Elliot Page
Canadian actor, producer and author
Elliot Page is a Canadian actor, producer and activist, nominated for an Academy Award for Juno. He wrote the memoir Pageboy.
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Canadian Born 1987 in Halifax, Canada
About Elliot Page
Elliot Page was born on February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He started out in television, then gained wider recognition with the film Hard Candy and as Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. His starring role in Juno earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. His other work includes Inception, the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, and the documentary series Gaycation, which he hosted. He also directed There's Something in the Water, and has spoken out for LGBTQ rights. Page came out as a trans man in 2020 and took the name Elliot. In March 2021 he became the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time magazine. His first book, the memoir Pageboy, was published in June 2023.