Ellen Page (Elliot Page) life and biography

Ellen Philpotts-Page, known professionally as Elliot Page (previously Ellen Page), is a Canadian actor and producer. He has received various accolades, including an Oscar nomination, two BAFTA and Emmy nominations, and a Satellite Award.


[The biography below was written before his announcement in 2020 that he's a transgender and it includes information from his early career when he was known as Ellen Page.]


The daughter of a teacher and a graphic designer, Ellen Page took an interest in theater from a young age. She performed in her first local production in the fifth grade and won Canada's prestigious Gemini nomination for her role in the made-for-TV movie Pit Pony in 1997. The busy actress went on to appear in several Canadian television series, including the Pit Pony spin-off, Trailer Park Boysand ReGenesis, as well as the award-winning film Marion Bridge.

Though Page was first introduced to American audiences in the Lifetime TV movie Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, she received her first real publicity for the provocative 2005 indie thriller Hard Candy. Her haunting performance as a 14-year-old victim-turned-attacker caught the attention of director Brett Ratner, who cast her as Kitty Pryde in Page's first big-budget feature, X-Men: The Last Stand.

But it was Ellen Page's 2007 performance as a pregnant teen in the much heralded indie dramedy Juno that put her in the international spotlight. Her quick wit and hidden vulnerability as the wise and innocent Juno McGuff earned the young star an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Her other projects include Whip It (2009) and Inception (2010). Page currently resides in her hometown of Halifax.

Films:

1997 Pit Pony
1999–2000 Pit Pony
2001–2002 Trailer Park Boys
2002 Rideau Hall ; Marion Bridge ; The Wet Season
2003 Ghost Cat ; Touch & Go ; Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story ; Going for Broke ; Love That Boy
2004 ReGenesis ; I Downloaded a Ghost ; Wilby Wonderful
2005 Hard Candy ; Mouth to Mouth
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 An American Crime ; The Tracey Fragments ; Juno ; The Stone Angel
2008 Smart People
2009 The Simpsons ; Whip It
2010 Peacock ; Super ; Inception ; Vanishing of the Bees
2011 Tilda
2011 Freeheld
2016–2017 Gaycation (Documentary series)
2019–present The Umbrella Academy
2019 Tales of the City
2022 Ark: The Animated Series (in production)

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