Ellen Page, 32, shot to fame in the film Juno (2007), about a teenager who becomes pregnant accidentally. She has since starred in blockbuster films including X-Men and Inception. She publicly came out as gay in 2014, revealing how movie industry pressure to keep her sexuality hidden had affected her mental health. She lives in New York with her wife, Emma Portner, a dancer and choreographer, whom she married last year.
I usually wake up at six — I just love the morning, I'm way more productive then. I have coffee, maybe with a touch of oat milk, read non-fiction, then take my dog for a walk. He's called Patters and is almost four. When I got him I assumed he was a terrier mix, then I gave him a DNA test — it turns out he's a small poodle crossed with a Chihuahua!
For breakfast, I eat toast, buckwheat or oatmeal. My wife and I live in a little two-bed apartment. We're high up in the building, so we have this really beautiful view. I absolutely love being married. And I love how my wife's mind works — I'm jealous of it, in a good way. When I'm away, I always have this sense of home. She fills my heart.
Acting sort of came out of nowhere when I was 10. I always liked drama class and school plays, but the idea that I could become an actress just wasn't a thing in my family. Then, when I was 15, I really started to love film, art, books. I became committed to making it happen. When Juno came out I went from mostly anonymous to not anonymous overnight. That is a very interesting thing to adjust to. It puts you in this place where you can get control, and it changes financial elements of your work, but it also came with a lot of things that weren't very healthy for me. But now I feel I'm falling in love with acting again because I'm comfortable in my own skin.
If I'm not working, I'll probably go to look at art or something. Lunch is normally salad or burritos. I've been a vegan since my late teens, mostly for environmental reasons, though I've sometimes shifted.