Ellen Page

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Ellen Page

Page in Hard Candy (2006).
Birth name Ellen Philpotts-Page
Born February 21, 1987
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Height 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Notable roles Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand

Ellen Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress, best known for her starring role in Hard Candy and as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. 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.

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[edit] 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 started her drama training at the Neptune Theatre School. She began her acting career at the age of 11 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, which solidified her place[citation needed] among the most talented young actors in Canada.

Page has roles in three as-yet unreleased films: An American Crime, based on the true story of Sylvia Likens, opposite Catherine Keener, which will premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, as well as The Tracey Fragments and Stone Angel.

She will finish work on Smart People, before beginning work on the film Juno in 2007. She also has a role in the upcoming Jack and Diane.

[edit] Selected Filmography

[edit] 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]

[edit] Trivia

  • She admires Patti Smith, Peaches, and Kate Winslet. She enjoys the music of Metric, and Broken Social Scene.
  • In X-Men: The Last Stand, the original version of the ice skating scene called for Page to kiss Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), but according to the Director's commentary, it was left out of the film because people who saw the scene in production were uncomfortable as Page looked "around 12 years old" and Producers felt it was out of character for Bobby Drake. The scene however can be found on some copy's of the DVD. As mentioned by Comics2Film, some of the DVD's have 21 deleted scenes (Including the kiss), while others have 10 deleted scenes (Excluding the kiss).

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