“The theme of passion was continued with her hand-to-chest gestures as she spoke about her causes, although her often-recounted story about how she wrote to P&G aged eleven to get them to change an anti-feminist ad was rather highjacked when Brooke Shields threw in that, aged eleven ‘I was playing a prostitute!’. Meghan’s response was a smile but when she turned her head away a little mouth gurn gesture suggested she was unsure how to react to the comment.
“Meghan also spoke movingly about her own experiences the host described as the ‘seemingly endless toxicity that comes at you’ on social media.
“Meghan’s rueful smile, raised brows and eye cut-off suggested she’d got some very bad memories and her pause and a falter implied she was choosing her words carefully, although an eye-stutter suggested inner anger and upset.
“Telling the audience that ‘the bulk of it came when I was pregnant with Archie and Lily’ she had a micro-eye expression that made her look haunted in freeze-frame. Some facial touching hinted at vulnerability but then the signals of resilience and fight returned with one hand gently balled into a fist plus a more assured facial expression.”
Speaking about the report, Meghan said: “My past experience as an actress, and now today as a producer and mother, have amplified my belief in the critical importance of supporting women and moms both behind the lens and in front of it.
“This report about the portrayal of mothers in entertainment highlights the gaps we need to fill to achieve true representation in the content we create and consume, and I’m honoured to support this work through the Archewell Foundation.”
Meghan appeared in a series of TV acting roles before her 2018 marriage to Harry, the Duke of Sussex, with her most well-known role being Rachel Zane in the American legal drama, Suits.
She is a mother herself to two children with Harry, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, and the family lives in California.
