Biographic - Sunday April 14, 2019 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia on February 21, 1987 Ellen Page was only 10 years old when she made her acting debut in the TV movie "Pit Pony" A production that earned three Gemini awards, The Canadian equivalent of the US Emmy, The movie spawned a subsequent TV series, for which ELLEN herself recovered a Gemini nomination. she continued to rack up screen credits throughout her early teens. 2005 "Hard Candy: Earned her a clutch of award nominations and brought her to the attention of director Brett Ratner, who cast her in XMEN: the last stand" she has to wear a wig for her role as Kitty Pryde because she had shaved her head for the movie "Mouth to Mouth: she reprised the kitty Pryde role in 2014s XMEN : days of future past" She earned further acclaim and awards recognition for 2007s: The Tracey Fragments" That same year she starred in the charming "Juno" A huge hit that earned 20- year old Ellen multiple awards and saw her become the fourth-youngest woman to that point to receive a best actress academy award nomination Subsequent roles from "smart people" to a parody of Hannah Montana (Alaska Nebraska) on the episode fo "The Simpsons" She followed her role as a roller derby star in Drew Barrymore's 2009 directorial debut "whip it: with the female lead in the 2010 blockbuster "Inception" In 2012 she was a member of the ensemble cast for Woody Allens "To Rome with Love” She has continued to star in both TV and film Including acting as a host and executive producer of TV'S gaycation, She can currently be seen starring in the Netflix hit “The umbrella academy”

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