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Megan Follows

Megan Follows

ActorDirector Mar 14 (age 58) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1972–2025 (53 year career)
6.2 avg rating

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.

Known For

Reign
Film

Reign

Catherine de' Medici
Heartland
Film

Heartland

Director
I Am Number Four
Film

I Am Number Four

Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables
Film

Anne of Green Gables

Anne Shirley
Charmed
Film

Charmed

Director
Silver Bullet
Film

Silver Bullet

Jane Coslaw
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Film

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne Shirley
October Faction
Film

October Faction

Edith Mooreland

Filmography

Acting (94)

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Movies (51)

Stealing the Sky

Stealing the Sky

2025

as Marilyn

6.0
She Came Back

She Came Back

2025

as Janet

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

2024

as Mary Riter Hamilton

2.0
Lie Exposed

Lie Exposed

2020

as Diane

3.6
Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

2017

as Megan Byrne

8.6
Pirate's Passage

Pirate's Passage

2015

as Meg O’Leary (voice)

5.6
Hard Drive

Hard Drive

2014

as Barbara

2.8
Where Are the Dolls

Where Are the Dolls

2012

as Elizabeth / Narrator

1.5
Flight of the Butterflies

Flight of the Butterflies

2012

as Narrator

6.2
I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011

as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

6.2
Booky's Crush

Booky's Crush

2009

as Francie Thomson

5.0
Breakfast with Scot

Breakfast with Scot

2007

as Barbara Warren

6.2
Booky & the Secret Santa

Booky & the Secret Santa

2007

as Francie Thomson

4.7
The Great Polar Bear Adventure

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

2006

as Narrator (voice)

2.0
Kevin Sullivan's Classic

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006

as Self - Anne Shirley

2.0
Booky Makes Her Mark

Booky Makes Her Mark

2006

as Francie Thomson

5.7
L.M. Montgomery's Island

L.M. Montgomery's Island

2006

as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

2.0
Shania A Life in Eight Albums

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

2005

as Sharon Twain

5.0
Open Heart

Open Heart

2004

as Sherry Cardinal

6.0
Plainsong

Plainsong

2004

as Ella Guthrie

7.0
A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

2004

as Lena

5.4
Christmas Child

Christmas Child

2004

as Meg Davenport

5.6
The Stork Derby

The Stork Derby

2002

as Kate Harrington

6.0
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000

as Anne Shirley

7.3
What Katy Did

What Katy Did

1999

as Cousin Helen

7.0
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

1999

as Emma Smith (voice)

5.2
Major Crime

Major Crime

1997

as Joanie Wells

10.0
Reluctant Angel

Reluctant Angel

1997

as Lisa / Cheryl

Under The Piano

Under The Piano

1996

as Rosetta Basilio

5.0
When Pigs Fly

When Pigs Fly

1993

as Kathleen

5.1
Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

1993

as Juliet

7.3
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991

as Peggy Ann Bradnick

5.0
The Chase

The Chase

1991

as Gloria Whipple

2.7
Deep Sleep

Deep Sleep

1990

as Shelley

6.0
The Nutcracker Prince

The Nutcracker Prince

1990

as Clara (voice)

6.4
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

6.1
Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie

1989

as Louise

3.0
Termini Station

Termini Station

1989

as Micheline Dushane

3.0
A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny

1988

as Irene

4.8
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1988

as Rachel Brown

7.8
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

as Anne Shirley

7.9
Stacking

Stacking

1987

as Anna Mae Morgan

Seasonal Differences

Seasonal Differences

1987

as Dana

Sin of Innocence

Sin of Innocence

1986

as Jenny Colleran

3.9
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

1986

as Kim Wilson

3.0
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Anne Shirley

8.1
Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

1985

as Jane Coslaw

6.6
Hockey Night

Hockey Night

1984

as Cathy Yarrow

6.1
Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

1983

as Margaret

5.3
The Olden Days Coat

The Olden Days Coat

1981

as Sal

The Mating Season

The Mating Season

1980

as Laura McLain

Television (43)

My Dead Mom

My Dead Mom

2024

as Fern

4.0
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

2023

as Senator Nora Evers

7.1
October Faction

October Faction

2020

as Edith Mooreland

6.6
Hudson & Rex

Hudson & Rex

2019

as Detective Sidney Scott

8.4
Wynonna Earp

Wynonna Earp

2016

as Michelle Gibson

7.9
Reign

Reign

2013

as Catherine de' Medici

8.1
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter

Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter

2013
Longmire

Longmire

2012

as Alice Stewart

7.7
World Without End

World Without End

2012

as Maud

6.8
Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle

2010

as Warden Barton

7.0
Lie to Me

Lie to Me

2009

as Lorraine Burch

7.9
Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries

2008

as Megan Byrne

7.7
Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

2008

as Reanne Chrisman

6.6
Heartland

Heartland

2007

as Lily Borden

8.3
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

2006

as Maggie Stephens

7.1
Robson Arms

Robson Arms

2005

as Janice Keneally

4.6
House

House

2004

as Jennifer Williams

8.6
Cold Case

Cold Case

2003

as Maura (2005)

7.8
Threat Matrix

Threat Matrix

2003

as Denise

6.0
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002

as Chloe Grand

7.7
Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

2001

as Beth

7.2
The Division

The Division

2001

as Science Teacher

7.1
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Beth Darian

7.6
Strong Medicine

Strong Medicine

2000

as Dana's Doctor

7.5
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000

as Anne Shirley Blythe

6.8
Family Law

Family Law

1999

as Nancy Quinn

8.2
Big Wolf on Campus

Big Wolf on Campus

1999
7.2
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

1995

as Karen Ross

7.7
ER

ER

1994

as Christy Larkin

7.8
The X-Files

The X-Files

1993

as Kath McCready

8.4
Second Chances

Second Chances

1993

as Kate Benedict

4.3
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

as Megan Parnell

7.3
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

as Anne Shirley

8.5
Anne auf Green Gables

Anne auf Green Gables

1986
The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater

1985

as Aimee

6.8
The Comedy Factory

The Comedy Factory

1985

as Tina Jackson

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Anne Shirley

8.7
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

1984

as Lila Nolan

7.5
Domestic Life

Domestic Life

1984

as Didi Crane

5.0
The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

1979
7.1
The Littlest Hobo

The Littlest Hobo

1979

as Rose

7.3
Matt and Jenny

Matt and Jenny

1979

as Jenny Tanner

6.5
ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Dana Sherman

6.4