Elliot Page

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Elliot Page
Page in 2023
Born (1987-02-21) February 21, 1987 (age 37)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1997–present
Spouse
(m. 2018; div. 2021)
AwardsFull list

Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987

Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award
.

Prior to his public identification as a

(2019–present).

Page is an outspoken activist. Describing himself as a

LGBTQ rights.[6] In March 2021, he became the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time.[7]

Early life

Page was born on February 21, 1987, in

Queen Elizabeth High School.[10][11] After graduating from the Shambhala School in 2005, Page spent two years in Toronto, studying in the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy, along with close friend and fellow Canadian actor Mark Rendall.[10]

Career

Early work

Page first acted on camera in 1997 at the age of ten, starring as Maggie Maclean in the CBC Television movie Pit Pony,[12] which later spun off into a television series of the same name that ran from 1999 to 2000.[13] For the television series role, he was nominated for a Gemini Award[b] and Young Artist Award.[c][14] In 2002, Page starred as Joanie in the film Marion Bridge, which is noted for being his first feature-film role.[15] In the same year, he was cast in the television series Trailer Park Boys in the recurring role of Treena Lahey, which he played for five episodes.[16]

Page had roles in the films

Atlantic Film Festival and was nominated for a Genie Award. Also in 2004, he had a recurring role in season 1 of the series ReGenesis as Lilith Sandström, daughter of the show's protagonist.[19]

2000s: Breakthrough and acclaim

Page at the Hollywood Life Awards in 2007

In 2005, Page received recognition for his role in the movie

pedophile hostage.[20] The film was a critical and commercial success,[21] and he received acclaim for his performance, with USA Today praising him for his role, stating that Page "manages to be both cruelly callous and likable" and gives "one of the most complex, disturbing and haunting performances of the year".[22] For the role, he won the Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress in 2006, among other awards and nominations.[23] Also in 2005, he starred in the British film Mouth to Mouth. In 2006, Page appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) as Kitty Pryde, a girl who can walk through walls. In the previous X-Men movies, the part had been used in brief cameos played by other actors, but never as a main character.[24] The film was a commercial success.[25]

In 2007, he had his widespread breakthrough for his leading role as the

Satellite Award for the role, as well as numerous critics awards, including Detroit Film Critics Society, Austin Film Critics Association and Florida Film Critics Circle. Also in 2007, he appeared in The Stone Angel, and led the films An American Crime and The Tracey Fragments, the latter of which also earned him critical acclaim, with the Boston Herald writing that "It is also a further reminder that Page is the real thing. But we knew that already".[32] He won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film,[33]
among other accolades.

In 2008, Page co-starred in the comedy-drama film

Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh", an episode of The Simpsons, as the character Alaska Nebraska, a parody of Hannah Montana.[37] In September 2009, he starred in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It, as a member of a roller derby team.[38] The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and had its wide release on October 2, 2009.[39]

2010s: Rise to prominence

In August 2009, Page was cast in the big-budget

Cisco Systems, including commercials set in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[48][49] That April, the Michael Lander film Peacock featured Page as Maggie Bailey, a struggling young mother.[50] Page noted the film as "one of the boldest screenplays I've come across in my albeit short career; it's a character and story I can throw myself into and exactly the type of movie I love to be a part of".[51]

In April 2011, it was announced that Page would co-star as Monica in the Woody Allen film To Rome with Love, a film told in four separate vignettes;[52] the film was released in 2012. In June 2012, Quantic Dream announced the video game Beyond: Two Souls, in which Page portrays one of the main player characters, Jodie Holmes, through voice acting and motion-capture acting; it was released on October 8, 2013, in North America.[53][54][55] The game polarized critics,[56] but Page earned praise for his performance, with GamesTM calling it "truly breathtaking ... Jodie's character is one we've seen before in many films – a troubled child with a gift, haunted by spirits, struggling with growing up", but Page excelled in giving "gravity and warmth" to the character.[57] He was given various awards and nominations for the role, including the British Academy Games Award for Best Performer.[58] In 2013, another video game, The Last of Us, was released. Page accused the production for using his likeness without permission for the character Ellie;[59][60] the character's appearance was subsequently redesigned to better reflect the actual performer's personality and make the character younger.[61]

In 2013, Page stated that his directorial debut would be

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.[73]

Page in 2015

In 2015, Page starred in and produced the film

My Life as a Zucchini,[80] the latter of which earned critical acclaim[81][82] and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[83]

On November 9, 2017, it was announced that Page had been cast in the main role of Vanya/Viktor Hargreeves in the Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy.[84][85] The show received positive reviews from critics,[86] and Page was acclaimed for his performance, earning a Saturn Award nomination in 2019.[87][88] After Page came out as transgender, it was revealed that he would continue his role in the show, with Netflix updating Page's name across the service.[89] In March 2022, it was announced that Page's character would return in the upcoming third season and transition to male;[90][91] the character briefly comes out to his siblings during "World's Biggest Ball of Twine".[92] Gizmodo reported that the change "was very likely done to reflect Page's own transition".[91]

Page headlined the science-fiction film Flatliners,[93] a remake of the 1990 film of the same title which was released in 2017, emerging as a commercial success.[94] Flatliners was panned by critics,[95][96] although Page and the ensemble cast were praised, with film critic Matt Zoller Seitz writing that "Luna and Page in particular make much stronger impressions than you might expect, given the repetitious and mostly shallow scenarios they're asked to enact ... But the choppy, cliched visuals and the script's superficial approach to the characters' predicaments ultimately undo any goodwill that the actors can generate."[97] Also in 2017, he produced and starred in the film The Cured.[98]

