Talkative yet delightful, 11-year-old orphan, Anne Shirley is sent to live with brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on Green Gables farm in Avonlea Village, Prince Edward Island. Her overactive imagination has a knack for getting her into trouble and along with her bosom friend, Diana Barry, she causes plenty of mischief around town. With an extensive vocabulary, fiery red hair and a temper to match, Anne’s journey is met with many obstacles along the way.

In search of like-minded kindred spirits, she manages to go from one adventure to another. She is determined to say and do anything to convince the Cuthberts to let her stay at Green Gables, all in an effort to fulfill her life-long goal of knowing that she belongs to someone.

Megan Follows was just 16 years old when she was chosen to play Anne, a role that earned her a 1986 and a 1988 Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actress.

Megan Follows' many other credits include lead roles in the feature films Reluctant Angel, Deep Sleep and Silver Bullet. Her numerous television credits include guest appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case; television movies Under the Piano, the Emmy Award-winning Inherit the Wind with Kirk Douglas, Clare's Wish and The Great Detective; and a lead role in the mini-series Champagne Charlie.

Follows many stage credits include Stratford Festival's Romeo and Juliet and Amadeus as well as Atlantic Theatre Festival's Uncle Vanya and A Doll's House. She had the leading role of May in a production of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, mounted at Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company where she is still a member of the company.

Follows is married to fellow Canadian actor Stuart Hughes, and she divides her time between residences in Los Angeles and Toronto.

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