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