Elliot Page
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. They began their career at the age of 10 on the
award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for which they received a Gemini nomination and a Young Artist Awards nomination. Later, Page appeared in Marion Bridge (2002), which won the
award for Best Canadian First Feature at the Toronto International Film
Festival. They won a Gemini Award for their role of Lilith in the first
season of ReGenesis (2004), a
one-hour drama for TMN/Movie Central, and for the cable feature,
Ghost Cat (2004),
for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series. In
addition, Page appeared in the cult hit TV series
Trailer Park Boys (2001).
As the lead in David Slade's
Hard Candy (2005), which premiered at
the Sundance Film Festival, Page garnered much praise for their tour de
force performance as a 14-year-old who meets a 30-year-old
photographer on the Internet and then looks to expose him as a pedophile.
Films that followed included the title role of
Bruce McDonald's
The Tracey Fragments (2007);
An American Crime (2007), also
starring Catherine Keener; and the
third installation of the X-Men franchise,
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),
where Page played Kitty Pryde.
With their breakout role in Jason Reitman's
hit comedy Juno (2007), about an offbeat
teenager who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, Page received Academy
Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Best Actress nominations, and won
the Independent Spirit Award for their performance. They followed up that
turn with the lead in
Drew Barrymore's directorial
debut, the roller-derby comedy-drama
Whip It (2009),
Christopher Nolan's
psychological thriller
Inception (2010), the independent film
Peacock (2010), and the dark comedy
Super (2010), opposite
Rainn Wilson and
Liv Tyler.
Page co-starred alongside
Jesse Eisenberg,
Alison Pill,
Alec Baldwin, and
Greta Gerwig in the
Woody Allen ensemble comedy
To Rome with Love (2012), and
appeared in the thriller
The East (2013), a story centered on a
contract worker (played by Brit Marling) tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group, only to
find herself falling for its leader (played by Alexander Skarsgård).
award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for which they received a Gemini nomination and a Young Artist Awards nomination. Later, Page appeared in Marion Bridge (2002), which won the
award for Best Canadian First Feature at the Toronto International Film
Festival. They won a Gemini Award for their role of Lilith in the first
season of ReGenesis (2004), a
one-hour drama for TMN/Movie Central, and for the cable feature,
Ghost Cat (2004),
for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series. In
addition, Page appeared in the cult hit TV series
Trailer Park Boys (2001).
As the lead in David Slade's
Hard Candy (2005), which premiered at
the Sundance Film Festival, Page garnered much praise for their tour de
force performance as a 14-year-old who meets a 30-year-old
photographer on the Internet and then looks to expose him as a pedophile.
Films that followed included the title role of
Bruce McDonald's
The Tracey Fragments (2007);
An American Crime (2007), also
starring Catherine Keener; and the
third installation of the X-Men franchise,
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),
where Page played Kitty Pryde.
With their breakout role in Jason Reitman's
hit comedy Juno (2007), about an offbeat
teenager who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, Page received Academy
Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAG Best Actress nominations, and won
the Independent Spirit Award for their performance. They followed up that
turn with the lead in
Drew Barrymore's directorial
debut, the roller-derby comedy-drama
Whip It (2009),
Christopher Nolan's
psychological thriller
Inception (2010), the independent film
Peacock (2010), and the dark comedy
Super (2010), opposite
Rainn Wilson and
Liv Tyler.
Page co-starred alongside
Jesse Eisenberg,
Alison Pill,
Alec Baldwin, and
Greta Gerwig in the
Woody Allen ensemble comedy
To Rome with Love (2012), and
appeared in the thriller
The East (2013), a story centered on a
contract worker (played by Brit Marling) tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group, only to
find herself falling for its leader (played by Alexander Skarsgård).