Elliot Page Life, Job, TV Shows, & Marriage

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Elliot Page Life, Job, TV Shows, Marriage
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Introduction

• Elliot Page, a Canadian actor, first got noticed
  in the movie Hard Candy. Later, he was praised
  for his role as Juno in the movie of the same
  name.

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Who is Elliot Page?

• Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
  1987. He got his start on Canadian TV before
  getting a lot of attention for his strong
  performance in the independent thriller Hard
  Candy in 2005. The Last Stand and Juno, where he
  was praised for his role as a teen star.
• Even however he is most popular for his part in
  Juno, he has also been in several other popular
  movies, such as Smart People, Inception, Super,
  and X-Men Days of Future Past. He later starred
  in the drama Freeheld, which is about a family.
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Early Life

• Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
  Canada, on February 21, 1987. He is an actor.
  Page has been interested in theatre since he was
  young. He was in his first local play when he was
  in the fifth grade. In 1997, he was nominated for
  Canadas prestigious Gemini Award for his role in
  the TV movie Pit Pony.

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TV Show

• The busy actor went on to star in several
  Canadian TV shows, like the Pit Pony spin-off
  Trailer Park Boys (2001-2002) and ReGenesis
  (2004), as well as the award-winning film Marion
  Bridge (2002).

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Big Break

• Page was first seen by Americans in the 2003
  Lifetime movie Homeless to Harvard The Liz
  Murray Story. However, it was his role in the
  controversial 2005 indie thriller Hard Candy that
  put him in the spotlight. He was cast as Kitty
  Pryde in Pages first big-budget movie, X-Men
  The Last Stand, because of his haunting
  performance as a 14-year-old victim who turned
  out to be an attacker (2006).

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Award

• Even though he was in the big-budget X-Men movie,
  Page didnt get international praise for his
  acting until he played a pregnant teen in the
  acclaimed independent drama Juno (2007). As the
  wise but innocent Juno McGuff, the young actors
  performance earned him an Academy
  Award nomination for his quick wit and hidden
  vulnerability.

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Later Work

• After his success with Juno, Page went on to star
  in movies like Smart People (2008) and Whip It
  (2009). In the former, he played Dennis Quaids
  lonely and emotional daughter, and in the latter,
  he was part of a roller derby league in a movie
  directed by Drew Barrymore. In 2010, he took on a
  more serious role in the movie Inception with
  Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He
  usually plays quirky, funny roles.

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Voice to the TV Show

• Soon after Inception came out, Page started doing
  a lot of voice-over work. In 2011, he gave his
  voice to the TV show Glenn Martin DDS. In 2012
  and 2013, he gave his voice to the popular
  cartoons Family Guy and Out There. As the voice
  actor for Jodie Holmes, the main character in the
  video game Beyond Two Souls, he also brought her
  to life. After working as a voice actor, Page
  played the same part again in the movie X-Men
  Days of Future Past (2014).

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Start Hosting

• In 2015, Page was in the movie Freeheld with
  Julianne Moore. The next year, he started hosting
  Gaycation, a travel show about LGBTQ cultures
  around the world. In 2017, he starred in a remake
  of the 1990 horror movie Flatliners.

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Personal Life

• In February 2014, Page told the world he was gay
  at a conference in Las Vegas. The goal of the
  Time to THRIVE conference was to talk about
  problems in the LGBTQ community.

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Marriage

• In January 2018, Page said he was getting married
  to his dance teacher and choreographer
  girlfriend, Emma Portner. The actor posted a
  picture of their wedding bands on Instagram with
  the caption, Cant believe I get to call this
  amazing woman my wife. _at_emmaportner. In 2021,
  they split up.

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The Umbrella Academy

• Page told everyone on December 1, 2020, that he
  was transgender and had changed his name from
  Ellen to Elliot. In March 2021, Page was the
  first openly transgender man to be on the cover
  of Time. Netflix said in March 2022 that Pages
  character on The Umbrella Academy would also
  come out as transgender, just like in real life.