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Ellen Page

Posted on Aug 23, 2020, Modified : Jan 12, 2021 Mahima Aryal

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Who is Ellen Page?

Ellen Page is a popular Canadian actress and producer who is actively involved in this entertainment field since 1997 to till date. She received her break role in the comedy-drama film ‘Juno’ for which she has also received Teen Choice Awards. She is also best known for playing Kitty Pryde in the ‘X-Men’ film franchise. Initially, from an early age, she was always interested in acting and decided to pursue her career in it. Some of her notable films are ‘An American Crime,’ ‘The Tracey Fragments,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Super’ and many more. Likewise, she has appeared in many television series and also have lent her voice in video games. She preferred to follow began lifestyle and was named one of the Sexiest Vegetarians of 2014 by PETA.

Quick Info
Full Name	Ellen Philpotts Page
Birth Date	February 21, 1987
Birth Place	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Star Sign	Pisces
Parents	Father: Dennis Page Mother: Martha Philpotts
Sexual Orientation	Homosexual
Spouse	Emma Portner
Net Worth	$330 million
Nationality	Canadian
Ethnicity	Canadian-English
Height	5 feet and 1 inch (155cm/1.55m)
Weight	48 kg (106lbs)
Body Measurements	32-23-33 inches
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Dark Brown

Bio

Ellen Philpotts Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on February 21, 1987. She was born to parents Martha Philpotts who is a teacher and Dennis Page, who is a graphic designer. She is currently 33 years old with a Pisces sun sign.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Ellen Page holds Canadian nationality and is an atheist who does not believe in the existence of God. She is of Canadian-English descent. Besides this, she stands 5 feet and 1 inch (155cm/1.55m) tall and weighs 48 kg (106lbs). Her body measurements are 32-23-33 inches, respectively. She has a pair of light brown coloured eyes with dark brown hair colour complimenting her body figure.

Education/Early life

Ellen Page studied at Queen Elizabeth High School and Shambhala School from which she graduated in 2005. She has also enrolled at Vaughan Road Academy for learning interactions. Since she always had interest in acting, action figures and climbing trees in childhood days, she chose her profession to be an actress.

Career

Television

Ellen Page appeared on TV and landed her first role when she was just ten years old in ‘Pit Pony’, a television film in 1997. Later, this television film developed as series, and she played the main role of Maggie Maclean which ran from 1999 to 2000. After two years she featured in ‘Trailer Park Boys’ as Treena Lahey and in ‘Rideau Hall’ as Helene. In 2003 and 2004 she appeared in many television films like ‘Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story,’ ‘Ghost Cat,’ and ‘I Downloaded a Ghost.’

She also hosted the show Saturday Night Live in 2008 in an episode of ‘Ellen Page/Wilco.’ The next year, she appeared as a voice actor and lent her voice to Alaska Nebraska in an episode of ‘The Simpsons.’ Likewise, she also voices for many characters like Robot Assistance in the 2011 series ‘Glenn Martin, DDS’ in 2012′ Family Guy’ as Lindsey and Amber in 2013 series ‘Out There.’ Also, she hosted the show name ‘Gaycation’ from 2016 to 2017.

She is recently working in a superhero web series based on the comic book which is also a Netflix series, ‘The Umbrella Academy’, where she is the main cast of the series titled Vanya Hargreeves. This show is running from 2019 to date having two seasons and receiving positive reviews from critics. The first season premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2019, and the second volume released on July 31, 2020. Moreover, she also had the leading role of web television miniseries ‘Tales of the City’ as Shawna Hawkins in 2019.

Ellen Page Films

Talking about Ellen’s filmy career, she debuts her film in 2002 in a short film named ‘The Wet Season.’ She then appeared in various other movies in minor roles like ‘Marion Bridge,’ ‘Love That Boy,’ ‘Wilby Wonderful’ and ‘Hard Candy.’ After that, in 2006 she portrayed the role of Kitty Pryde in the third installment in the X-Men film series ‘X-Men: The Last Stand.’ She then reprised her role if Kitty in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ in 2014. Ellen received her breakthrough role in 2007 film ‘Juno’ as Juno MacGuff. The film received criticism and critics praised. The same year she also featured in ‘The Stone Angel’ and ‘The Tracey Fragments’. Likewise, her other film during 2008 to 2012 was ‘Smart People,’ ‘Vanishing of the Bees,’ ‘Whip It,’ ‘Peacock,’ ‘Inception’ and ‘To Rome with Love.’

Furthermore, she also starred as Izzy and Jenny in the 2013 films’ The East’ and ‘Touchy Feely’ respectively. In 2015, she ventured her film journey as a producer as well in ‘Into the Forest’ and ‘Freeheld’. The next year, she voiced over for Kelly in ‘Window Horses’ and as Rosy in ‘My Life as a Zucchini’. Moreover, she also produced two more films in 2017, ‘The Cured’ and ‘My Days of Mercy.’ She appeared in 2019 documentary film ‘There’s something in the Water’ where she directed as well.

Achievements

Ellen Page has received MTV Movie and TV Awards in 2008 and 2011 for her role in ‘Juno’ and “inception’ respectively. Likewise, she has also won National Board of Review Awards for her work in ‘Juno’ in 2007.

Personal Life

Ellen Page came out and identified herself as homosexual and a lesbian on February 14, 2014. She married to Emma Portner in January 2018. Moreover, she is also a pro-choice feminist.

Social

Ellen Page has active social media accounts. Her Instagram account (@ellenpage) has 2.6 million followers and her Twitter account (@EllenPage) 1.4 million followers. Moreover, her office has an official Facebook page has 2.3 million followers and 2.1 million likes.