Megan Follows

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

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

House

CSI: Miami

The X-Files

Crossing Jordan

ER

Murder, She Wrote

All Movies (52)

• She Came Back2025 · as Janet
• Stealing the Sky2025 · as Marilyn
• Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton2024 · as Mary Riter Hamilton
• Lie Exposed2020 · as Diane
• Home for the Holidays2017 · as Megan Byrne
• Pirate's Passage2015 · as Meg O’Leary (voice)
• Hard Drive2014 · as Barbara
• Flight of the Butterflies2012 · as Narrator
• Where Are the Dolls2012 · as Elizabeth / Narrator
• I Am Number Four2011 · as Supermarket Cashier (uncredited)
• Booky's Crush2009 · as Francie Thomson
• Booky & the Secret Santa2007 · as Francie Thomson
• Breakfast with Scot2007 · as Barbara Warren
• Booky Makes Her Mark2006 · as Francie Thomson
• The Great Polar Bear Adventure2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• L.M. Montgomery's Island2006 · as Anne Shirley (archive footage)
• Kevin Sullivan's Classic2006 · as Self - Anne Shirley
• Shania A Life in Eight Albums2005 · as Sharon Twain
• Christmas Child2004 · as Meg Davenport
• Open Heart2004 · as Sherry Cardinal
• Plainsong2004 · as Ella Guthrie
• A Foreign Affair2004 · as Lena
• The Stork Derby2002 · as Kate Harrington
• Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story2000 · as Anne Shirley
• American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith1999 · as Emma Smith (voice)
• What Katy Did1999 · as Cousin Helen
• Major Crime1997 · as Joanie Wells
• Reluctant Angel1997 · as Lisa / Cheryl
• Under The Piano1996 · as Rosetta Basilio
• When Pigs Fly1993 · as Kathleen
• Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet1993 · as Juliet
• Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann1991 · as Peggy Ann Bradnick
• The Chase1991 · as Gloria Whipple
• The Nutcracker Prince1990 · as Clara (voice)
• Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn1990 · as Becky
• Deep Sleep1990 · as Shelley
• Termini Station1989 · as Micheline Dushane
• Champagne Charlie1989 · as Louise
• A Time of Destiny1988 · as Irene
• Inherit the Wind1988 · as Rachel Brown
• Seasonal Differences1987 · as Dana
• Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel1987 · as Anne Shirley
• Stacking1987 · as Anna Mae Morgan
• Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs1986 · as Kim Wilson
• Sin of Innocence1986 · as Jenny Colleran
• Anne of Green Gables1985 · as Anne Shirley
• Silver Bullet1985 · as Jane Coslaw
• Hockey Night1984 · as Cathy Yarrow
• Boys and Girls1983 · as Margaret
• The Olden Days Coat1981 · as Sal
• The Mating Season1980 · as Laura McLain
• The Way Home— · as Tessa

All TV Shows (44)

• My Dead Mom2024 · as Fern
• Rabbit Hole2023 · as Senator Nora Evers
• October Faction2020 · as Edith Mooreland
• Hudson & Rex2019 · as Detective Sidney Scott
• Wynonna Earp2016 · as Michelle Gibson
• Reign2013 · as Catherine de' Medici
• Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiter2013
• World Without End2012 · as Maud
• Longmire2012 · as Alice Stewart
• Republic of Doyle2010 · as Warden Barton
• Lie to Me2009 · as Lorraine Burch
• Raising the Bar2008 · as Reanne Chrisman
• Heartland2007 · as Lily Borden
• Brothers and Sisters2006 · as Maggie Stephens
• Robson Arms2005 · as Janice Keneally
• House2004 · as Jennifer Williams
• Cold Case2003 · as Maura (2005)
• Threat Matrix2003 · as Denise
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Chloe Grand
• Crossing Jordan2001 · as Beth
• The Division2001 · as Science Teacher
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Beth Darian
• Strong Medicine2000 · as Dana's Doctor
• Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story2000 · as Anne Shirley Blythe
• Family Law1999 · as Nancy Quinn
• Big Wolf on Campus1999 · as Violet Thorne
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Karen Ross
• ER1994 · as Christy Larkin
• Second Chances1993 · as Kate Benedict
• The X-Files1993 · as Kath McCready
• The Hidden Room1991 · as Deanna Matthews
• Law & Order1990 · as Megan Parnell
• Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel1987 · as Anne Shirley
• Anne auf Green Gables1986
• Anne of Green Gables1985 · as Anne Shirley
• The Comedy Factory1985 · as Tina Jackson
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Aimee
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lila Nolan
• Domestic Life1984 · as Didi Crane
• Matt and Jenny1979 · as Jenny Tanner
• The Littlest Hobo1979 · as Rose
• The Littlest Hobo1979 · as Marti Kendall
• The Facts of Life1979
• ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Dana Sherman