Ellen began acting at age 4, appearing in numerous school plays. She first acted in front of the camera in 1997 at aget 10 in the CBC television movie Pit Pony, which later spun off into a television series. This led to more 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 Mouth to Mouth, an independent film shot in Europe. A requirement for this part was for Ellen to have her head shaved. Page starred in the movie Hard Candy as a 14 year old who agrees to meet at a café with a 32 year old photographer she met in an internet chat room. She received much praise for her performance.

As the title character in Juno, Page was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (2008), but lost to Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose.

In 2009, Ellen starred in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, alongside Juliette Lewis, Marcia Gay Harden, Drew Barrymore, and Kristen Wiig.

The Oscar nominated Inception (2010) featured Ellen as an architecture student assigned to design the labyrinth of dream landscapes. Inception was directed by Christopher Nolan and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ken Watanabe.

• Real Name: Ellen Philpotts-Page
• Birth date: February 21, 1987
• Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada