'I'm in love': Ellen Page brings girlfriend Samantha Thomas as her date to film premiere in Toronto as the couple go public with their romance
Ellen Page and her girlfriend Samantha Thomas made their red carpet debut as a couple on Sunday in Toronto.
The Canadian actress, 28, and the artist and surfer have been dating for several months and when asked why she decided to make their relationship public at this time, the Juno star said simply: 'I'm in love.'
'Walking down the carpet holding my girlfriend's hand is pretty special,' she told E! News. 'It's pretty awesome.'
In love: Ellen Page and girlfriend Samantha Thomas made their public debut as a couple on Sunday as they walked the red carpet hand-in-hand at the screening of Freeheld at the Toronto International Film Festival
The actress, who came out as gay in February 2014, stars in the true story of a lesbian couple who fight for domestic partner rights after one of them is diagnosed with cancer.
So it was perhaps only fitting that she would use the occasion of its screening at the Tporonto International Film Festival to go public with the new love in her life.
Samantha also joined Ellen at the special party Vanity Fair threw for Freeheld which also stars Julianne Moore, Steve Carell and Michael Shannon.
Matching pair: The Canadian actress came out as gay in February 2014 and said having her girlfriend at her side on the red carpet was 'pretty special'
Dapper: Ellen stars with Julianne Moore in the fact-based movie about a lesbian couple's struggle to obtain domestic partner rights
The petite movie star rocked leather trousers and a tuxedo jacket to which she added a narrow black tie on a white shirt done up at the collar and shiny black boots.
Her girlfriend wore a matching black ensemble of waistcoat over a white shirt and black designer pants with black flats.
The pair were joined at the party by Australian model and actress Ruby Rose, the newest addition to the cast of Netflix's Orange Is The New Black, who greeted the actress with a huge hug.
Fans: Australian actress and model Ruby Rose, 29, gave Ellen a huge hug as she greeted her at the Vanity Fair event
Similar look: The two stars happily posed for photos together. Ruby, who stars on Orange Is The New Black, also chose a white shirt with a black tie, which she left untied, and paired them with some denim jeans
Julianne Moore, 54, also attended the party where she chatted with director Ivan Reitman.
He produced her 2009 film Chloe and Reitman's son Jason directed 2007's Juno that made Ellen a star and earned her an Oscar nomination and
Among the other guests was actress Brie Larson, star of The United States Of Tara who most recently appeared on the big screen in Amy Schumer's hit Trainwreck.
Julianne Moore stars with Ellen in the movie and also wore black for the party. The 54-year-old actress wore a shoulder-baring black jumpsuit that she paired with high-heeled sandals and left her flame-haired locks loose
Old pals: Julianne spent some time catching up with director Ivan Reitman who produced her 2009 film Chloe
On the guest list: Actress Brie Larson also joined in the fun wearing a simple yet stylish calf-length frock with spaghetti straps and a matching pair of sandals
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