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