3 Meg Bellamy, photographed exclusively for Empire in London on 16 October 2023.
MARCO VITTUR
“BEFORE I WAS cast, I’d never once been told I looked like Kate Middleton,” says Meg Bellamy. But that hasn’t held back the previously unknown actor from landing this pivotal part in the sixth and final season of The Crown. She sent in her headshots and details aged 19, after seeing a callout on Instagram. Then, after unexpectedly landing what she calls a “complete gem of a role”, she set about turning herself into the famously soignée princess. “I basically spent all my waking hours watching clips of her on YouTube, studying how she moves and interacts with different kinds of people. I became a massive nerd about it,” she says.