Trivia
- Page won for Best Female Performance in the 2008 MTV Movie Awards for her movie Juno.
- Ellen was among People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2008. At age 21, she was featured in the "Beautiful at Every Age" section. She was named among Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30: The Actresses" List of 2008.
- In 2008, Ellen ranked No.61 in FHM Online's and No.86 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World Lists. She was listed at No.6 in AfterEllen.com's Hot 100 of 2008.
- In 2007, Ellen went backpacking with a friend around Serbia and Romania which are parts of the world that she has long been fascinated with.
- During her youth, Ellen played competitive football in Halifax. She played the position of right wing/midfield.
- While growing up, Ellen loved playing with action figures and climbing up trees.
- Ellen's favorite actresses are Kate Winslet, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, and Laura Linney.
- Ellen says that her former roommates once gave her the nickname "The Tiny Canadian". Her nickname when playing soccer is "Peeps".
- Ellen owns a house in Halifax and has an apartment in New York City.
- One of Ellen's role models is Patti Smith.
- Ellen was nominated for a 2008 Oscar Best Actress Award for her role in Juno but lost to Tilda Swinton. She was also nominated for a 2008 Golden Globe in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy category for the same movie. She lost to Marion Cotillard.
- Ellen considers herself to be a feminist and tries to steer clear of the "stereotypical roles for teenage girls" because she finds them to be "sexist".
- After filming the movie Marion Bridge (2003), Ellen realized acting is what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
- Ellen's favorite food is sushi.
- Ellen had to wear hair extensions for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) as she had shaved her head bald for her role in Mouth to Mouth (2004)
- Ellen is good friends with Ben Foster and Olivia Thirlby, her Juno co-star.
- Ellen's father, Dennis Page, is a graphic designer while her mother, Martha Phillpotts, is a teacher. Her parents are divorced. She has one older stepbrother and one older stepsister.
- Ellen is the third actress to play Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat in the X-Men movies, replacing Katie Stuart from X2: X-Men United (2003), who replaced Sumela Kay from X-Men (2000). Ellen played Kitty in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
- Ellen loves playing basketball, soccer, downhill skiing, track and field, cycling, snowboarding, running and swimming.
- Ellen is five feet tall. Her hair is dark brown and her eyes are brown.
- Ellen was in the play Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when she was in grade five. Ellen played Charlie.
- Ellen was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in Pit Pony. She also received a Gemini nomination for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for the same show.
- Ellen Page started drama training at the Neptune Theatre School and when she was only 10 years old.
Quotes
- Ellen Page: (about her title character in the movie "Juno") It's a teenage female lead we've never seen before. She dresses like she wants, and doesn't apologize for it... Girls haven't had that sort of character before. We don't have our Catcher in the Rye.
- Ellen Page: (on making movies after her widely successful role in "Juno") People expect me to do some kind of gritty look-at-me-I’m-such-an-actor thing, but that would have felt contrived.
- Ellen Page: The Breakfast Club really bothered me. This is, like, an iconic movie, and the coolest character, Ally Sheedy, goes from being this interesting, quirky girl to being made "hot" so she can make out with frickin' Emilio Estevez? Give me a break!
- Ellen Page: I think that films with young female roles are ridden with stereotype. As corny as it sounds, acting is an emotional journey. My heart has to be in it, or else I'm just going to suck.
- Ellen Page: Judging people you don't know for things you don't understand is just really stupid.
- Ellen Page: I don't care if people like my character. I just want them to think about the movie's message.
- Ellen Page: The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else. I'm not that comfortable when I get recognized.
- Ellen Page: When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet.
- Ellen Page: I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.
- Ellen Page (on Kitty Pryde, her role in "X-Men: The Last Stand"): Kitty is an extremely intelligent young woman. She's ferocious, brave and a good role model for young women.
- Ellen Page: I just respond to stories with a feisty edge to them.
- Ellen Page: Acting was not even remotely my goal when I was younger, but the auditioning really turned into something.
- Ellen Page: Everybody has a dark side and a light side as well... If you have an honest character, then both sides will come out. So I think that is typically what happens with my roles.
- Ellen Page: It can be crazy because you experience things on films which you don't at your age and it can get unnerving sometimes.
- Ellen Page: (on her character Hayley in "Hard Candy") I read the script and was extremely excited. I wasn't used to a screenplay being written for a teenager this way. The character had so much intelligence and passion. That really turned me on.
