Megan Follows

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-03-14 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Megan Follows

Biography

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.

Acting

1989

1990

The Nutcracker Prince

as Clara (voice)

2004

Open Heart

as Sherry Cardinal

2011

I Am Number Four

as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

1985

Anne of Green Gables

as Anne Shirley

2004

Christmas Child

as Meg Davenport

2003

2007

Breakfast with Scot

as Barbara Warren

1999

What Katy Did

as Cousin Helen

2007

Booky & the Secret Santa

as Francie Thomson

1984

Hockey Night

as Cathy Yarrow

2006

1988

1986

Sin of Innocence

as Jenny Colleran

1990

Deep Sleep

as Shelley

2006

L.M. Montgomery's Island

as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

2006

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

as Self - Anne Shirley

2014

Hard Drive

as Barbara

1991

The Chase

as Gloria Whipple

2025

1993

When Pigs Fly

as Kathleen

2015

Pirate's Passage

as Meg O’Leary (voice)

2006

Booky Makes Her Mark

as Francie Thomson

2009

Booky's Crush

as Francie Thomson

1989

Termini Station

as Micheline Dushane

1996

Under The Piano

as Rosetta Basilio

1988

Inherit the Wind

as Rachel Brown

2012

Where Are the Dolls

as Elizabeth / Narrator

1987

Stacking

as Anna Mae Morgan

2002

The Stork Derby

as Kate Harrington

2004

Plainsong

as Ella Guthrie

1985

Silver Bullet

as Jane Coslaw

2020

Lie Exposed

as Diane

1997

Reluctant Angel

as Lisa / Cheryl

1983

Boys and Girls

as Margaret

1980

The Mating Season

as Laura McLain

1997

Major Crime

as Joanie Wells

2024

2017

Home for the Holidays

as Megan Byrne

-

Production

2025

She Came Back

as Director

-

Stealing the Sky

as Director

-

Stealing the Sky

as Executive Producer

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