“Once you’ve done something that you used to think was impossible, what could ever really scare you again?”
Elliot Page
Elliot Page ( born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor and producer. Page first came to recognition for his role in the television franchise Pit Pony (1997–2000), for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award, and for his recurring roles in Trailer Park Boys (2002) and ReGenesis (2004). He garnered critical acclaim for portraying the title role in Jason Reitman’s film Juno (2007), and earned nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Critics’ Choice Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. At age 20, it made him the fourth-youngest nominee for the Academy Award Best Actress at the time.
Page has earned additional accolades and praise for roles in Whip It (2009), Inception (2010), and Tallulah (2016). He produced the film Freeheld (2015) in which he also starred, and made his directorial debut with the documentary There’s Something in the Water (2019). His later television credits include hosting the documentary series Gaycation (2016–2017), for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and portraying Vanya Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy (2019–present).
Page publicly came out as a gay woman in February 2014 and subsequently as transgender in December 2020. In March 2021, Page became the first openly trans man to appear on the cover of Time magazine.