Our favorite on-screen pregnant teen and upstart roller derby gals Ellen Page is taking a serious and possibly surprising turn in her next role.

The 23-year-old Nova Scotian will be playing a lesbian car mechanic in a film based on the Oscar-winning short documentary, “Freeheld,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The short doc won in 2008 and tells the story of “New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree, who’ll be played by Page, and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester, who both battled to secure Hester’s pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness,” THR reports.

The script is being written by Ron Nyswaner, who was nominated for an Oscar for writing “Philadelphia,” in which Tom Hanks played a gay lawyer who was fired by his conservative law firm after he was diagnosed with AIDS.

Hanks’ daring portrayal earned him his first Oscar win. Could Ellen’s be far behind?