proctor and gamble companies. I was wondering if you would be able to change your commercial to people all over america. Three months after meghan wrote to the president of the company proctor and gamble changed the commercial. People are fighting greasy pots and pans with ivory clear. She had a lot of inner strength. She was spunky. She was feisty. She took our social justice teaching very seriously. Reporter Christine Knudsen and maria polia both taught meghan theology at the all girls school immaculate heart. I taught meghan in this very classroom when she was a junior. Here we have a lot of girls who are multiracial multiethnic, and it makes life really interesting and it makes our classes really interesting. Reporter these days, this photo of meghan on the wall of has become the student bodys star of fame. And shes one of our sisters. cause like everyone that comes here is like, were all so technically we could probably be part of the royal family too. Shes so pretty. Shes definitely really inspiring, and she knows what shes saying. Were like following her footsteps in a way. Yeah. Shes definitely not afraid to say what she needs to say and stand up for whatevers right. So, three words i would use to describe meghan would be kind, generous and enthusiastic. Reporter Catherine Knight first met meghan in middle school. I was in seventh grade. She was an eighth grader. And i just remember being so taken with her, i remember kind of running into her coming out of the bathroom one day. Like, bumping into her and thinking, oh, no. But and she was so nice. Shes, like, oh, hi, how are you . And, oh, i i loved your dance at at culture day, and it was one of those things where i was, like, oh, she knows who i am. Reporter she still has the old yearbooks with meghans notes to her. It says, dear catherine, hey, beautiful. How are you . I hope youve had as much fun getting to know me as ive had getting to know you. Meghans middle and High School Years were full of typical teenage fun roller skate partie and plenty of school dances. She even got the opportunity to see a bit of the world here she is, age 15, taking in the sites at her future inlaws house, buckingham palace. Reporter but most of all, it was on the stage in the School Auditorium where her talent began to bloom. She was the star of damn yankees. And she was very good. And i just remember thinking, oh my gosh, this girl has talent. She performed a song from a chorus line, the song, nothing. And i remember standing in the wings kind of watching the performance and thinking, like, wow. You know, it didnt feel like you were watching a high school performance. Reporter but charisse mordeno tran remembers megan for a much braver performance, the moment when megan stepped in to protect her from some bullying seniors. She interrupted what they were saying, and she said, we dont do that here. I was like, oh, my gosh. She stood up to these high schoolers. And and, you know, she doesnt even know who i am. And shes an 8thgrader, and im a 7thgrader. This is someone who is not going to stand for someone whos not being treated fairly or right. I dont even know if she even remembers that this happened, but i do, because it happened to me. And she was the one that came to my rescue. Reporter by graduation day, maria pollia says meghan is determined to make it big. She wanted to be the best that she could be on stage or wherever that career led her. It was not at all frivolous. Oh i want to be a movie star. It was it was a very serious pursuit of the craft of acting. Reporter that pursuit brings megan to prestigious Northwestern University in chicago. At the time she is the first member of her family to attend college. I remember her being very positive she had a very strong persona. Reporter at northwestern meghan joins the kappa kappa gamma sorority. Here she is with her sisters and pursues degrees in theatre and international studies. My lasting memory of megan is her profound sense of self, as she knew who she was, its that perspective, that i suspected would prepare her well for the world outside. Reporter the future looks bright but even her elite education cant prepare her for hollywoods school of hard knocks. This is a ruthless, cruel place. 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Soap actress becoming royalty except there was a lot in between first returning to college, finishing her dual degrees in theater and along with an internship at the us embassy in buenos aires described by her half sister samantha in the itv documentary prince harry and meghan truly madly deeply. She went to l. A. And she worked like many working actors do. Reporter translation one cattle call after another wondering will i ever get a part again. Getting a job is a big big bg and not getting a job as any actor will tell you is hearing no a lot. Reporter meghan explained how she made ends meet back then on the aol build series. When i was an auditioning actress to pay the bills i did so much calligraphy, because i could do it