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

1.7

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

Reluctant Angel

1997 • as Lisa / Cheryl

★ 9.0

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.9

The Nutcracker Prince

1990 • as Clara (voice)

★ 6.5

Revel

2026 • as Diane Dean

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

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000 • as Anne Shirley

★ 7.5

Breakfast with Scot

2007 • as Barbara Warren

★ 6.1

Flight of the Butterflies

2012 • as Narrator

★ 6.2

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986 • as Kim Wilson

★ 5.0

A Time of Destiny

1988 • as Irene

★ 5.4

Home for the Holidays

2017 • as Megan Byrne

★ 8.6

Inherit the Wind

1988 • as Rachel Brown

★ 7.3

She Came Back

2025 • as Janet

★ 3.5

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 2.0

The Way Home

• as Tessa

★ 8.0

Champagne Charlie

1989 • as Louise

★ 5.3

Plainsong

2004 • as Ella Guthrie

★ 7.2

Pirate's Passage

2015 • as Meg O’Leary (voice)

★ 5.5

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

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993 • as Juliet

★ 7.8

The Chase

1991 • as Gloria Whipple

★ 4.0

What Katy Did

1999 • as Cousin Helen

★ 6.8

Lie Exposed

2020 • as Diane

★ 3.6

A Foreign Affair

2003 • as Lena

★ 5.4

Deep Sleep

1990 • as Shelley

★ 7.5

Sin of Innocence

1986 • as Jenny Colleran

★ 5.1

movie

Where Are the Dolls

2012 • as Elizabeth / Narrator

★ 1.5

Hockey Night

1984 • as Cathy Yarrow

★ 6.3

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

1999 • as Emma Smith (voice)

★ 6.5

Stealing the Sky

2025 • as Marilyn

★ 5.3

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.7

Boys and Girls

1983 • as Margaret

★ 5.5

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007 • as Francie Thomson

★ 4.7

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005 • as Sharon Twain

★ 5.9

When Pigs Fly

1993 • as Kathleen

★ 5.6

Stacking

1987 • as Anna Mae Morgan

★ 8.5

Open Heart

2004 • as Sherry Cardinal

★ 7.0

Under The Piano

1996 • as Rosetta Basilio

★ 5.8

Major Crime

1997 • as Joanie Wells

★ 10.0

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024 • as Mary Riter Hamilton

★ 2.0

Termini Station

1989 • as Micheline Dushane

★ 4.8

The Mating Season

1980 • as Laura McLain

★ 8.0

Christmas Child

2004 • as Meg Davenport

★ 5.7

The Olden Days Coat

1981 • as Sal

★ 9.0

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 • as Self - Anne Shirley

★ 2.0

Booky's Crush

2009 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.0

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006 • as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

★ 2.0

Hard Drive

2014 • as Barbara

★ 3.0

The Stork Derby

2002 • as Kate Harrington

★ 6.5

Seasonal Differences

1987 • as Dana

movie

A Bend in the Road

• as Self