Megan Follows
Biography
Born in Toronto, Megan Follows is a Canadian actress and director whose breakthrough came when she won the title role in the 1985 miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its sequel, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). She earned two Gemini awards for best actress for the first two Anne miniseries and a Gemini nomination for the third. Her first feature film was Silver Bullet (1985), adapted from a Stephen King novella, and she voiced Clara in the animated film The Nutcracker Prince (1990). On television she starred as Catherine de' Medici in Reign from 2013 to 2017, among many Canadian and American guest roles. Her stage work includes Romeo and Juliet at the Stratford Festival and productions with Soulpepper. She later directed a 2023 audiobook adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and the web series Held.
58years old
Turns 59 on March 14in 133 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 30 years1985 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015Pirate's PassageIMDb rating 6.6
- 1990The Nutcracker PrinceIMDb rating 6.8
- 1987Anne of Green Gables: The SequelIMDb rating 8.4
- 1985Anne of Green GablesIMDb rating 8.6
- 1985Silver BulletIMDb rating 6.4
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A role that slipped away
For the fourth movie, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, Follows chose not to play the part again. Barbara Hershey stepped in and took over the role.
Behind the camera
In 2023, Follows directed an audiobook dramatization of Anne of Green Gables. She said she liked the thought of returning to and deeply immersing herself in the writing of Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Megan Follows movies on Netflix
Most often with
Kevin Sullivan directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Kevin Sullivan
Online
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