Biography
Who is Elliot Page?
Early life and real name
Elliot Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His parents are teacher Martha Philpotts and graphic designer Dennis Page. Assigned female at birth, he used the given name Ellen prior to his gender transition in 2020. During his childhood, he attended Halifax Grammar School and Queen Elizabeth High School before graduating from the Shambhala School in 2005. He then spent two years studying in Toronto at Vaughan Road Academy.
Page began acting on camera at the age of ten. In 1997, he starred as Maggie Maclean in the television film Pit Pony, which later became a television series that ran from 1999 to 2000. This early television role earned him a Gemini Award nomination and a Young Artist Award nomination. In 2002, he played Joanie in Marion Bridge, which marked his first feature film role, and also began a recurring role in the television series Trailer Park Boys.
How Elliot became famous
In 2005, Page starred as Hayley Stark in the thriller film Hard Candy, a commercial success that brought him wider recognition. Claudia Puig of USA Today praised his performance as complex and disturbing, and he won an Austin Film Critics Association Award. The following year, he played Kitty Pryde in the blockbuster superhero film X-Men: The Last Stand, which further raised his profile.
His major international breakthrough came in 2007 when he starred as the title character in the comedy drama Juno. The film was a big critical and financial success. For his performance, Page received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, along with nominations for a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He also won a Canadian Comedy Award and an Independent Spirit Award for the role.
Career highlights
Following his success with Juno, Page appeared in several prominent films throughout the late 2000s and 2010s. In 2009, he starred in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It. In 2010, he played the architecture student Ariadne in Christopher Nolan's big budget science fiction film Inception, which became a commercial success and received widespread acclaim from critics.
Later in his career, Page took on diverse roles across television, video games, and documentaries. He portrayed Jodie Holmes in the video game Beyond: Two Souls in 2013 and hosted the documentary series Gaycation starting in 2016. From 2019 to 2024, he starred as Viktor Hargreeves in the popular Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. In addition to acting, he directed the 2019 documentary There's Something in the Water.
Personal life and height
Elliot Page stands at a height of 155 centimeters. He was previously married to Emma Portner. In 2014, Page publicly came out as a lesbian and was later included in The Advocate annual list of forty under forty. In December 2020, he announced that he is a trans man, adopting the name Elliot. In March 2021, he made history as the first openly transgender man to appear on the cover of Time magazine.
Alongside his entertainment career, Page is an active advocate for LGBTQ rights and various social causes. He has spoken out in favor of the MeToo movement, advocated for abortion rights, and called for the end of military dictatorship in Myanmar. In 2015, he received the Human Rights Campaign Vanguard Award for his activism and public support of equality.
Birthday and age
Elliot Page was born on February 21, 1987, which makes Elliot 39 years old today. That birthday falls under the Pisces sign. Elliot shares the date with 66 other famous people.
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