Megan Follows
Acting • Born 1968-03-14
Biography
Megan Follows is a Canadian American stage, film and television actress, best known for playing Anne Shirley in the 1985 miniseries Anne of Green Gables, the highest-rated drama in Canadian television history. Her performance in the first three installments earned her two Gemini awards as best actress for the first two miniseries, Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, and a Gemini nomination for the third, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.
Filmography
94 credits
Champagne Charlie
Movie • 1989
Louise
Shania A Life in Eight Albums
Movie • 2005
Sharon Twain
The Nutcracker Prince
Movie • 1990
Clara (voice)
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Movie • 1987
Anne Shirley
Open Heart
Movie • 2004
Sherry Cardinal
I Am Number Four
Movie • 2011
Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables
Movie • 1985
Anne Shirley
Christmas Child
Movie • 2004
Meg Davenport
A Foreign Affair
Movie • 2004
Lena
Breakfast with Scot
Movie • 2007
Barbara Warren
What Katy Did
Movie • 1999
Cousin Helen
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1990
Becky
Booky & the Secret Santa
Movie • 2007
Francie Thomson
Hockey Night
Movie • 1984
Cathy Yarrow
The Great Polar Bear Adventure
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Flight of the Butterflies
Movie • 2012
Narrator
The Olden Days Coat
Movie • 1981
Sal
A Time of Destiny
Movie • 1988
Irene
Sin of Innocence
Movie • 1986
Jenny Colleran
Deep Sleep
Movie • 1990
Shelley
L.M. Montgomery's Island
Movie • 2006
Anne Shirley (archive footage)
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
Movie • 2006
Self - Anne Shirley
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
Movie • 1991
Peggy Ann Bradnick
Hard Drive
Movie • 2014
Barbara
The Chase
Movie • 1991
Gloria Whipple
She Came Back
Movie • 2025
Janet
When Pigs Fly
Movie • 1993
Kathleen
Pirate's Passage
Movie • 2015
Meg O’Leary (voice)
Booky Makes Her Mark
Movie • 2006
Francie Thomson
Booky's Crush
Movie • 2009
Francie Thomson
Termini Station
Movie • 1989
Micheline Dushane
Under The Piano
Movie • 1996
Rosetta Basilio
Seasonal Differences
Movie • 1987
Dana
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1988
Rachel Brown
Where Are the Dolls
Movie • 2012
Elizabeth / Narrator
Stacking
Movie • 1987
Anna Mae Morgan
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
Movie • 1986
Kim Wilson
The Stork Derby
Movie • 2002
Kate Harrington
Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1993
Juliet
Plainsong
Movie • 2004
Ella Guthrie
Silver Bullet
Movie • 1985
Jane Coslaw
Lie Exposed
Movie • 2020
Diane
Reluctant Angel
Movie • 1997
Lisa / Cheryl
Boys and Girls
Movie • 1983
Margaret
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Movie • 2000
Anne Shirley
The Mating Season
Movie • 1980
Laura McLain
Major Crime
Movie • 1997
Joanie Wells
Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton
Movie • 2024
Mary Riter Hamilton
Home for the Holidays
Movie • 2017
Megan Byrne
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
Movie • 1999
Emma Smith (voice)
Stealing the Sky
Movie • 2025
Marilyn
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lila Nolan
Threat Matrix
TV • 2003
Denise
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Beth Darian
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Chloe Grand
The Division
TV • 2001
Science Teacher
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Maura (2005)
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Beth
Big Wolf on Campus
TV • 1999
Robson Arms
TV • 2005
Janice Keneally
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Kath McCready
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
Aimee
Anne of Green Gables
TV • 1985
Anne Shirley
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Lorraine Burch
Second Chances
TV • 1993
Kate Benedict
Family Law
TV • 1999
Nancy Quinn
Domestic Life
TV • 1984
Didi Crane
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Karen Ross
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Dana Sherman
Matt and Jenny
TV • 1979
Jenny Tanner
Raising the Bar
TV • 2008
Reanne Chrisman
Rabbit Hole
TV • 2023
Senator Nora Evers
Reign
TV • 2013
Catherine de' Medici
ER
TV • 1994
Christy Larkin
Hudson & Rex
TV • 2019
Detective Sidney Scott
The Littlest Hobo
TV • 1979
Rose
The Littlest Hobo
TV • 1979
Marti Kendall
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
TV • 2000
Anne Shirley Blythe
World Without End
TV • 2012
Maud
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter
TV • 2013
Anne auf Green Gables
TV • 1986
Wynonna Earp
TV • 2016
Michelle Gibson
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Megan Parnell
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
TV • 1987
Anne Shirley
House
TV • 2004
Jennifer Williams
Heartland
TV • 2007
Lily Borden
Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Warden Barton
October Faction
TV • 2020
Edith Mooreland
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Dana's Doctor
Longmire
TV • 2012
Alice Stewart
My Dead Mom
TV • 2024
Fern
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
Tina Jackson
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Maggie Stephens