Megan Follows as Anne Shirley

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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