Megan Follows

Megan Follows

Known for

Acting

Born

March 14, 1968 (age 58)

Birthplace

Toronto, 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.

Best known work

House

House

2004

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011

The X-Files

The X-Files

1993

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

2002

Lie to Me

Lie to Me

2009

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

ER

1994

Reign

Reign

2013

Wynonna Earp

Wynonna Earp

2016

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Filmography

TBA
The Way Home
as Tessa
2026
Revel
as Diane Dean, Executive Producer
2026
Little House on the PrairieTV
as Grandma (uncredited) (1 episode)
2025
She Came Back
as Janet, Director
2025
Stealing the Sky
as Marilyn, Director, Executive Producer
2024
My Dead MomTV
as Fern (7 episodes)
2024
Heritage Minutes: Mary Riter Hamilton
as Mary Riter Hamilton
2023
Rabbit HoleTV
as Senator Nora Evers (2 episodes)
2021
The Republic of SarahTV
Director
2020
Marry Me This Christmas
Director
2020
Lie Exposed
as Diane
2020
October FactionTV
as Edith Mooreland (10 episodes), Director
2019
When Hope CallsTV
Director
2019
Hudson & RexTV
as Detective Sidney Scott (2 episodes)
2018
Christmas Around the Corner
Director
2018
CharmedTV
Director
2017
Home for the Holidays
as Megan Byrne
2016
Wynonna EarpTV
as Michelle Gibson (6 episodes)
2015
Pirate's Passage
as Meg O’Leary (voice)
2014
Hard Drive
as Barbara
2013
ReignTV
as Catherine de' Medici (78 episodes), Director
2013
Anne auf Green Gables 3 - Das Leben geht weiterTV
2012
Flight of the Butterflies
as Narrator
2012
Where Are the Dolls
as Elizabeth / Narrator
2012
World Without EndTV
as Maud (8 episodes)