Megan Follows
Born: 1968-03-14 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- She Came Back as Janet
2024
- Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton as Mary Riter Hamilton
- My Dead Mom as Fern
2023
- Rabbit Hole as Senator Nora Evers
2021
- The Republic of Sarah ... (Director)
2020
- October Faction as Edith Mooreland
- Marry Me This Christmas ... (Director)
- Lie Exposed as Diane
2019
- Hudson & Rex as Detective Sidney Scott
- When Hope Calls ... (Director)
2018
- Charmed ... (Director)
- Christmas Around the Corner ... (Director)
2017
- Home for the Holidays as Megan Byrne
2016
- Wynonna Earp as Michelle Gibson
2015
- Pirate's Passage as Meg O’Leary (voice)
2014
- Hard Drive as Barbara
2013
- Reign as Catherine de' Medici
- Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter
2012
- Longmire as Alice Stewart
- World Without End as Maud
- Where Are the Dolls as Elizabeth / Narrator
- Flight of the Butterflies as Narrator
2011
- I Am Number Four as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
2010
- Republic of Doyle as Warden Barton
2009
- Lie to Me as Lorraine Burch
- Booky's Crush as Francie Thomson
2008
- Raising the Bar as Reanne Chrisman
2007
- Heartland as Lily Borden
- Breakfast with Scot as Barbara Warren
- Booky & the Secret Santa as Francie Thomson
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Maggie Stephens
- Kevin Sullivan's Classic as Self - Anne Shirley
- The Great Polar Bear Adventure as Narrator (voice)
- Booky Makes Her Mark as Francie Thomson
- L.M. Montgomery's Island as Anne Shirley (archive footage)
2005
- Robson Arms as Janice Keneally
- Shania A Life in Eight Albums as Sharon Twain
2004
- House as Jennifer Williams
- Christmas Child as Meg Davenport
- Open Heart as Sherry Cardinal
- Plainsong as Ella Guthrie
- A Foreign Affair as Lena
2003
- Cold Case as Maura (2005)
- Threat Matrix as Denise
2002
- CSI: Miami as Chloe Grand
- The Stork Derby as Kate Harrington
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Beth
- The Division as Science Teacher
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Beth Darian
- Strong Medicine as Dana's Doctor
- Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story as Anne Shirley Blythe
- Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story as Anne Shirley
1999
- Family Law as Nancy Quinn
- Big Wolf on Campus
- American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith as Emma Smith (voice)
- What Katy Did as Cousin Helen
1997
- Major Crime as Joanie Wells
- Reluctant Angel as Lisa / Cheryl
1996
- Under The Piano as Rosetta Basilio
1995
- The Outer Limits as Karen Ross
1994
- ER as Christy Larkin
1993
- The X-Files as Kath McCready
- When Pigs Fly as Kathleen
- Second Chances as Kate Benedict
- Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet as Juliet
1991
- The Chase as Gloria Whipple
- Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann as Peggy Ann Bradnick
1990
- Law & Order as Megan Parnell
- Deep Sleep as Shelley
- The Nutcracker Prince as Clara (voice)
- Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as Becky
1989
- Champagne Charlie as Louise
- Termini Station as Micheline Dushane
1988
- Inherit the Wind as Rachel Brown
- A Time of Destiny as Irene
1987
- Seasonal Differences as Dana
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel as Anne Shirley
- Stacking as Anna Mae Morgan
- Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel as Anne Shirley
1986
- Sin of Innocence as Jenny Colleran
- Anne auf Green Gables
- Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs as Kim Wilson
1985
- Silver Bullet as Jane Coslaw
- The Ray Bradbury Theater as Aimee
- Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
- Anne of Green Gables as Anne Shirley
- The Comedy Factory as Tina Jackson
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Lila Nolan
- Hockey Night as Cathy Yarrow
- Domestic Life as Didi Crane
1983
- Boys and Girls as Margaret
1981
- The Olden Days Coat as Sal
1980
- The Mating Season as Laura McLain
1979
- The Facts of Life
- The Littlest Hobo as Marti Kendall
- Matt and Jenny as Jenny Tanner
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Dana Sherman