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'Infinite Playlist' has a New York beat for city girl Graynor

USA Today - Found Oct. 7, 2008
(Ellen Page) and I have one scene where we kind of throw down on the track. Kristen Wiig and Zoe Bell and (rapper) Eve and Ellen they had more...

Posted on October 7, 2008, 6:32 am

The Nerd-Next-Door Voted Most Likely to Succeed

Washington Post - Found Oct. 5, 2008
... to play the straight man in Judd Apatow's 'Superbad.' Then came 'Juno,' tiny track shorts and a sweet song on the front steps with Ellen Page.

Posted on October 5, 2008, 9:38 am

Nerd-Next-Door Now Most Likely to Succeed

Washington Post - Found Oct. 4, 2008
... to play the straight man in Judd Apatow's 'Superbad.' Then came 'Juno,' tiny track shorts and a sweet song on the front steps with Ellen Page.
The Nerd-Next-Door Voted Most Likely to Succeed - Washington Post
The Nerd-Next-Door Voted Most Likely to Succeed - TwinCities.com
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Posted on October 4, 2008, 3:11 am

'Infinite Playlist' Strikes Just the Right Note

ABCNEWS.com - Found Oct. 3, 2008
Old Virgin.' She is smart, likable and funny and may be ready to assume the mantle from 'Juno's' Ellen Page as the coolest young female star.
Kat Dennings negotiating to play 'Defendor' - Hollywood Reporter
Kat Dennings Could Be in for "Defendor" - TheCelebrityCafe.com
Michael Cera: When Geeks Get the Girl - ABC News
72% Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rotten Tomatoes
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Posted on October 3, 2008, 6:39 am

Canadian Comedy Awards fetes Jason Reitman

Hollywood Reporter - Found Oct. 3, 2008
Friday night gave Montreal-born Reitman a Beaver for best 'pretty funny film directing,' and Halifax-born Ellen Page a trophy for best 'pretty...

Posted on October 3, 2008, 2:57 am

Fox, LaBeouf among 25 Hottest Stars Under 25

MSNBC - Found Sep. 30, 2008
... young stars who also made the list included Keira Knightley, Daniel Radcliffe, Blake Lively, Ellen Page, "Superbad's" Christopher Mintz-Plasse...

Posted on September 30, 2008, 2:40 am

Is Michael Cera 'Two or Three Steps From Being Over?' [Up And ...

Defamer - Found Sep. 29, 2008
As Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist approaches this weekend, everyone's clamoring to see if Michael Cera has what it takes to push past Ellen Page'

Posted on September 29, 2008, 12:50 pm

Biography: Ellen Page

Helium - Found Oct. 7, 2008
Ellen Page. I first noticed Ellen when she played the role of Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde in 'X-Men: The Last Stand' (which came out in 2006...

Posted on October 7, 2008, 11:39 am

'These Apple Boxes Aren?t As Comfortable As They Should Be' [A ...

Defamer - Found Sep. 26, 2008
Popular pint-sized canuck Ellen Page took a slightly uncomfortable seat on an apple box on the set of Whip It . Page wished that the box had a padded ...

Posted on September 26, 2008, 1:25 pm

It Happened Last Night: Drew Barrymore and 'That Dude From Gossip ...

Gawker - Found Sep. 24, 2008
... where they stayed until 6 a.m., shooting pool with Gossip Girl cast members (including Crawford), actress Ellen Page and Emile Hirsch.

Posted on September 24, 2008, 10:25 am

Ellen Page Biography

Ellen Page
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Ellen Page

Page at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards, December 2007
Born Ellen Philpotts-Page
February 21, 1987 (1987-02-21) (age 21)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation Film Actress
Years active 1997 – present

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 roles in Hard Candy (2005), Smart People, and as Katherine "Kitty" Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand. She also received attention in her native Canada for award-winning roles in Pit Pony and Marion Bridge, as well as television shows Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis.