2020s: Expansion and current work

In 2019, Page starred in the Netflix miniseries Tales of the City as Shawna Hopkins,[99][100] which received positive reviews.[101][102] Page, along with Ian Daniel, directed and produced the documentary There's Something in the Water, which is about environmental racism;[103] the film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[104] and was later released on Netflix on March 27, 2020.[105] The film received positive reviews from critics, with The Hollywood Reporter writing that the film, while "made in a standard documentary format that includes a voiceover and a tad too much weepy music", "gets its job done directly enough, underlining a situation that remains dire despite what seems to be a growing level awareness around the country".[106] Page will next have a voice role in the upcoming film Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin and Robodog.[107]

2021 self-portrait photograph by Page

In August 2021, Page collaborated with

The New York Times Best Sellers List for Nonfiction.[113]

In October 2022, Page Boy Productions announced the project Backspot with him acting as executive producer.[114] Filming in Toronto on the production wrapped in March 2023.[115] In June 2023, it was reported that he served as a producer, screenwriter and actor on the upcoming drama film Close to You, which had just wrapped filming.[116] Both films premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.[117][118] As of June 2022, Page was writing a screenplay with his Mouth to Mouth co-star Beatrice Brown.[119]

Personal life

Sexuality and gender

On February 14, 2014, Page, who at that time presented as female,

The Advocate's annual "40 Under 40" list.[127][128]

Page's 2021 appearance on Time was the first for an openly trans man.[129]

On December 1, 2020, Page came out on social media as a

non-binary people".[132] Page's then-wife, Emma Portner, expressed support for him coming out that same day on her Instagram account, saying she was "so proud" of Page.[133] Netflix tweeted: "So proud of our superhero! We love you Elliot!"[134] Various celebrities such as Justin Trudeau, Ellen DeGeneres, Miley Cyrus, James Gunn, and Kumail Nanjiani, expressed support for Page after the announcement.[135][136][137] That same day, Netflix announced that it would update Page's credits and metadata across all titles to reflect his name.[137] These changes were completed by December 8, 2020.[138]

Page appeared on the cover of the March 29 / April 5, 2021 issue of Time, making him the first openly trans man to do so.[129] He requested that Wynne Neilly photograph him for the cover because he wanted another transgender person to be the photographer.[139] In the featured article, he described himself as queer and non-binary,[129][140] and revealed that at the time he came out, he had been recovering from undergoing top surgery, a process that he described as "life-saving".[141] Page also revealed that at the age of nine, "I felt like a boy ... I wanted to be a boy. I would ask my mom if I could be someday."[120]

Relationships

Page had a relationship with Olivia Thirlby during the filming of Juno,[142] and with Kate Mara, with whom he co-starred in Tiny Detectives (2014) and My Days of Mercy (2017), in 2014.[143][144] In 2017, Page and dancer/choreographer Emma Portner had publicly revealed that they were in a relationship.[145] They had met after Page noticed Portner on Instagram.[146] In January 2018, Page announced that they were married.[147] They separated in mid-2020, and Page filed for divorce in January 2021;[148] it was finalized in early 2021.[120]

Activism

Page practices a

US Campaign for Burma, calling for an end to the military dictatorship in Myanmar.[152]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Wet Season Jocelyn Short film
Marion Bridge Joanie
2003 Touch & Go Trish
Love That Boy Suzanna
2004 Wilby Wonderful Emily Anderson
2005 Hard Candy Hayley Stark
Mouth to Mouth Sherry
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Kitty Pryde
2007 An American Crime Sylvia Likens
Juno Juno MacGuff
The Tracey Fragments Tracey Berkowitz
The Stone Angel Arlene Simmons
2008 Smart People Vanessa Wetherhold
2009 Vanishing of the Bees Narrator Documentary
Whip It Bliss Cavendar / Babe Ruthless
2010 Peacock Maggie Bailey
Inception Ariadne
Super Libby / Boltie
2012 To Rome with Love Monica
2013 The East Izzy
Touchy Feely Jenny
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Kitty Pryde
Tiny Detectives Detective Ellen Short film
2015 Into the Forest Nell Also producer
Freeheld Stacie Andree Also producer
2016 Tallulah Tallulah
Window Horses Kelly (voice)
My Life as a Zucchini Rosy (voice) English dub
2017 My Days of Mercy Lucy Moro Also producer
The Cured Abbie Also producer
Flatliners Courtney Holmes
2019 There's Something in the Water Himself Documentary; also director[153][154]
2022 Into My Name Documentary; executive producer[155]
2023 Backspot Executive producer[114]
Close to You Sam Also co-writer and co-producer[116]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Pit Pony Maggie Maclean Television film
1999–2000 Pit Pony Main role
2002 Trailer Park Boys Treena Lahey 5 episodes
Rideau Hall Helene Episode: "Pilot"
2003 Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story Young Lisa Television film
Going For Broke
Jennifer Bancroft Television film
Ghost Cat Natalie Merritt Television film
2004 I Downloaded a Ghost Stella Blackstone Television film
ReGenesis Lilith Sandström 8 episodes
2008 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Ellen Page/Wilco"
2009 The Simpsons Alaska Nebraska (voice) Episode: "Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh"
2011 Glenn Martin, DDS Robot Assistant (voice) Episode: "Date with Destiny"
Tilda Carolyn Pilot
2012 Family Guy Lindsey (voice) Episode: "
Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream
"
2013 Out There Amber (voice) Episode: "Ace's Wild"
2016–2017 Gaycation Himself (host) Documentary series on Viceland; also executive producer
2019–present The Umbrella Academy Vanya Hargreeves / Viktor Hargreeves Main role
2019 Tales of the City Shawna Hawkins Main role
2024 Ark: The Animated Series Victoria Walker (voice) Main role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Beyond: Two Souls Jodie Holmes Also motion capture

Awards and nominations