in my free time and its actually quite lucrative you are a calligrapher . I used to be yes. He once demonstrated that unusual talent to larry king. Ooh thats beautiful oh do tell. Reporter she would later blog about this time a very unprincess like diary. My 20s were brutal a constant battle with myself, judging my weight, my style, my desire to be as cool as hip as smart as whatever as everyone else. Reporter her self esteem and job prospects also complicated by the nagging question of race. On some auditions they thought she was too white on some they thought she was too black. Markle would later despair about that in elle magazine calling herself the ethnic chameleon who couldnt book a job. Still with those looks you can only be ignored for so long. Whats the first role you auditioned for . Meghan hot girl 1 in a lot like love with ashton kutcher. Did you get it . Yes hi. Hi. Reporter hot girl number one sizzled on to more steamy roles a lingerie wearing maid in csi new york. Why did greg jordan fire you . I dont know. It seemed like nothing i did was good enough. Reporter a fetching fed ex worker in horrible bosses. Youre way too cute. A sultry suitcase girl on deal or no deal. Reporter she did what a lot of beautiful young actresses in los angeles do which is jump from show to show, one episode at a time never really making a huge impact in any one show. But there might never have been any royal connection if not for what eventually happened in the former british dominion north of the border, canada. It was definitely part of the lore in toronto in canada because. Because it was shot there. Reporter toronto star reporter Shinan Govani would come to know Meghan Markle personally thanks to a tv show called suits. Hi. Im rachel zane. Reporter once Meghan Markle got cast as rachel zane. Nothing was the same. Wow youre pretty. I am not interested. She definitely had like a spark and was a fan favorite. Were going to look at privacy and harassment law and see if we can find a combination of cases. She plays a paralegal who goes far beyond the limits of her job and has that sort of glint in her eye that lets you know that this is no simple assistant you know who should be trifled with that shes not someone to underestimate at all. Reporter the role was almost tailor made for her a glamorous and brainy biracial woman. Suits definitely changed Meghan Markles career and then her life. Is it a hit show . I think it has more of a following among millennials. Theyre quite into her and the show reporter the show embraced her looks so much. Her embraces became must see tv. It has been necessary for her to have love scenes shes certainly had quite a few on suits its you know nothing really that shocking if you take it out of the context of who shes marrying. It doesnt matter if she was wearing lingerie or Something Like that she had a freaking job rock on meghan reporter at the one young world summit in dublin she seemed to say shed had enough this season every script seemed to begin with rachel enters wearing a towel and i said nope, not doing it. Reporter all that exposure allowed her to revive dreams of working internationally and volunteered in multiple countries as filmed by world vision going from the slums of rwanda. This clean water source has changed the entire community. Its cool to see. Reporter to a clinic in india. She helped out and raised awareness advocating for womens rights at the United Nations womens conference. Distinguish ladies and gentlemen i am tremendously honored to be a womens advocate for political participation and leadership. Reporter her stature only grew. You can tell when people are committed because when youre not youre standing on your pedestal and this person was not that person, not at all. Doesnt matter what youre doing. I think just any opportunity to help people that have less than you will change how you move in the World Without question. I think everyone should do it. Reporter as she sat on the stage Meghan Markle seemed to have it all, fulfillment, success, a career on the rise, everything except one thing, a soulmeat. Coming up, the husband before harry and the path that led to the royal engagement. One of us. I write them a poem instead and one for each of you too thats actually yours. That, that one. Yeah. Regardless, were stuck with the bill. To many, words are the most valuable currency. Last i checked, stores dont take words. Some do. Not everyone can be the poetic voice of a generation. I know, right . Such a burden. The bank of america mobile banking app. The fast, secure and simple way to send money. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . 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Now single in toronto she meets celebrity chef cory. People on the social scene in toronto know cory and that relationship was for a few years but was not the one. Then in the summer of 2016 she jets to london. A mutual friend sets her up on a blind date with a visible bachelor. They had to be so gratified to hear p