Elliot Page

Elliot Page is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist known for his roles across film and television as well as his advocacy for LGBTQ rights and other social causes. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Assigned female at birth, he went by the name Ellen Page prior to transitioning in 2020. He attended Halifax Grammar School, spent time at Queen Elizabeth High School, and graduated from the Shambhala School in 2005. He subsequently spent two years studying in the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy in Toronto.

Page began his on-camera acting career in 1997 in the television movie Pit Pony, which led to a spin-off series running from 1999 to 2000. He made his feature film debut in Marion Bridge in 2002 and appeared in television series such as Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis. Page gained broader industry recognition for his starring role in the 2005 thriller Hard Candy, and he played Kitty Pryde in the 2006 superhero film X-Men: The Last Stand.

Page achieved major critical and commercial success starring as a pregnant teenager in the 2007 film Juno. His performance earned him nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, along with an Independent Spirit Award win. During this period, he also starred in films including The Tracey Fragments, Smart People, and Whip It, and hosted Saturday Night Live in 2008.

In 2010, Page starred in Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Inception and the black comedy Super. He later reprised his role as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014 and appeared in feature films such as To Rome with Love, The East, Freeheld, Tallulah, and Flatliners. Page also performed motion-capture and voice acting for the 2013 video game Beyond: Two Souls, receiving a British Academy Games Award nomination.

From 2019 to 2024, Page starred as Vanya, later Viktor, Hargreeves in the Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy, winning a Saturn Award for the role in 2022. He hosted the documentary series Gaycation from 2016 to 2017 and co-directed and produced the environmental documentary There's Something in the Water in 2019. His other screen credits include Close to You in 2023 and The Odyssey in 2026.

Page publicly came out as a lesbian in 2014 and came out as a trans man named Elliot in 2020, becoming the first openly transgender man to appear on the cover of Time magazine in March 2021. He has engaged in activism for abortion rights, the MeToo movement, and political freedom in Myanmar, receiving the Human Rights Campaign Vanguard Award in 2015. In 2021, Page launched the production company Page Boy Productions, and in 2023, he published his memoir Pageboy, which topped The New York Times Best Sellers List.