Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows, born March 14, 1968, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian-American actress and director celebrated for her iconic portrayal of Anne Shirley in the television adaptations of Anne of Green Gables.

Growing up in a show business family with actor parents Ted Follows and Dawn Greenhalgh, and siblings including actress Samantha Follows, she began performing in commercials at age nine and made her television debut in the series A Gift to Last and Matt and Jenny in the late 1970s.

After her parents' divorce, she moved to Los Angeles at 11 to attend school and act, appearing on The Facts of Life before landing her breakthrough role as the imaginative orphan Anne Shirley in the 1985 CBC miniseries Anne of Green Gables, selected over 3,000 auditionees despite initial concerns about her age.​

Follows reprised the role in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000), earning two Gemini Awards for Best Actress for the first two installments and a nomination for the third, while her performance helped make the series the highest-rated drama in Canadian television history with global success.

She simultaneously debuted in film as Marty Coslaw in Stephen King's Silver Bullet (1985) and took on television movies like Sin of Innocence (1986) and Shattered... If Your Kid's on Drugs (1986), followed by roles in Inherit the Wind (1988), Termini Station (1989), and voicing Clara in The Nutcracker Prince (1990).

In the 1990s, she starred as Kate Benedict in the short-lived CBS series Second Chances (1993–1994), portrayed real-life kidnap victim Peggy Ann Bradnick in Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991), and led in a Canadian TV adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (1993).​

Her extensive guest television work includes appearances on Law & Order, ER, The X-Files, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, and Lie to Me, alongside roles in miniseries like Under the Piano (1996) as an autistic pianist and Robson Arms (2005–2008) as Janice Keneally.

Follows achieved renewed prominence as Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, in the CW historical drama Reign from 2013 to 2017, and appeared in World Without End (2012) as Lady Maud, Hollywood Heights (2012), Longmire, and the film Drive Hard (2014). She has directed episodes of series including Reign and continues acting in projects like The Fugitive (2000) and Family Law (1999).​

Follows met her ex-husband, gaffer Christopher Porter, on the set of Deep Sleep (1990), and they have two children, daughter Lyla and son Russel. With over 100 credits, she has balanced stage work like Romeo and Juliet and The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds with a prolific screen career, establishing herself as one of Canada's most versatile performers across genres and mediums.​