Ellen Page
Synopsis
Ellen Page is a famous lesbian Candian actress. She is best known for her roles in the movies like- X-Men series, Smart People, Juno, The Tracy Fragments and Inception among others, She debuted on TV from the series, Pit Pony.
Page is currently married to her lesbian partner. They tied the knot secretly after dating for some months.
Early Life and Education
Ellen Page was born Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page on 21st February 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia under the birth sign Pisces. Page is Canadian as per nationality, and as far as her ethnicity is concerned, she is White.
She is the daughter of Martha Philpotts (a teacher) and Dennis Page (a graphic designer). She studied up to grade 10 in the Halifax Grammar School then shifted to Queen Elizabeth High School and eventually graduated from the Shambhala School. Right from her school days, Page started appearing in various plays.
Page along with her friend, Mark Rendall studied Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy.
Career
Ellen Page made her TV debut at the early age of 10 from the TV series, Pit Pony by Eric Till. She worked in the series until 2000 and followed by another series Trailer Park Boys. She then appeared in Ghost Cat, Homeless to Harvard, Saturday Night Live, Out There and Family Guy among others.
Page debuted in the movies in 2002 from the short movie titled, The Wet Season. Some of her popular movies include:
| Movies | Cast members |
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) |
Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen and Ian McKellen among others. |
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Juno (2007) |
Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, J.K Simmons and Alsion Janney among others. |
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The Tracey Fragments (2007) |
Ari Cohen, Maxwell McCabel-Lokos, Julian Richings and Kate Todd among others. |
|
An American Crime (2007) |
Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, Lili Taylor and Richard Cabral among others. |
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Inception (2010) |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard among others. |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) |
Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fa s sbender, James McAvoy and Peter Dinklage among others. |
Page is currently working in series and movies which are to be released soon like- The Umbrella Academy (2018), Naya Legends of the Golden Dolphins (2019) and Robodog (TBA).
Awards and Nominations
Ellen Page was nominated for various prestigious awards and won some of them as well which include:
- 2002 = ACTRA Maritime Awards for Marion Bridge.
- 2003 = Gemini Awards for Ghost Cat.
- 2004 = Atlantic Film Festival Awards for Wilby Wonderful.
- 2004 = Gemini Awards for ReGenesis.
- 2005 = Austin Film Critics Association Awards for Hard Candy.
- 2007 = Alliance of Women Film Journalist Awards (twice) for Juno.
- 2007 = Atlantic Film Festival Awards for The Tracey Fragments.
- 2007 = Austin Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Detroit Film Critics Society Awards (twice) for Juno.
- 2007 = Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (twice) for Juno.
- 2007 = Independent Spirit Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = MTV Movie Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = National Board of Review Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = New York Film Critics Online Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = North Texas Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards (twice) for Juno.
- 2007 = Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Satellite Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Teen Choice Awards (twice) for Juno.
- 2007 = Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Utah Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2007 = Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards for The Tragedy Fragments.
- 2007 = Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards for Juno.
- 2010 = MTV Movie Awards for Inception.
Her nominated awards include Oscar Awards, Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actor Guild Awards, Empire Awards, National Movie Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and Young Artists Awards among others.
Personal Life
Ellen Page proudly announced that she is lesbian in February 2014 during Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive in Las Vegas, a conference about addressing the issues within the LGBT community.
Page married her girlfriend turned wife, Emma Portner secretly in a private ceremony. The couple announced their marriage via Instagram by posting a picture of their matching wedding rings with a caption,
‘’Can’t believe I get to call this extraordinary women my wife. @emmaportner.’’
The pair started dating back in July 2017 and tied the knot only after months of dating.
Before this, Page was in a relationship with Samantha Thomas; an artist who graduated from the Art Center College in Design in Pasadena. The pair dated for a year and separated afterward. They were last pictured together in public in January 2017.
Page was once rumored to be dating Ben Foster and Emile Hirsch. However, they did not confirm their relationship.
Sexual Hara s sment
On 10th November 2017, Page posted a lengthy post on her Facebook account stating that she was abused by Brett Ratner on the set in front of other actors during filming of X-Men: The Last Stand,
I was eighteen years old. He looked at a woman standing next to me, ten years my senior pointed to me and said: 'You should f*** her to make her realize she's gay.' He was the film's director, Brett Ratner. I was a young adult who had not yet come out to myself. I knew I was gay but did not know, so to speak. I felt violated when this happened. I looked down at my feet, didn't say a word and watched as no one else did either. This man, who had cast me in the film, started our months of filming at a work event with this horrific, unchallenged plea. He 'outed' me with no regard for my well-being, an act we all recognize as h 0phobic.
Not only this, she even stated that Ratner pa s sed several bad comments like- ‘’flappy pussy’’ to the ladies on the set. After the post, Anna Paquin, the actress of the movie confirmed Page’s story on Twitter,
I was three when that comment was made. I stand with you. @EllenPage.
On her post, Page even revealed that she was taken to a dinner by a director when she was 16 where the director fondled her leg under the table. Later, she even stated that the director asked her to sleep with a man.
Net Worth
Ellen Page who worked in numbers of movies and series, currently, has an estimated net worth of $14 million.
Some of her movies that made a good collection at the box office include:
- Hard Candy (2006) = $8.3 million
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) = $459.4 million.
- Juno (2007) = $231.4 million.
- Smart People (2008) = $11,839,695.
- Inception (2010) = $828.3 million.
- To Rome with love (2012) = $73,244,881.
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) = $747.9 million.
- Flatliners (2017) = $45 million.
Page is a spokesperson for ‘’Cisco System'' and also appeared in the various advertisement of it.
She owns a house in Hollywood Hills Home which she bought from Venus Williams for $1.7 million. She also has a Ferrari worth $256,550.