Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Known for
Acting
Born
March 14, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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

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Filmography

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The Way Home poster

The Way Home

Movie · as Tessa

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A Bend in the Road

A Bend in the Road

Movie · as Self

2026
Revel poster

Revel

Movie · as Diane Dean

2026
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Grandma (uncredited) · 1 ep

2026
YAGA poster

YAGA

TV · as Gina Sandeson · 1 ep

2025
She Came Back poster

She Came Back

Movie · as Janet

2025
Stealing the Sky poster

Stealing the Sky

Movie · as Marilyn

2024
Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton poster

Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton

Movie · as Mary Riter Hamilton

2024
My Dead Mom poster

My Dead Mom

TV · as Fern · 7 eps

2023
Rabbit Hole poster

Rabbit Hole

TV · as Senator Nora Evers · 2 eps

2020
Lie Exposed poster

Lie Exposed

Movie · as Diane

2020
October Faction poster

October Faction

TV · as Edith Mooreland · 10 eps

2019
Hudson & Rex poster

Hudson & Rex

TV · as Detective Sidney Scott · 2 eps

2017
Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Megan Byrne

2016
Wynonna Earp poster

Wynonna Earp

TV · as Michelle Gibson · 6 eps

2015
Pirate's Passage poster

Pirate's Passage

Movie · as Meg O’Leary (voice)

2014
Hard Drive poster

Hard Drive

Movie · as Barbara

2013
Reign poster

Reign

TV · as Catherine de' Medici · 78 eps

2013
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter poster

Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter

TV · 2 eps

2012
Flight of the Butterflies poster

Flight of the Butterflies

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Where Are the Dolls

Where Are the Dolls

Movie · as Elizabeth / Narrator

2012
World Without End poster

World Without End

TV · as Maud · 8 eps

2012
Longmire poster

Longmire

TV · as Alice Stewart · 1 ep

2012
Hollywood Heights poster

Hollywood Heights

TV · as Beth Bridges · 4 eps

2011
I Am Number Four poster

I Am Number Four

Movie · as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

2010
Republic of Doyle poster

Republic of Doyle

TV · as Warden Barton · 1 ep

2009
Booky's Crush poster

Booky's Crush

Movie · as Francie Thomson

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Lorraine Burch · 1 ep

2008
Raising the Bar poster

Raising the Bar

TV · as Reanne Chrisman · 1 ep

2007
Breakfast with Scot poster

Breakfast with Scot

Movie · as Barbara Warren

2007
Booky & the Secret Santa poster

Booky & the Secret Santa

Movie · as Francie Thomson

2007
Heartland poster

Heartland

TV · as Lily Borden · 3 eps

2006
The Great Polar Bear Adventure poster

The Great Polar Bear Adventure

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2006
L.M. Montgomery's Island poster

L.M. Montgomery's Island

Movie · as Anne Shirley (archive footage)

2006
Kevin Sullivan's Classic poster

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

Movie · as Self - Anne Shirley

2006
Booky Makes Her Mark poster

Booky Makes Her Mark

Movie · as Francie Thomson

2006
Brothers and Sisters poster

Brothers and Sisters

TV · as Maggie Stephens · 1 ep

2005
Shania A Life in Eight Albums poster

Shania A Life in Eight Albums

Movie · as Sharon Twain

2005
Robson Arms poster

Robson Arms

TV · as Janice Keneally · 26 eps

2004
Open Heart poster

Open Heart

Movie · as Sherry Cardinal

2004
Christmas Child poster

Christmas Child

Movie · as Meg Davenport

2004
Plainsong poster

Plainsong

Movie · as Ella Guthrie

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Jennifer Williams · 1 ep

2003
A Foreign Affair poster

A Foreign Affair

Movie · as Lena

2003
Threat Matrix poster

Threat Matrix

TV · as Denise · 1 ep

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Maura (2005) · 1 ep

2002
The Stork Derby poster

The Stork Derby

Movie · as Kate Harrington

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Chloe Grand · 1 ep

2001
The Division poster

The Division

TV · as Science Teacher · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Beth · 1 ep

