ELLEN PAGE

'Ellen Philpotts-Page' (born 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''.

Contents

Biography

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Biography

Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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."^[1] 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''.
She recently finished work on Jason Reitman's ''Juno'', and has been taking a break to backpack through Eastern Europe. Her next project will be ''Jack and Diane'', which will not be released until 2008.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	''Juno''	''Juno MacGuff''	(awaiting release)
	''Jack and Diane''	''Diane''	(pre-production
	''The Tracey Fragments''	''Tracey Berkowitz''
	''The Stone Angel''	''Arlene''	(awaiting release)
	''An American Crime''	''Sylvia Likens''
	''Smart People''	''Vanessa Wetherhold''	(awaiting release)
2006	''	''Kitty Pryde''
2005	''Mouth to Mouth''	''Sherry''
	''Hard Candy''	''Hayley Stark''
2004	''ReGenesis''	''Lilith Sandström''	TV Series
	''Wilby Wonderful''	''Emily Anderson''
	''I Downloaded A Ghost''	''Stella Blackstone''
2003	''Love That Boy''	''Suzanna''
	''Going for Broke''	''Jennifer''	(TV Movie)
	''	''Young Lisa''	(TV Movie)
	''Touch & Go''	''Trish''
	''Mrs. Ashboro's Cat''	''Natalie Merritt''	(TV Movie)
2002	''The Wet Season''	''Jocelyn''
	''Marion Bridge''	''Joanie''
	''Rideau Hall''	''Helene''	(TV Series)
2002, 2001	''Trailer Park Boys''	''Treena Lahey''	(TV Series)
1999	''Pit Pony''	''Maggie Maclean''	(TV Series)
1997	''Pit Pony''	''Maggie Maclean''	(TV Movie)

Awards and nominations

Page has won numerous awards including two Gemini Awards and an ACTRA Maritimes Award.
To see a full list of her awards and nominations go here: [1]

References

1. ''Ellen: Manipulates 'Hard Candy' to great effect'' by Claudia Puig, USA Today, December 22, 2006 section E2

External links

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★ Ellen-Page.org - English website (news, archives, message board)

★ Interview with Curve (magazine)

★ Interview with filly.ca