Short answer: No. No reputable source documents Jewish parentage, ancestry, or a conversion for Elliot Page. The documented religious background in his family is Christian on his mother's side, his high school was a Buddhist-influenced school in Halifax, and Page has said on the record that he is an atheist.
What the record actually shows
- Born February 21, 1987, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His birth date and birthplace are documented in his Biography profile. The Canadian Encyclopedia and Britannica report the same details.
- He grew up in Halifax. His mother is a teacher and his father a graphic designer, and his parents divorced when he was a child. No reputable outlet reports Jewish ancestry on either side of the family. The family background is described in a Humanist profile of Page. The Canadian Encyclopedia names his mother as Martha Philpotts and his father as Dennis Page.
- His mother is a minister's daughter. Time reported in its March 16, 2021 cover story that Page's mother is the daughter of a minister and was born in the 1950s. Page said of her, "She wants me to be who I am and supports me fully." See the Time interview. Romper reported the same family detail in March 2021.
- His schooling was Buddhist-influenced, not Jewish. Page graduated from the Shambhala School, where he practiced yoga and meditation, and has said, "My final year of high school was in a Buddhist high school, and everyone was somewhat queer," adding, "The joke was it was where all the kids in Halifax go to come out," per the Humanist profile.
- He has called himself an atheist. In a Time interview published August 27, 2015, while promoting Freeheld and discussing religious objections raised against gay rights, Page said: "Personally, I'm an atheist, so I just have no time for it." The quote appears in Time and was reprinted in the Humanist profile of June 22, 2023. He was publicly known by a different name at the time.
- He has not spoken publicly about Jewish identity or antisemitism. No reputable source documents any statement by Page on either subject, his own or anyone else's.
Why people ask
The likeliest source of the question is a role. Page played Kitty Pryde, also known as Shadowcat, in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Kitty Pryde is one of the best-known Jewish characters in comics, introduced, as Hey Alma put it, at "13 years old and showed up rocking curly hair, a Star of David, and the power to walk through walls." That same piece notes she was "played by Elliot Page (minus the Star of David necklace)."
A character's heritage is not the actor's. Nothing in Page's documented family background, upbringing, or own statements points to Jewish ancestry.
Elliot Page and Israel
Page has one documented Israel-related public position. By Wednesday, September 10, 2025, he had added his name to the Film Workers for Palestine pledge, an open letter launched September 8, 2025 in which film workers committed not to work with Israeli film institutions they describe as implicated in abuses against Palestinians. PinkNews reported that the signatories "includes a number of queer stars, such as Heartstopper's Joe Locke, Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang, Close To You's Elliot Page, and House of the Dragon's Emma D'Arcy," and that by September 10 "the number of signatories had more than doubled, surpassing 3,900." Full details in our companion piece Does Elliot Page Support Israel?.
The bottom line
Elliot Page is not Jewish. The only religious background documented in his family is Christian, through his mother, who is the daughter of a minister, and Page himself has said plainly that he is an atheist. The Jewish association comes from Kitty Pryde, a character he played, and nowhere else.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
