She beat more than 1,800 girls from Canada and abroad to land the starring turn as Anne in the new CBC adaptation of Anne of Green Gables. McNulty, a self-described "bookworm" who read the Anne of Green Gables books when she was nine, says she shares many traits with Montgomery's feisty heroine. It was so amazing to shoot there, to think that's where Anne of Green Gables is, and is so loved." Amybeth McNulty, left, R.H Thompson, centre, and Geraldine James, right, film a scene on the Toronto set of the CBC series Anne. The TV movie version of Anne of Green Gables, starring newcomer Ella Ballentine as Anne and Hollywood star Martin Sheen as Matthew, aired on YTV last year, with two more feature-length installments in the works right now.

Source: CBC News October 21, 2016 15:00 UTC