About
Megan Follows
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2024 | My Dead Mom | Actor | Fern | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton | Actor | Mary Riter Hamilton | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | She Came Back | Actor | Janet | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Lie Exposed | Actor | Diane | 58 Average |
| 2020 | October Faction | Actor | Edith Mooreland | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage | Actor | Meg O’Leary (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Hard Drive | Actor | Barbara | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Reign | Actor | Catherine de' Medici | 80 Very good |
| 2013 | Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | Flight of the Butterflies | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Where Are the Dolls | Actor | Elizabeth / Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2012 | World Without End | Actor | Maud | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | Actor | Supermarket Cashier (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Booky's Crush | Actor | Francie Thomson | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Booky & the Secret Santa | Actor | Francie Thomson | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Breakfast with Scot | Actor | Barbara Warren | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Booky Makes Her Mark | Actor | Francie Thomson | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Great Polar Bear Adventure | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Kevin Sullivan's Classic | Actor | Self - Anne Shirley | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | L.M. Montgomery's Island | Actor | Anne Shirley (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Shania A Life in Eight Albums | Actor | Sharon Twain | 58 Average |
| 2005 | Robson Arms | Actor | Janice Keneally | 68 Fair |
| 2004 | Christmas Child | Actor | Meg Davenport | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Open Heart | Actor | Sherry Cardinal | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Plainsong | Actor | Ella Guthrie | 59 Average |
| 2003 | A Foreign Affair | Actor | Lena | 58 Average |
| 2002 | The Stork Derby | Actor | Kate Harrington | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Actor | Anne Shirley | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Actor | Anne Shirley | 62 Fair |
| 2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story | Actor | Anne Shirley Blythe | 68 Fair |
| 1999 | What Katy Did | Actor | Cousin Helen | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Major Crime | Actor | Joanie Wells | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Reluctant Angel | Actor | Lisa / Cheryl | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Under The Piano | Actor | Rosetta Basilio | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Second Chances | Actor | Kate Benedict | 69 Fair |
| 1993 | When Pigs Fly | Actor | Kathleen | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet | Actor | Juliet | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Actor | Peggy Ann Bradnick | 58 Average |
| 1991 | The Chase | Actor | Gloria Whipple | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Nutcracker Prince | Actor | Clara (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Actor | Becky | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Deep Sleep | Actor | Shelley | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Termini Station | Actor | Micheline Dushane | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie | Actor | Louise | 59 Average |
| 1988 | A Time of Destiny | Actor | Irene | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Inherit the Wind | Actor | Rachel Brown | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Seasonal Differences | Actor | Dana | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | Actor | Anne Shirley | 62 Fair |
| 1987 | Anne of Avonlea | Actor | Anne Shirley | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | Actor | Anne Shirley | 70 Good |
| 1987 | Stacking | Actor | Anna Mae Morgan | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Anne auf Green Gables | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1986 | Sin of Innocence | Actor | Jenny Colleran | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Anne of Green Gables | Actor | Anne Shirley | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs | Actor | Kim Wilson | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Actor | Anne Shirley | 65 Fair |
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Actor | Anne Shirley | 75 Good |
| 1985 | Silver Bullet | Actor | Jane Coslaw | 62 Fair |
| 1984 | Hockey Night | Actor | Cathy Yarrow | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Domestic Life | Actor | Didi Crane | 69 Fair |
| 1983 | Boys and Girls | Actor | Margaret | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Olden Days Coat | Actor | Sal | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | The Mating Season | Actor | Laura McLain | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny | Actor | Jenny Tanner | 69 Fair |
Directing |
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| 2024 | She Came Back | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Marry Me This Christmas | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Christmas Around the Corner | Directing | Director | 59 Average |