`Juno' actress Ellen Page comes out as gay

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Ellen Page who won the hearts of moviegoers as the pregnant teenager in the film "Juno" has come out as gay.

"I'm here today because I am gay," the 26-year-old actress said Friday - speaking to a Las Vegas conference of counselors who work with teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual or queer, known as LGBTQ.

A video of her speech was posted on the Los Angeles Times website.

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Loved her in "Whip It" too.

Her IMDB page (pun intended): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680983/?ref_=nv_sr_1



Ellen Page arrives at the LA premiere of Fox Searchlight Pictures' "The East" presented by Piaget in this May 28, 2013 file photo taken in Los Angeles. Page, the adorable, quirky actress who enchanted movie audiences in 2007 as the pregnant teenager Juno, came out as gay Friday night Feb. 14, 2014 at a conference for educators and counselors who work with LGBTQ youth. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP/File)

[yeoman6987]

1. Wow!

Congratulations Ellen! Always nice to see people being able to be true to themselves.

[marble falls]

2. I hope we can get to a point where the sexual orientation of someone is not news.

[RandiFan1290]

3. She'll always be Treena Lahey to me.

[bvar22]

4. I am SHOCKED!!!! Ellen Page is GAY???!!!!

Who woulda guessed?

She is a brilliant actress, one of my favorites, and has a very bright career ahead of her.
Kudos to Ellen!

[Aerows]

5. Kudos to a brave young woman

It doesn't mean too much to your detractors, but to yourself and those that support you, coming out means quite a lot.

[daleo]

6. I thought she had come out some time ago

At any rate, That's a vague memory I had.

[Ash_F]

7. Haven't seen Juno. Saw 'Super'.

She was pretty entertaining in that.