Famke Janssen
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1964-11-05 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Also known as
- Famke Beumer 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 thriller The Blacklist: Redemption. She starred in the Netflix Dutch crime series Amsterdam Empire (2025).
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Known For
TV Shows (27)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Blacklist
2013
as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kamala
Melrose Place
1992
as Diane Adamson
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Ava Moore
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Eve Rothlo
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
The Capture
2019
as Jessica Mallory
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Hemlock Grove
2013
as Olivia Godfrey
Ally McBeal
1997
as Jamie
The Blacklist: Redemption
2017
as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
Rove
1999
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self
Lubach
2025
When They See Us
2019
as Nancy Ryan
The Untouchables
1993
Amsterdam Empire
2025
as Betty Jonkers
Long Slow Exhale
2022
as Dr. Melinda Barrington
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
as Self
The Super Models
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (71)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Jean Grey
Taken 3
2014
as Lenore St. John
Taken
2008
as Lenore St. John
Redeeming Love
2022
as Duchess
Taken 2
2012
as Lenore St. John
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
as Muriel
GoldenEye
1995
as Xenia Onatopp
Status Update
2018
as Katherine Alden
The Faculty
1998
as Miss Elizabeth Burke
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Guraad
Deep Rising
1998
as Trillian St. James
Boy Kills World
2024
as Hilda Van Der Koy
The Vault
2021
as Margaret
Dangerous
2021
as Agent Shaughnessy
Rounders
1998
as Petra
I Spy
2002
as Rachel
The Poison Rose
2019
as Jayne Hunt
The Postcard Killings
2020
as Valerie Kanon
House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Evelyn Stockard-Price
Hide and Seek
2005
as Katherine
Don't Say a Word
2001
as Aggie Conrad
Celebrity
1998
as Bonnie
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Self - 'Jean Grey'
Love & Sex
2000
as Kate Welles
The Wolverine
2013
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
Primal
2019
as Dr. Ellen Taylor
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Leeanne Magruder
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Katey Ford
Locked In
2023
as Katherine Carter
Endless
2020
as Lee Douglas
Turnbuckle
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Jean Grey (archive footage)
100 Feet
2008
as Marnie Watson
City of Industry
1997
as Rachel Montana
Lord of Illusions
1995
as Dorothea Swann
Jack of the Red Hearts
2016
as Kay Adams
All I Wish
2018
as Vanessa
The Chameleon
2010
as Jennifer Johnson
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
as Self
The Ten
2007
as Gretchen Reigert
The Show
2017
as Ilana Katz
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Wackness
2008
as Kristin Squires
A Fighting Man
2014
as Diane Schuler
Made
2001
as Jessica
Model by Day
1994
as Lex / Lady X
Turn the River
2008
as Kailey
Asher
2018
as Sophie
Circus
2000
as Lily
Bayou Caviar
2018
as Nic
Fathers & Sons
1992
as Kyle Christian
Eulogy
2004
as Judy Arnolds
One Second After
as Mayor Kate Lindsey
The Postcard Killer
as Valerie Kanon
Down the Shore
2011
as Mary
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
The Experiment
as Dr Rachel McVeigh
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Fiona
RPM
1998
as Claudia Haggs
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
as Self
Door Mouse
2023
as Mama
Dead Girl
1996
as Treasure
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003
as Self
Monument Ave.
1998
as Katy
X-Men
2000
as Jean Grey
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
1994
as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
X2
2003
as Jean Grey
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Sally
The Treatment
2007
as Allegra Marshall
About Famke Janssen
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 (2003–2… With 98 credits spanning from 1987 to 2025, Famke Janssen has appeared in 71 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Famke Janssen Movies
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — as Jean Grey
- Taken 3 (2014) — as Lenore St. John
- Taken (2008) — as Lenore St. John
- Redeeming Love (2022) — as Duchess
- Taken 2 (2012) — as Lenore St. John
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