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

1.1

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

★ 6.6

Anne of Green Gables

1985 • as Anne Shirley

★ 8.1

Champagne Charlie

1989 • as Louise

★ 5.3

Inherit the Wind

1988 • as Rachel Brown

★ 7.7

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.9

Plainsong

2004 • as Ella Guthrie

★ 7.2

The Nutcracker Prince

1990 • as Clara (voice)

★ 6.5

Termini Station

1989 • as Micheline Dushane

★ 4.8

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

Hockey Night

1984 • as Cathy Yarrow

★ 6.3

Sin of Innocence

1986 • as Jenny Colleran

★ 4.9

Lie Exposed

2020 • as Diane

★ 3.6

When Pigs Fly

1993 • as Kathleen

★ 5.4

A Time of Destiny

1988 • as Irene

★ 5.4

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

Christmas Child

2004 • as Meg Davenport

★ 5.7

Breakfast with Scot

2007 • as Barbara Warren

★ 6.2

Flight of the Butterflies

2012 • as Narrator

★ 6.2

The Chase

1991 • as Gloria Whipple

★ 4.0

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.3

What Katy Did

1999 • as Cousin Helen

★ 7.0

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986 • as Kim Wilson

★ 5.0

A Foreign Affair

2004 • as Lena

★ 5.5

Pirate's Passage

2015 • as Meg O’Leary (voice)

★ 5.6

She Came Back

2025 • as Janet

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005 • as Sharon Twain

★ 5.3

The Mating Season

1980 • as Laura McLain

★ 8.0

Booky's Crush

2009 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.0

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 2.0

Stacking

1987 • as Anna Mae Morgan

★ 10.0

The Stork Derby

2002 • as Kate Harrington

★ 6.5

Reluctant Angel

1997 • as Lisa / Cheryl

★ 9.0

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993 • as Juliet

★ 7.8

Home for the Holidays

2017 • as Megan Byrne

★ 8.6

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007 • as Francie Thomson

★ 4.7

Open Heart

2004 • as Sherry Cardinal

★ 7.0

Boys and Girls

1983 • as Margaret

★ 5.5

Deep Sleep

1990 • as Shelley

★ 7.5

Hard Drive

2014 • as Barbara

★ 3.0

Seasonal Differences

1987 • as Dana

Under The Piano

1996 • as Rosetta Basilio

★ 5.8

Major Crime

1997 • as Joanie Wells

★ 10.0

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.7

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

1999 • as Emma Smith (voice)

★ 6.5

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024 • as Mary Riter Hamilton

★ 2.0

The Olden Days Coat

1981 • as Sal

★ 9.0

Stealing the Sky

2025 • as Marilyn

★ 5.5

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 • as Self - Anne Shirley

★ 2.0

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006 • as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

★ 2.0

movie

Where Are the Dolls

2012 • as Elizabeth / Narrator

★ 1.5