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

54 acting

6 crew

Popularity

1.4

photo_camera movie

Known For

I Am Number Four

2011

as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

Silver Bullet

1985

as Jane Coslaw

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Anne Shirley

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

as Anne Shirley

I Am Number Four

2011 • as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Silver Bullet

1985 • as Jane Coslaw

★ 6.7

Anne of Green Gables

1985 • as Anne Shirley

★ 8.1

The Nutcracker Prince

1990 • as Clara (voice)

★ 6.5

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.9

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.5

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991 • as Peggy Ann Bradnick

★ 5.4

She Came Back

2025 • as Janet

★ 3.5

Flight of the Butterflies

2012 • as Narrator

★ 6.2

Pirate's Passage

2015 • as Meg O’Leary (voice)

★ 5.5

Home for the Holidays

2017 • as Megan Byrne

★ 8.6

Inherit the Wind

1988 • as Rachel Brown

★ 7.3

The Mating Season

1980 • as Laura McLain

★ 8.0

Hockey Night

1984 • as Cathy Yarrow

★ 6.3

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 2.0

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986 • as Kim Wilson

★ 5.0

Sin of Innocence

1986 • as Jenny Colleran

★ 5.1

The Chase

1991 • as Gloria Whipple

★ 4.0

Breakfast with Scot

2007 • as Barbara Warren

★ 6.1

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

Champagne Charlie

1989 • as Louise

★ 5.3

A Time of Destiny

1988 • as Irene

★ 5.4

A Foreign Affair

2003 • as Lena

★ 5.4

When Pigs Fly

1993 • as Kathleen

★ 5.6

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

1999 • as Emma Smith (voice)

★ 6.5

Reluctant Angel

1997 • as Lisa / Cheryl

★ 9.0

Termini Station

1989 • as Micheline Dushane

★ 4.8

Plainsong

2004 • as Ella Guthrie

★ 7.2

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 • as Self - Anne Shirley

★ 2.0

Christmas Child

2004 • as Meg Davenport

★ 5.7

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005 • as Sharon Twain

★ 5.9

The Way Home

• as Tessa

★ 8.0

movie

Where Are the Dolls

2012 • as Elizabeth / Narrator

★ 1.5

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024 • as Mary Riter Hamilton

★ 2.0

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007 • as Francie Thomson

★ 4.7

Major Crime

1997 • as Joanie Wells

★ 10.0

Booky's Crush

2009 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.0

Open Heart

2004 • as Sherry Cardinal

★ 7.0

The Stork Derby

2002 • as Kate Harrington

★ 6.5

The Olden Days Coat

1981 • as Sal

★ 9.0

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.7

Lie Exposed

2020 • as Diane

★ 3.6

Under The Piano

1996 • as Rosetta Basilio

★ 5.8

Deep Sleep

1990 • as Shelley

★ 7.5

Revel

2026 • as Diane Dean

Stealing the Sky

2025 • as Marilyn

★ 5.3

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993 • as Juliet

★ 7.8

movie

A Bend in the Road

• as Self

Boys and Girls

1983 • as Margaret

★ 5.5

Hard Drive

2014 • as Barbara

★ 3.0

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006 • as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

★ 2.0

Stacking

1987 • as Anna Mae Morgan

★ 8.5

What Katy Did

1999 • as Cousin Helen

★ 6.8

Seasonal Differences

1987 • as Dana