Megan Follows

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.

Born

Mar 14, 1968

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Known For

Acting

Movies

51 acting

5 crew

Popularity

0.9

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Known For

I Am Number Four

2011

as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Anne Shirley

Silver Bullet

1985

as Jane Coslaw

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

as Anne Shirley

I Am Number Four

2011 • as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Anne of Green Gables

1985 • as Anne Shirley

★ 8.1

Silver Bullet

1985 • as Jane Coslaw

★ 6.6

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.9

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991 • as Peggy Ann Bradnick

★ 5.5

The Nutcracker Prince

1990 • as Clara (voice)

★ 6.5

What Katy Did

1999 • as Cousin Helen

★ 7.0

The Chase

1991 • as Gloria Whipple

★ 4.0

Breakfast with Scot

2007 • as Barbara Warren

★ 6.2

Pirate's Passage

2015 • as Meg O’Leary (voice)

★ 5.6

A Time of Destiny

1988 • as Irene

★ 5.4

Inherit the Wind

1988 • as Rachel Brown

★ 7.3

Plainsong

2004 • as Ella Guthrie

★ 7.2

She Came Back

2025 • as Janet

Sin of Innocence

1986 • as Jenny Colleran

★ 4.9

Deep Sleep

1990 • as Shelley

★ 7.5

Termini Station

1989 • as Micheline Dushane

★ 4.8

Lie Exposed

2020 • as Diane

★ 3.6

Major Crime

1997 • as Joanie Wells

★ 10.0

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

1990 • as Becky

★ 6.2

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 2.0

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

1999 • as Emma Smith (voice)

★ 6.5

Home for the Holidays

2017 • as Megan Byrne

★ 8.6

Booky's Crush

2009 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.0

Hard Drive

2014 • as Barbara

★ 3.0

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.3

Reluctant Angel

1997 • as Lisa / Cheryl

★ 9.0

Under The Piano

1996 • as Rosetta Basilio

★ 5.8

Champagne Charlie

1989 • as Louise

★ 5.3

Open Heart

2004 • as Sherry Cardinal

★ 7.0

Hockey Night

1984 • as Cathy Yarrow

★ 6.3

A Foreign Affair

2004 • as Lena

★ 5.5

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986 • as Kim Wilson

★ 5.0

Stacking

1987 • as Anna Mae Morgan

★ 10.0

Stealing the Sky

2025 • as Marilyn

★ 5.5

When Pigs Fly

1993 • as Kathleen

★ 5.4

Flight of the Butterflies

2012 • as Narrator

★ 6.2

Christmas Child

2004 • as Meg Davenport

★ 5.7

The Stork Derby

2002 • as Kate Harrington

★ 6.5

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007 • as Francie Thomson

★ 4.7

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005 • as Sharon Twain

★ 5.3

The Mating Season

1980 • as Laura McLain

★ 8.0

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993 • as Juliet

★ 7.8

Boys and Girls

1983 • as Margaret

★ 5.5

The Olden Days Coat

1981 • as Sal

★ 9.0

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.7

Seasonal Differences

1987 • as Dana

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 • as Self - Anne Shirley

★ 2.0

movie

Where Are the Dolls

2012 • as Elizabeth / Narrator

★ 1.5

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024 • as Mary Riter Hamilton

★ 2.0

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006 • as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

★ 2.0