Megan Follows

Known for: Acting
Born: March 14, 1968, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Movies: 56

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.

Upcoming Megan Follows Movies

The Way Home

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

6.2

I Am Number Four

2011

6.7

Silver Bullet

1985

8.1

Anne of Green Gables

1985

7.9

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

6.5

The Nutcracker Prince

1990

6.1

Breakfast with Scot

2007

6.4

Christmas Around the Corner

2018

6.2

Flight of the Butterflies

2012

6.2

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

1990

5.5

Pirate's Passage

2015

Filmography

2026	Revel	Diane Dean
2025	She Came Back	Janet
2025	Stealing the Sky	Marilyn
2024	Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton	Mary Riter Hamilton
2020	Lie Exposed	Diane
2017	Home for the Holidays	Megan Byrne
2015	Pirate's Passage	Meg O’Leary (voice)
2014	Hard Drive	Barbara
2012	Flight of the Butterflies	Narrator
2012	Where Are the Dolls	Elizabeth / Narrator
2011	I Am Number Four	Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
2009	Booky's Crush	Francie Thomson
2007	Booky & the Secret Santa	Francie Thomson
2007	Breakfast with Scot	Barbara Warren
2006	Booky Makes Her Mark	Francie Thomson
2006	The Great Polar Bear Adventure	Narrator (voice)
2006	L.M. Montgomery's Island	Anne Shirley (archive footage)
2006	Kevin Sullivan's Classic	Self - Anne Shirley
2005	Shania A Life in Eight Albums	Sharon Twain
2004	Christmas Child	Meg Davenport
2004	Open Heart	Sherry Cardinal
2004	Plainsong	Ella Guthrie
2003	A Foreign Affair	Lena
2002	The Stork Derby	Kate Harrington
2000	Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story	Anne Shirley
1999	American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith	Emma Smith (voice)
1999	What Katy Did	Cousin Helen
1997	Major Crime	Joanie Wells
1997	Reluctant Angel	Lisa / Cheryl
1996	Under The Piano	Rosetta Basilio
1993	When Pigs Fly	Kathleen
1993	Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet	Juliet
1991	Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann	Peggy Ann Bradnick
1991	The Chase	Gloria Whipple
1990	The Nutcracker Prince	Clara (voice)
1990	Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn	Becky
1990	Deep Sleep	Shelley
1989	Termini Station	Micheline Dushane
1989	Champagne Charlie	Louise
1988	A Time of Destiny	Irene
1988	Inherit the Wind	Rachel Brown
1987	Seasonal Differences	Dana
1987	Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel	Anne Shirley
1987	Stacking	Anna Mae Morgan
1986	Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs	Kim Wilson
1986	Sin of Innocence	Jenny Colleran
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Anne Shirley
1985	Silver Bullet	Jane Coslaw
1984	Hockey Night	Cathy Yarrow
1983	Boys and Girls	Margaret
1981	The Olden Days Coat	Sal
1980	The Mating Season	Laura McLain

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	She Came Back	Director
2025	Stealing the Sky	Director
2020	Marry Me This Christmas	Director
2018	Christmas Around the Corner	Director

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