Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Born March 14, 1968
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.
TVLittle House on the Prairie
2026
as Grandma (uncredited)
MovieShe Came Back
2025
as Janet
MovieStealing the Sky
2025
as Marilyn
TVMy Dead Mom
2024
as Fern
MovieHeritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton
2024
as Mary Riter Hamilton
TVRabbit Hole
2023
as Senator Nora Evers
MovieLie Exposed
2020
as Diane
TVOctober Faction
2020
as Edith Mooreland
TVHudson & Rex
2019
as Detective Sidney Scott
MovieHome for the Holidays
2017
as Megan Byrne
TVWynonna Earp
2016
as Michelle Gibson
MoviePirate's Passage
2015
as Meg O’Leary (voice)
MovieHard Drive
2014
as Barbara
TVReign
2013
as Catherine de' Medici
TVAnne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter
2013
MovieFlight of the Butterflies
2012
as Narrator
Where Are the Dolls
2012
as Elizabeth / Narrator
TVWorld Without End
2012
as Maud
TVLongmire
2012
as Alice Stewart
MovieI Am Number Four
2011
as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
TVRepublic of Doyle
2010
as Warden Barton
MovieBooky's Crush
2009
as Francie Thomson
TVLie to Me
2009
as Lorraine Burch
TVRaising the Bar
2008
as Reanne Chrisman
MovieBooky & the Secret Santa
2007
as Francie Thomson
MovieBreakfast with Scot
2007
as Barbara Warren
TVHeartland
2007
as Lily Borden
TVBrothers and Sisters
2006
as Maggie Stephens
MovieBooky Makes Her Mark
2006
as Francie Thomson
MovieThe Great Polar Bear Adventure
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieL.M. Montgomery's Island
2006
as Anne Shirley (archive footage)
MovieKevin Sullivan's Classic
2006
as Self - Anne Shirley
MovieShania A Life in Eight Albums
2005
as Sharon Twain
TVRobson Arms
2005
as Janice Keneally
TVHouse
2004
as Jennifer Williams
MovieChristmas Child
2004
as Meg Davenport
MovieOpen Heart
2004
as Sherry Cardinal
MoviePlainsong
2004
as Ella Guthrie
MovieA Foreign Affair
2004
as Lena
TVCold Case
2003
as Maura (2005)
TVThreat Matrix
2003
as Denise
TVCSI: Miami
2002
as Chloe Grand
MovieThe Stork Derby
2002
as Kate Harrington
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Beth
TVThe Division
2001
as Science Teacher
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Beth Darian
MovieAnne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
2000
as Anne Shirley
TVStrong Medicine
2000
as Dana's Doctor
TVAnne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
2000
as Anne Shirley Blythe
MovieAmerican Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
as Emma Smith (voice)
TVFamily Law
1999
as Nancy Quinn
TVBig Wolf on Campus
1999
as Violet Thorne
MovieWhat Katy Did
1999
as Cousin Helen
MovieMajor Crime
1997
as Joanie Wells
MovieReluctant Angel
1997
as Lisa / Cheryl
MovieUnder The Piano
1996
as Rosetta Basilio
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Karen Ross
TVER
1994
as Christy Larkin
TVSecond Chances
1993
as Kate Benedict
MovieWhen Pigs Fly
1993
as Kathleen
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Kath McCready
MovieStratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet
1993
as Juliet
TVThe Hidden Room
1991
as Deanna Matthews
MovieCry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
1991
as Peggy Ann Bradnick
MovieThe Chase
1991
as Gloria Whipple
MovieThe Nutcracker Prince
1990
as Clara (voice)
MovieBack to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
as Becky
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Megan Parnell
MovieDeep Sleep
1990
as Shelley
MovieTermini Station
1989
as Micheline Dushane
MovieChampagne Charlie
1989
as Louise
MovieA Time of Destiny
1988
as Irene
MovieInherit the Wind
1988
as Rachel Brown
MovieSeasonal Differences
1987
as Dana
MovieAnne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1987
as Anne Shirley
TVAnne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1987
as Anne Shirley
MovieStacking
1987
as Anna Mae Morgan
TVAnne auf Green Gables
1986
MovieShattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986
as Kim Wilson
MovieSin of Innocence
1986
as Jenny Colleran
MovieAnne of Green Gables
1985
as Anne Shirley
TVAnne of Green Gables
1985
as Anne Shirley
MovieSilver Bullet
1985
as Jane Coslaw
TVThe Comedy Factory
1985
as Tina Jackson
TVThe Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Aimee
MovieHockey Night
1984
as Cathy Yarrow
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Lila Nolan
TVDomestic Life
1984
as Didi Crane
MovieBoys and Girls
1983
as Margaret
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Anna Mae Morgan
MovieThe Olden Days Coat
1981
as Sal
MovieThe Mating Season
1980
as Laura McLain
TVMatt and Jenny
1979
as Jenny Tanner
TVThe Littlest Hobo
1979
as Rose
TVThe Facts of Life
1979
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Dana Sherman
MovieThe Way Home
as Tessa
