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

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

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

Revel

2026 • as Diane Dean

Flight of the Butterflies

2012 • as Narrator

★ 6.2

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986 • as Kim Wilson

★ 5.0

Inherit the Wind

1988 • as Rachel Brown

★ 7.3

Home for the Holidays

2017 • as Megan Byrne

★ 8.6

Breakfast with Scot

2007 • as Barbara Warren

★ 6.1

She Came Back

2025 • as Janet

★ 3.5

A Time of Destiny

1988 • as Irene

★ 5.4

The Chase

1991 • as Gloria Whipple

★ 4.0

Pirate's Passage

2015 • as Meg O’Leary (voice)

★ 5.5

The Way Home

• as Tessa

★ 8.0

Christmas Child

2004 • as Meg Davenport

★ 5.7

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993 • as Juliet

★ 7.8

Champagne Charlie

1989 • as Louise

★ 5.3

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 2.0

Lie Exposed

2020 • as Diane

★ 3.6

Plainsong

2004 • as Ella Guthrie

★ 7.2

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

Boys and Girls

1983 • as Margaret

★ 5.5

A Foreign Affair

2003 • as Lena

★ 5.4

What Katy Did

1999 • as Cousin Helen

★ 6.8

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

When Pigs Fly

1993 • as Kathleen

★ 5.6

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 • as Self - Anne Shirley

★ 2.0

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024 • as Mary Riter Hamilton

★ 2.0

The Mating Season

1980 • as Laura McLain

★ 8.0

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007 • as Francie Thomson

★ 4.7

Sin of Innocence

1986 • as Jenny Colleran

★ 5.1

Stealing the Sky

2025 • as Marilyn

★ 5.3

Booky's Crush

2009 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.0

Stacking

1987 • as Anna Mae Morgan

★ 8.5

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006 • as Francie Thomson

★ 5.7

Deep Sleep

1990 • as Shelley

★ 7.5

Under The Piano

1996 • as Rosetta Basilio

★ 5.8

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005 • as Sharon Twain

★ 5.9

Major Crime

1997 • as Joanie Wells

★ 10.0

Open Heart

2004 • as Sherry Cardinal

★ 7.0

Termini Station

1989 • as Micheline Dushane

★ 4.8

The Olden Days Coat

1981 • as Sal

★ 9.0

The Stork Derby

2002 • as Kate Harrington

★ 6.5

Hard Drive

2014 • as Barbara

★ 3.0

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006 • as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

★ 2.0

Seasonal Differences

1987 • as Dana

movie

A Bend in the Road

• as Self