Famke Janssen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-11-05 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Famke Janssen

Biography

Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011. She is also known for her roles in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (2013–2015), FX's Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), and ABC's How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thrill...

Acting

1995

GoldenEye

as Xenia Onatopp

1998

Rounders

as Petra

1998

2005

Hide and Seek

as Katherine

1999

House on Haunted Hill

as Evelyn Stockard-Price

2002

I Spy

as Rachel

2008

Taken

as Lenore St. John

2001

Don't Say a Word

as Aggie Conrad

2000

Love & Sex

as Kate Welles

1995

Lord of Illusions

as Dorothea Swann

1998

Deep Rising

as Trillian St. James

1998

Celebrity

as Bonnie

1998

The Faculty

as Miss Elizabeth Burke

1998

The Gingerbread Man

as Leeanne Magruder

2007

The Ten

as Gretchen Reigert

2008

100 Feet

as Marnie Watson

2008

The Wackness

as Kristin Squires

2008

2000

X-Men

as Jean Grey

2003

X2

as Jean Grey

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Jean Grey / Phoenix

2001

Made

as Jessica

2004

Eulogy

as Judy Arnolds

1997

City of Industry

as Rachel Montana

2007

The Treatment

as Allegra Marshall

2000

Circus

as Lily

2012

Taken 2

as Lenore St. John

1998

RPM

as Claudia Haggs

2013

The Wolverine

as Jean Grey / Phoenix

2010

The Chameleon

as Jennifer Johnson

1992

Fathers & Sons

as Kyle Christian

1993

Model by Day

as Lex / Lady X

2024

Boy Kills World

as Hilda Van Der Koy

1994

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

2023

Door Mouse

as Mama

2011

2014

A Fighting Man

as Diane Schuler

2014

Taken 3

as Lenore St. John

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

-

The Experiment

as Dr Rachel McVeigh

2016

2023

Locked In

as Katherine Carter

2017

The Show

as Ilana Katz

-

The Postcard Killer

as Valerie Kanon

1996

Dead Girl

as Treasure

2018

Status Update

as Katherine Alden

2018

All I Wish

as Vanessa

2019

The Poison Rose

as Jayne Hunt

2019

Primal

as Dr. Ellen Taylor

2018

2018

Asher

as Sophie

2020

Endless

as Lee Douglas

2001

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

as Jean Grey (archive footage)

2020

The Postcard Killings

as Valerie Kanon

2021

The Vault

as Margaret

2000

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

as Self - 'Jean Grey'

2022

Redeeming Love

as Duchess

2021

Dangerous

as Agent Shaughnessy

Production

2011

2011

Bringing Up Bobby

as Screenplay

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