Megan Follows
Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows ( born March 14, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian actress and at the same time American nationality. From 1991 to 1995 she appeared under the name Megan Porter Follows.
Life
Megan Follows was born as the youngest child of a Canadian family of actors. Her parents, Ted Follows (* 1926) and Dawn Greenhalgh (c. 1934) are both actors, as well as her sister Samantha Follows (born 1965, married to actor Sean O'Bryan ). Her sister Edwina Follows (* 1961) is an actress, screenwriter and television producer, her brother Laurence Follows ( born 1963 ) is an actor and theater producer.
Megan Follows was already as an infant with her parents and siblings on the theater stage. As a nine- year-old she played for the first time in a commercial front of the camera, it was soon followed by appearances in movies and television films. Her first major starring role she played with eleven years (1979 ) as Jenny in the 26 -part Canadian television series Matt and Jenny, who in 1981 also in Germany in the first program of the German under the title of Matt and Jenny - aired adventure in maple country.
After the divorce of her parents, she came in 1979 from Toronto to Los Angeles and earned additionally the American nationality. Her career as a young television and film actress she could continue in the United States.
Internationally known as an actress Megan Follows was the title role Anne Shirley in the 1985 rotated four-part Canadian television series Anne of Green Gables (Original Title: Anne of Green Gables ). In German synchronization this miniseries was sent in 1986 by ZDF and ORF. In 1987 he was the five-part sequel Anne in Kingsport (Original Title: Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel ), which was broadcast by ZDF in 1988 and 1989 in German processing by the ORF. For both series, Follows received 1986 and 1988 each have a Gemini Award for Best Actress in a Canadian miniseries. A shot in Canada third season under the title Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story ( 2000), which shows the protagonist Anne Shirley as adults around 30 years, was not sent in the German language, but she appeared with a German translation on DVD.
After her great success in Anne of Green Gables Megan Follows appeared in numerous other feature and television films, but especially in television series. From 1988 she regularly plays on various stages in Canada and the U.S. theater, in the 90 years she has specialized in this Shakespearean roles. Since 2005 she has been a permanent member of the Soul Pepper Theatre Company in Toronto, which was co-founded in 1998 by her partner, the Canadian actor Stuart Hughes ( born 1959 ).
1991 married Megan Follows Canadian professional photographer Christopher Porter whom she had in 1990 with the filming of the movie Deep Sleep, where he worked as a gaffer, met. In 1992, daughter Lyla Ann, 1995 son Russel to the world. The marriage ended in divorce in 1995. With her two children and with Stuart Hughes, with whom she is together since 1996, Megan Follows and forth between their two residences Toronto and Los Angeles.