Acting

Megan Follows

Born 1968-03-14 · 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.

Credits

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Revel
as Diane Dean
2026
Revel
Executive Producer
2026
Little House on the Prairie
as Grandma (uncredited)
2026
She Came Back
as Janet
2025
She Came Back
Director
2025
Stealing the Sky
as Marilyn
2025
Stealing the Sky
Director
2025
Stealing the Sky
Executive Producer
2025
My Dead Mom
as Fern
2024
Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton
as Mary Riter Hamilton
2024
Rabbit Hole
as Senator Nora Evers
2023
The Republic of Sarah
Director
2021
Marry Me This Christmas
Director
2020
Lie Exposed
as Diane
2020
October Faction
as Edith Mooreland
2020
October Faction
Director
2020
When Hope Calls
Director
2019
Hudson & Rex
as Detective Sidney Scott
2019
Christmas Around the Corner
Director
2018
Charmed
Director
2018
Home for the Holidays
as Megan Byrne
2017
Wynonna Earp
as Michelle Gibson
2016
Pirate's Passage
as Meg O’Leary (voice)
2015
Hard Drive
as Barbara
2014
Reign
as Catherine de' Medici
2013
Reign
Director
2013
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter
2013
Flight of the Butterflies
as Narrator
2012
Where Are the Dolls
as Elizabeth / Narrator
2012
World Without End
as Maud
2012
Hollywood Heights
as Beth Bridges
2012
Longmire
as Alice Stewart
2012
I Am Number Four
as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
2011
Republic of Doyle
as Warden Barton
2010
Booky's Crush
as Francie Thomson
2009
Lie to Me
as Lorraine Burch
2009
Raising the Bar
as Reanne Chrisman
2008
Booky & the Secret Santa
as Francie Thomson
2007
Breakfast with Scot
as Barbara Warren
2007
Heartland
as Lily Borden
2007
Heartland
Director
2007
Brothers and Sisters
as Maggie Stephens
2006
Booky Makes Her Mark
as Francie Thomson
2006
The Great Polar Bear Adventure
as Narrator (voice)
2006
L.M. Montgomery's Island
as Anne Shirley (archive footage)
2006
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
as Self - Anne Shirley
2006
Shania A Life in Eight Albums
as Sharon Twain
2005
Robson Arms
as Janice Keneally
2005
House
as Jennifer Williams
2004
Christmas Child
as Meg Davenport
2004
Open Heart
as Sherry Cardinal
2004
Plainsong
as Ella Guthrie
2004
Cold Case
as Maura (2005)
2003
Threat Matrix
as Denise
2003
A Foreign Affair
as Lena
2003
CSI: Miami
as Chloe Grand
2002
The Stork Derby
as Kate Harrington
2002
Crossing Jordan
as Beth
2001
The Division
as Science Teacher
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Beth Darian
2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
as Anne Shirley
2000
Strong Medicine
as Dana's Doctor
2000
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
as Anne Shirley Blythe
2000
American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
as Emma Smith (voice)
1999
Family Law
as Nancy Quinn
1999
Big Wolf on Campus
as Violet Thorne
1999
What Katy Did
as Cousin Helen
1999
Major Crime
as Joanie Wells
1997
Reluctant Angel
as Lisa / Cheryl
1997
Under The Piano
as Rosetta Basilio
1996
The Outer Limits
as Karen Ross
1995
ER
as Christy Larkin
1994
Second Chances
as Kate Benedict
1993
When Pigs Fly
as Kathleen
1993
The X-Files
as Kath McCready
1993
Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet
1993
The Hidden Room
as Deanna Matthews
1991
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
as Peggy Ann Bradnick
1991
Heritage Minutes
as Mary Riter Hamilton
1991
The Chase
as Gloria Whipple
1991