In 2008, Page was nominated for Time's 100 Most Influential People list[1] and placed #86 on FHM's Sexiest Women in the World list.[2] In June 2008, Page was named to Entertainment Weekly's future A-List stars list.[3]

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Early life

Page was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the daughter of Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer.[4] She attended the Halifax Grammar School until grade 10, spent some time at Queen Elizabeth High School, and graduated from the Shambhala School in 2005. She also spent two years in Toronto, Ontario studying in the Interact Program at Vaughan Road Academy along with close friend and fellow Canadian actor Mark Rendall.[5][6] Growing up, Page enjoyed playing with action figures and climbing trees.[7]

Career

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 for "one of the most complex, disturbing and haunting performances of the year".[8] As the title-character star of Juno, Page garnered substantial praise; A. O. Scott of the New York Times noted her as being "frighteningly talented"[9] and Roger Ebert said, "Has there been a better performance this year than Ellen Page's creation of Juno? I do not think so".[10] Page was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Juno, but lost to Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose. The role, however, did win her several awards, including a Canadian Comedy Award, Independent Spirit Award and Satellite Award.

Page next starred in Smart People, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and received a wide release on April 11, 2008. Page has roles in three films unreleased as of January 2008: An American Crime, which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival; The Tracey Fragments, which is scheduled for a U.S. release in early 2008; and The Stone Angel. Page is also attached to star in Peter Stebbings' The Defender[11] as well as Jack and Diane[12] opposite Olivia Thirlby, with whom she co-starred in Juno.

In 2008, Page will star in Michael Lander's Peacock, opposite Cillian Murphy, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman and Josh Lucas.[13][14] She will also star in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, Whip It! starring along side Juliette Lewis, Marcia Gay Harden, Drew Barrymore and Kristin Wiig.[15]

In the fall of 2008, Page will begin shooting an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, playing the title character.[16]

Page hosted Saturday Night Live on March 1, 2008 with musical guest Wilco (special appearances by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudolph Giuliani and Vincent D'Onofrio.)[17] For her traditional opening monologue, she poked fun at the dialogue of the movie Juno with cast member Andy Samberg, who impersonated Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. Page's SNL characters included Miley Cyrus, Peter Pan, Virginia Hastings' stepdaughter, and a young woman named Marty who realizes she is a lesbian after attending a Melissa Etheridge concert.

In September 2008, it was announced that Page will guest star on an episode of the 20th season of The Simpsons, playing a teen pop singer named Alaska Nebraska who befriends Lisa Simpson. [18]

Personal life

As of June 2008, Page resides in her hometown of Halifax.[19]

Page mentioned in an interview with Barbara Walters that she sleepwalks and hallucinates when she sleeps.[20]

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.[21]

In 2008, Page joined many other celebrities in the U.S. Campaign for Burma, calling for an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.[22]

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1997 Pit Pony Maggie Maclean TV movie
1999 Pit Pony Maggie Maclean TV series
2001 Trailer Park Boys Treena Lahey TV series
2002 "The Wet Season" Jocelyn short film
Marion Bridge Joanie
Rideau Hall Helene TV series
2003 Love That Boy Suzanna
Going for Broke Jennifer TV movie
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story Young Lisa TV movie
Touch & Go Trish
Ghost Cat Natalie Merritt TV movie
2004 ReGenesis Lilith Sandström TV series
Wilby Wonderful Emily Anderson
I Downloaded a Ghost Stella Blackstone
2005 Mouth to Mouth Sherry
Hard Candy Hayley Stark
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Katherine "Kitty" Pryde
2007 An American Crime Sylvia Likens
The Tracey Fragments Tracey Berkowitz
The Stone Angel Arlene
Juno Juno MacGuff

Academy Award nomination - Best Actress
Golden Globe nominaton - Best Actress
BAFTA Award nomination - Best Actress

2008 Smart People Vanessa Wetherhold
2009 Peacock Maggie Production completed[23]
Whip It! Bliss Cavendar
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre

