Megan Follows
Acting1968Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Acting History
2025
She Came Back
as Janet
She Came Back
Director
2023
Rabbit Hole
TVas Senator Nora Evers• 2 eps
Hudson & Rex
TVas Detective Sidney Scott• 2 eps
2021
The Republic of Sarah
TVDirector
2020
October Faction
TVas Edith Mooreland
October Faction
TVDirector
2019
When Hope Calls
TVDirector
Charmed
TVDirector• 1 eps
2018
Wynonna Earp
TVas Michelle Gibson• 6 eps
2017
Home for the Holidays
as Megan Byrne
2014
Republic of Doyle
TVas Warden Barton• 1 eps
2012
Longmire
TVas Alice Stewart• 1 eps
World Without End
TVas Maud• 8 eps
2011
I Am Number Four
as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
House
TVas Jennifer Williams• 1 eps
2009
Raising the Bar
TVas Reanne Chrisman• 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
TVas Maggie Stephens• 1 eps
Heartland
TVas Lily Borden• 3 eps
Lie to Me
TVas Lorraine Burch• 1 eps
2007
Breakfast with Scot
as Barbara Warren
Heartland
TVDirector
2006
The Great Polar Bear Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
Crossing Jordan
TVas Beth• 1 eps
2005
2004
Christmas Child
as Meg Davenport
Open Heart
as Sherry Cardinal
Plainsong
as Ella Guthrie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Beth Darian• 1 eps
2003
Threat Matrix
TVas Denise• 1 eps
2002
The Stork Derby
as Kate Harrington
Strong Medicine
TVas Dana's Doctor• 3 eps
2001
The Division
TVas Science Teacher• 1 eps
ER
TVas Christy Larkin• 1 eps
The X-Files
TVas Kath McCready• 1 eps
2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
as Anne Shirley
Family Law
TVas Nancy Quinn• 1 eps
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
TVas Anne Shirley Blythe
Law & Order
TVas Megan Parnell• 1 eps
1997
Major Crime
as Joanie Wells
1995
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Lila Nolan• 1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas Karen Ross• 1 eps
1993
When Pigs Fly
as Kathleen
1991
The Chase
as Gloria Whipple
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
as Peggy Ann Bradnick
1990
The Nutcracker Prince
as Clara (voice)
Deep Sleep
as Shelley
1989
Champagne Charlie
as Louise
Termini Station
as Micheline Dushane
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TVas Aimee• 1 eps
1988
A Time of Destiny
as Irene
1987
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
as Anne Shirley
Stacking
as Anna Mae Morgan
Seasonal Differences
as Dana
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
TVas Anne Shirley• 4 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
TVas Dana Sherman• 1 eps
1986
The Comedy Factory
TVas Tina Jackson• 1 eps
1985
1984
Hockey Night
as Cathy Yarrow
1980
The Mating Season
as Laura McLain
1979
The Littlest Hobo
TVas Marti Kendall / Rose