Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987), known professionally as Ellen Page, is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian actress best known for her role as the title character in the 2007 film Juno. For this performance, Page received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress.

She is also known for her starring role in Hard Candy (2005), and as Katherine "Kitty" Pryde Read more...

As of June 2008, Page resides in her hometown of Halifax.

Page mentioned in an interview with Barbara Walters that she sleepwalks and hallucinates when she sleeps.

In an interview by Drew Barrymore for Interview Magazine (March 2008), Page said that she has a dog named Patti, named after one of her idols, Patti Smith.

Page began acting at age 10, appearing in the telefilm Pit Pony, which would later spin-off a television series. This led to roles in a number of small Canadian films and television series—notably playing Treena Lahey in Season 2 of Trailer Park Boys. At 16, she was cast in an independent film shot in Europe, Mouth to Mouth.

Page starred in the 2005 movie Hard Candy, and gained praise Read more...