Awards and nominations

Interviews

Notes

  1. ^ "Ellen Page - The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists".
  2. ^ "#61 Ellen Page and #60 Fergie - Girls of FHM - Girls - FHM Online - The Premiere Online Mens Magazine in the U.S".
  3. ^ "Ellen Page".
  4. ^ Maher, Kevin. "Ellen Page isn’t fazed by her scripts", The Times (London), October 27, 2007
  5. ^ a b Lisk, Dean (2007-12-20). "Page making a scene on screen", The Daily News. Retrieved on 2008-01-16. 
  6. ^ "Profile: Ellen Page - Entertainment Ellen is sexyCelebrity Gossip - MSN Entertainment UK".
  7. ^ Ellen Page Interview at Complex magazine
  8. ^ Puig, Claudia. "Ellen: Manipulates 'Hard Candy' to great effect", USA Today, December 22, 2006, p. E2.
  9. ^ Scott, A.O.. "Seeking Mr. and Mrs. Right for a Baby on the Way", The New York Times, December 5, 2007.
  10. ^ Ebert, Roger. Juno review, Chicago Sun Times, December 14, 2007.
  11. ^ Douglas, Edward. "The Inimitable Ellen Page on Juno", ComingSoon.net, December 3, 2007. Accessed March 2, 2007.
  12. ^ Widdicombe, Ben. "Juno girls reunited in vampire film", The New York Daily News, December 18, 2007. Accessed March 2, 2007.
  13. ^ Siegel, Tatiana. "Page, Murphy set for Peacock", Variety, February 14, 2008. Accessed February 14, 2008.
  14. ^ "Iowans shine as stars' doubles".
  15. ^ "Cast ready to roll on 'Whip It!'".
  16. ^ "Ellen Page takes on 'Jane Eyre' - Entertainment News, Book Adaptations, Media - Variety".
  17. ^ Collins, Leah. "Ellen Page tapped for SNL, Walters special", canada.com, February 12, 2008 Accessed February 15, 2008
  18. ^ http://popularculture.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/the-simpsons-hits-a-landmark/
  19. ^ "Late Night with David Letterman".
  20. ^ The Barbara Walters Special, Interview with Ellen Page. February 24, 2008.
  21. ^ O'Brien, Glen; Fabian Baron, Drew Barrymore (Interviewer) (March 2008). "Ellen Page" (in English). Interview Magazine (March 2008). Peter Brant. 
  22. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/fashion/04myanmar.html?_r=2&ref=style&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
  23. ^ Fleming, Michael (2008-07-02). "Ellen Page signs with Endeavor", Variety. Retrieved on 2008-07-05. 
  24. ^ "Film Awards Nominees in 2008 - Film - Awards - The BAFTA site".
  25. ^ The Orange Rising Star Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Accessed 2008-01-11.
  26. ^ "Orange press release, January 8, 2008: "And the Orange rising star award nominees for 2008 are..."".
  27. ^ ""Into the Wild Leads Critics Choice Nominations with Seven!"".
  28. ^ "Broadcast Film Critics Association: "Critics' Choice Award 2007 Winners & Nominees"".
  29. ^ McKay, John (2005-11-18). "CTV movie and crime series win Gemini awards", Canadian Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-14. 
  30. ^ "Nova Scotia-made Programs Win Gemini Awards". Nova Scotia Film Development Corp. (2004-12-15). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  31. ^ "28th Annual Genie Awards".
  32. ^ "Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards for the Year Ended December 31, 2007". goldenglobes.org (2007-12-13). Retrieved on 2007-12-17.
  33. ^ "Film Independent's Spirit Awards: 2008 Nominees".

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NAME Page, Ellen
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DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1987
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Ellen Page video Michael Cera and Ellen Page sing Anyone Else But You from the film JUNO. clip
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Ellen Page video Ellen Page and Diablo Cody stop by MOD to chat with VJ Leah Miller about their new critically acclaimed movie, Juno. Nov 12,  07. clip
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Description: Ellen Page and Diablo Cody stop by MOD to chat with VJ Leah Miller about their new critically acclaimed movie, Juno. Nov 12, 07.
Ellen Page video Hard Candy evokes the best of the two person theatrical standoffs from Misery to Oleanna" eFilm Critic

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Ellen Page video Award Season 08. Watch SAG nominees Ricky Gervais and Ellen Page interview each other in this hilarious interview. clip
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Title: Ellen Page and Michael Cera sing a song about Diablo Cody
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