September 26 2025, 08:15 
Transgender actor Elliot Page and cisgender comic actress Julia Shiplett just made their red carpet debut at Milan Fashion Week in Italy on Tuesday while attending a celebration of Gucci’s spring/summer 2026 collection. It’s the first public relationship that Page has been in since his early 2021 divorce from choreographer Emma Portner.
Page and Shiplett, who are both 38 years old, were photographed wearing Gucci and Elliot wearing an Artists4Ceasefire pin, a symbol of his opposition to Isreal’s ongoing military actions against Palestine. Shiplett posted images from their evening together on her Instagram account, along with the caption, “an honor to be a @gucci girl for the night.”
Related
Elliot Page wants to tell you all about queer animals in his new documentary
Page and Shiplett first posted an Instagram picture together on June 28, embracing on a rainbow-colored street. They attended the theatrical premiere of gay comedian and writer Julio Torres’ performance, Color Theories, together earlier this year.
Never Miss a Beat
Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights.
Subscribe to our Newsletter today
Shiplett is a comedic actor who has appeared in shows like High Maintenance, Love Life, and Overcompensating, a comedy-drama TV series about a closeted college jock who imitates his macho peers. Her mother is from Hong Kong.
In a 2022 interview with Vulture, Shiplett said, “One of the worst pieces of advice is ‘Don’t draw too much attention to your looks, especially as a woman.’ For years, I thought if I dressed as plainly and asexually as possible, people wouldn’t have a preconceived notion of me or my material and would take me more seriously as a comedian. But if hot-girl comedy has proven anything, it’s that you can be very funny while also being sexy and stylish. Now, I think wearing something fun and special onstage is a sign of showmanship — it shows you made an effort for your audience.”
In January 2018, Page announced his marriage to lesbian choreographer Emma Portner. While Portner said she was “so proud” after Page came out as a trans man in December 2020, they divorced in early 2021.
Page became a star through the hit 2007 film Juno, for which he got an Oscar nomination. He also appeared in the shocking
But even though Page knew he was a boy since age nine, it took the
Since coming out in December 2020, Page has used his platform to oppose Republican anti-transgender bills nationwide.
“As I watch the movement of these bills attacking trans youth across the US… I am thinking of my trans siblings and the collective pain that our community must endure to battle again and again for our right to exist,” Page wrote. “These bills are upsetting, cruel, and exhausting.”
Subscribe to the LGBTQ Nation newsletter and be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.