Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since the death of her adopted mother, Marilla. She learns that her fiancé Gilbert Blythe has accepted a staff position at the prestigious New York hospital where he had been studying.

Convincing her to join him there, Anne decides to make the move after she takes a job at a large publishing house. Her hopes for success in the big city are dashed however when she meets American Writer, Jack Garrison, who has contrived a plan to steal her original manuscript. Anne soon realizes her home is in Avonlea and decides to return once again. Gilbert announces his plan to enlist as a medical officer in the war, but soon after he leaves, Anne receives devastating news that he has gone missing.

She then sets out to search for him, braving the battlefields of World War 1 to find the love of her life.

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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