Megan Follows

Known for: Acting

Born: 1968-03-14 (age 58)

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography (97)

TV★ 5.6
Little House on the Prairie
2026
as Grandma (uncredited)
MOVIE
She Came Back
2025
as Janet
MOVIE★ 5.5
Stealing the Sky
2025
as Marilyn
TV★ 4.0
My Dead Mom
2024
as Fern
MOVIE★ 2.0
Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton
2024
as Mary Riter Hamilton
TV★ 7.1
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Senator Nora Evers
MOVIE★ 3.6
Lie Exposed
2020
as Diane
TV★ 6.6
October Faction
2020
as Edith Mooreland
TV★ 8.4
Hudson & Rex
2019
as Detective Sidney Scott
MOVIE★ 8.6
Home for the Holidays
2017
as Megan Byrne
TV★ 7.9
Wynonna Earp
2016
as Michelle Gibson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Pirate's Passage
2015
as Meg O’Leary (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.0
Hard Drive
2014
as Barbara
TV★ 8.1
Reign
2013
as Catherine de' Medici
TV
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter
2013
MOVIE★ 6.2
Flight of the Butterflies
2012
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 1.5
Where Are the Dolls
2012
as Elizabeth / Narrator
TV★ 6.9
World Without End
2012
as Maud
TV★ 7.7
Longmire
2012
as Alice Stewart
MOVIE★ 6.2
I Am Number Four
2011
as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
TV★ 7.0
Republic of Doyle
2010
as Warden Barton
MOVIE★ 5.0
Booky's Crush
2009
as Francie Thomson
TV★ 7.9
Lie to Me
2009
as Lorraine Burch
TV★ 6.3
Raising the Bar
2008
as Reanne Chrisman
MOVIE★ 4.7
Booky & the Secret Santa
2007
as Francie Thomson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Breakfast with Scot
2007
as Barbara Warren
TV★ 8.3
Heartland
2007
as Lily Borden
TV★ 7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Maggie Stephens
MOVIE★ 5.7
Booky Makes Her Mark
2006
as Francie Thomson
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Great Polar Bear Adventure
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 2.0
L.M. Montgomery's Island
2006
as Anne Shirley (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 2.0
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
2006
as Self - Anne Shirley
MOVIE★ 5.3
Shania A Life in Eight Albums
2005
as Sharon Twain
TV★ 5.2
Robson Arms
2005
as Janice Keneally
TV★ 8.6
House
2004
as Jennifer Williams
MOVIE★ 5.7
Christmas Child
2004
as Meg Davenport
MOVIE★ 7.0
Open Heart
2004
as Sherry Cardinal
MOVIE★ 7.2
Plainsong
2004
as Ella Guthrie
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Foreign Affair
2004
as Lena
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Maura (2005)
TV★ 6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
as Denise
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Chloe Grand
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Stork Derby
2002
as Kate Harrington
TV★ 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Beth
TV★ 7.1
The Division
2001
as Science Teacher
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Beth Darian
MOVIE★ 7.3
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
2000
as Anne Shirley
TV★ 7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
as Dana's Doctor
TV★ 6.9
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
2000
as Anne Shirley Blythe
MOVIE★ 6.5
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
1999
as Emma Smith (voice)
TV★ 8.1
Family Law
1999
as Nancy Quinn
TV★ 7.3
Big Wolf on Campus
1999
as Violet Thorne
MOVIE★ 6.8
What Katy Did
1999
as Cousin Helen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Major Crime
1997
as Joanie Wells
MOVIE★ 9.0
Reluctant Angel
1997
as Lisa / Cheryl
MOVIE★ 5.8
Under The Piano
1996
as Rosetta Basilio
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Karen Ross
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Christy Larkin
TV★ 5.5
Second Chances
1993
as Kate Benedict
MOVIE★ 5.4
When Pigs Fly
1993
as Kathleen
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Kath McCready
MOVIE★ 7.8
Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet
1993
as Juliet
TV★ 6.0
The Hidden Room
1991
as Deanna Matthews
MOVIE★ 5.5
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
1991
as Peggy Ann Bradnick
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Chase
1991
as Gloria Whipple
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Nutcracker Prince
1990
as Clara (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
as Becky
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Megan Parnell
MOVIE★ 7.5
Deep Sleep
1990
as Shelley
MOVIE★ 4.8
Termini Station
1989
as Micheline Dushane
MOVIE★ 5.3
Champagne Charlie
1989
as Louise
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Time of Destiny
1988
as Irene
MOVIE★ 7.3
Inherit the Wind
1988
as Rachel Brown
MOVIE
Seasonal Differences
1987
as Dana
MOVIE★ 7.9
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1987
as Anne Shirley
TV★ 8.5
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1987
as Anne Shirley
MOVIE★ 10.0
Stacking
1987
as Anna Mae Morgan
TV
Anne auf Green Gables
1986
MOVIE★ 5.0
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986
as Kim Wilson
MOVIE★ 4.9
Sin of Innocence
1986
as Jenny Colleran
MOVIE★ 8.1
Anne of Green Gables
1985
as Anne Shirley
TV★ 8.7
Anne of Green Gables
1985
as Anne Shirley
MOVIE★ 6.6
Silver Bullet
1985
as Jane Coslaw
TV
The Comedy Factory
1985
as Tina Jackson
TV★ 6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Aimee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hockey Night
1984
as Cathy Yarrow
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lila Nolan
TV★ 7.5
Domestic Life
1984
as Didi Crane
MOVIE★ 5.5
Boys and Girls
1983
as Margaret
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Anna Mae Morgan
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Olden Days Coat
1981
as Sal
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Mating Season
1980
as Laura McLain
TV★ 6.6
Matt and Jenny
1979
as Jenny Tanner
TV★ 7.3
The Littlest Hobo
1979
as Rose
TV★ 7.1
The Facts of Life
1979
TV★ 6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Dana Sherman
MOVIE
The Way Home
—
as Tessa