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