2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story poster

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Movie · as Anne Shirley

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Beth Darian · 1 ep

2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story poster

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

TV · as Anne Shirley Blythe · 2 eps

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Dana's Doctor · 3 eps

1999
What Katy Did poster

What Katy Did

Movie · as Cousin Helen

1999
American Prophet:  The Story of Joseph Smith poster

American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith

Movie · as Emma Smith (voice)

1999
Big Wolf on Campus poster

Big Wolf on Campus

TV · as Violet Thorne · 1 ep

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Nancy Quinn · 1 ep

1997
Reluctant Angel poster

Reluctant Angel

Movie · as Lisa / Cheryl

1997
Major Crime poster

Major Crime

Movie · as Joanie Wells

1996
Under The Piano poster

Under The Piano

Movie · as Rosetta Basilio

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Karen Ross · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Christy Larkin · 1 ep

1993
When Pigs Fly poster

When Pigs Fly

Movie · as Kathleen

1993
Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet poster

Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Juliet

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Kath McCready · 1 ep

1993
Second Chances poster

Second Chances

TV · as Kate Benedict · 10 eps

1991
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann poster

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Movie · as Peggy Ann Bradnick

1991
The Chase poster

The Chase

Movie · as Gloria Whipple

1991
The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room

TV · as Deanna Matthews · 1 ep

1991
Heritage Minutes poster

Heritage Minutes

TV · as Mary Riter Hamilton · 1 ep

1990
The Nutcracker Prince poster

The Nutcracker Prince

Movie · as Clara (voice)

1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn poster

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

Movie · as Becky

1990
Deep Sleep poster

Deep Sleep

Movie · as Shelley

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Megan Parnell · 1 ep

1989
Champagne Charlie poster

Champagne Charlie

Movie · as Louise

1989
Termini Station poster

Termini Station

Movie · as Micheline Dushane

1988
A Time of Destiny poster

A Time of Destiny

Movie · as Irene

1988
Inherit the Wind poster

Inherit the Wind

Movie · as Rachel Brown

1987
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel poster

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Movie · as Anne Shirley

1987
Seasonal Differences poster

Seasonal Differences

Movie · as Dana

1987
Stacking poster

Stacking

Movie · as Anna Mae Morgan

1987
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel poster

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

TV · as Anne Shirley · 4 eps

1986
Sin of Innocence poster

Sin of Innocence

Movie · as Jenny Colleran

1986
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs poster

Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs

Movie · as Kim Wilson

1986
Anne of Green Gables poster

Anne of Green Gables

TV · as Anne Shirley · 6 eps

1985
Anne of Green Gables poster

Anne of Green Gables

Movie · as Anne Shirley

1985
Silver Bullet poster

Silver Bullet

Movie · as Jane Coslaw

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as Aimee · 1 ep

1985
Anne of Green Gables poster

Anne of Green Gables

TV · as Anne Shirley · 2 eps

1985
The Comedy Factory poster

The Comedy Factory

TV · as Tina Jackson · 1 ep

1984
Hockey Night poster

Hockey Night

Movie · as Cathy Yarrow

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Lila Nolan · 1 ep

1984
Domestic Life poster

Domestic Life

TV · as Didi Crane · 10 eps

1983
Boys and Girls poster

Boys and Girls

Movie · as Margaret

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Anna Mae Morgan · 1 ep

1981
The Olden Days Coat poster

The Olden Days Coat

Movie · as Sal

1980
The Mating Season poster

The Mating Season

Movie · as Laura McLain

1979
The Facts of Life poster

The Facts of Life

TV · 1 ep

1979
Matt and Jenny poster

Matt and Jenny

TV · as Jenny Tanner · 26 eps

1979
The Littlest Hobo poster

The Littlest Hobo

TV · as Marti Kendall, Rose · 3 eps

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Dana Sherman · 1 ep