1. Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian-American actress and director.
27 Facts About Megan Follows
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Megan Follows is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.
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Megan Follows's elder sister Edwina is a writer, while her brother Laurence and sister Samantha Follows are actors.
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Megan Follows's first acting job came at nine when she landed a spot in a commercial for Bell Canada.
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Megan Follows found steady work in Canada, appearing in a few TV series such as Matt and Jenny, The Baxters, and The Littlest Hobo, in which she guest-starred with her entire family in a three-part episode.
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Megan Follows starred in the short films The Olden Days Coat and Boys and Girls, the latter of which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.
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Megan Follows' breakthrough occurred when she was cast as Anne Shirley in the 1985 miniseries Anne of Green Gables.
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Megan Follows's performances 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 installment, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.
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Megan Follows did not reprise the role for the fourth film, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, and Barbara Hershey took over the role.
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Megan Follows has made many appearances on both Canadian and US television.
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In 1995, as Megan Porter Follows starred in The Outer Limits episode "The Choice" and as the title character in the 1995 "Home Care" episode of Murder She Wrote, starring Angela Lansbury.
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Megan Follows played Cathy, a young girl who played hockey on a previously all-male team.
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Megan Follows appeared in several episodes of the CBC comedy-drama television series, Heartland as Ty Borden's mother, as well as directed episodes of the series.
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Megan Follows appeared in the hospital drama Open Heart as a nurse fighting a physician of malpractice, and in Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, as Sharon Twain.
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Megan Follows appeared in two TV movies, Sin of Innocence and Shattered.
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In 2004, Megan Follows was part of the ensemble cast of the Hallmark movie Plainsong, which included Aidan Quinn, Rachel Griffiths, and America Ferrera.
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In 2018, it was announced that Megan Follows would be the lead director on Held, a psychological web series produced by marblemedia.
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Megan Follows has a recurring role as the mother of the titular character on Wynonna Earp.
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Megan Follows co-starred with Corey Haim and Gary Busey in the 1985 film adaptation of Stephen King's novella, Silver Bullet.
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Megan Follows had a brief uncredited cameo as a grocery store clerk in the movie I Am Number Four.
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Megan Follows returned to the stage in 2010 in Mirvish Productions's revival of Churchill's Cloud 9.
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In 1991, Megan Follows married Christopher David Porter, a Canadian gaffer and photographer she met on the set of Deep Sleep.
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Megan Follows was in a long-term relationship with actor Stuart Hughes; they broke up around 2010.
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Megan Follows has served as a spokeswoman for the relief organization World Vision Canada.
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Megan Follows travelled to both Rwanda and Tanzania as a spokeswoman and a photographer.
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Megan Follows participated in the 2005 benefit concert Canada for Asia held to support the relief efforts for Asia after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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Megan Follows is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.