Elliot Page: Surgery was not only life-changing but lifesaving

Elliot Page: 'I’m really excited to act, now that I’m fully who I am, in this body.'

Elliot Page has described the discomfort he felt in his body before coming out as trans, and said getting top surgery was “not only life-changing but lifesaving”.

The Umbrella Academy and Juno star, formerly Ellen Page, came out as transgender in December in an emotional Instagram post, writing: “I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life.