Megan Follows

Born 1968-03-14 (age 58) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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.

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Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Known For

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011

as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)

Silver Bullet

1985

as Jane Coslaw

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1985

as Anne Shirley

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

1987

as Anne Shirley

The Nutcracker Prince

The Nutcracker Prince

1990

as Clara (voice)

Lie Exposed

Lie Exposed

2020

as Diane

The Way Home

The Way Home

as Tessa

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

2000

as Anne Shirley

Breakfast with Scot

Breakfast with Scot

2007

as Barbara Warren

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1988

as Rachel Brown

She Came Back

She Came Back

2025

as Janet

Reluctant Angel

Reluctant Angel

1997

as Lisa / Cheryl

Plainsong

Plainsong

2004

as Ella Guthrie

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

2017

as Megan Byrne

The Chase

The Chase

1991

as Gloria Whipple

A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny

1988

as Irene

When Pigs Fly

When Pigs Fly

1993

as Kathleen

What Katy Did

What Katy Did

1999

as Cousin Helen

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann

1991

as Peggy Ann Bradnick

Pirate's Passage

Pirate's Passage

2015

as Meg O’Leary (voice)