Ellen Page

Ellen Page (born Ellen Philpotts-Page, February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her starring role in Hard Candy and as Kitty Pryde in . She had previously received attention, particularly in her native Canada, for award-winning roles in Pit Pony and Marion Bridge and TV shows Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis. She is currently generating significant buzz for a possible Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance as a girl facing a teenage pregnancy in Juno.

Biography

Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Martha Phillpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. She attended three different high schools before graduating from the Shambhala School in 2005 in Halifax. Page began her acting career at the age of 10 in a made-for-TV film (which would later be made into a series) called Pit Pony. This led to roles in a number of small Canadian films and television series. At age 16, she was cast in an independent film shot in Europe, Mouth to Mouth.
Page played one of the main characters in the 2006 movie Hard Candy, for which she gained praise for having done "one of the most complex, disturbing and haunting performances of the year". Page has roles in three as yet unreleased films: An American Crime, based on the true story of Sylvia Likens, opposite Catherine Keener, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, as well as The Tracey Fragments and Stone Angel.
Her next film, Jason Reitman's Juno, is scheduled for a December 2007 release.