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
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Kamala
The View
1997
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Melrose Place
1992
as Diane Adamson
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as Eve Rothlo
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Ava Moore
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 Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self
Rove
1999
as Self
When They See Us
2019
as Nancy Ryan
The Blacklist: Redemption
2017
as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
Lubach
2025
The Untouchables
1993
Amsterdam Empire
2025
as Betty
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
as Self
The Super Models
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Long Slow Exhale
2022
as Dr. Melinda Barrington
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (71)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Jean Grey
Redeeming Love
2022
as Duchess
Taken
2008
as Lenore St. John
Taken 3
2014
as Lenore St. John
GoldenEye
1995
as Xenia Onatopp
The Faculty
1998
as Miss Elizabeth Burke
Taken 2
2012
as Lenore St. John
Rounders
1998
as Petra
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
as Muriel
Deep Rising
1998
as Trillian St. James
The Vault
2021
as Margaret
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Guraad
Dangerous
2021
as Agent Shaughnessy
Boy Kills World
2024
as Hilda Van Der Koy
Primal
2019
as Dr. Ellen Taylor
Status Update
2018
as Katherine Alden
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
I Spy
2002
as Rachel
Hide and Seek
2005
as Katherine
Don't Say a Word
2001
as Aggie Conrad
Celebrity
1998
as Bonnie
Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Katey Ford
The Poison Rose
2019
as Jayne Hunt
House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Evelyn Stockard-Price
Love & Sex
2000
as Kate Welles
Locked In
2023
as Katherine Carter
The Postcard Killings
2020
as Valerie Kanon
The Ten
2007
as Gretchen Reigert
Made
2001
as Jessica
Lord of Illusions
1995
as Dorothea Swann
Asher
2018
as Sophie
The Chameleon
2010
as Jennifer Johnson
The Wolverine
2013
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
Endless
2020
as Lee Douglas
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Self - 'Jean Grey'
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Jean Grey (archive footage)
The Show
2017
as Ilana Katz
Circus
2000
as Lily
The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Leeanne Magruder
100 Feet
2008
as Marnie Watson
Eulogy
2004
as Judy Arnolds
The Wackness
2008
as Kristin Squires
Bayou Caviar
2018
as Nic
Fathers & Sons
1992
as Kyle Christian
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
as Self
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Fiona
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
as Self
RPM
1998
as Claudia Haggs
Turnbuckle
2026
All I Wish
2018
as Vanessa
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
City of Industry
1997
as Rachel Montana
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003
as Self
Monument Ave.
1998
as Katy
Turn the River
2008
as Kailey
A Fighting Man
2014
as Diane Schuler
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Sally
Dead Girl
1996
as Treasure
One Second After
as Mayor Kate Lindsey
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
Door Mouse
2023
as Mama
X-Men
2000
as Jean Grey
Jack of the Red Hearts
2016
as Kay Adams
The Experiment
as Dr Rachel McVeigh
Down the Shore
2011
as Mary
The Treatment
2007
as Allegra Marshall
Model by Day
1994
as Lex / Lady X
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
1994
as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
X2
2003
as Jean Grey
The Postcard Killer
as Valerie Kanon
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 2026, 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
- Redeeming Love (2022) — as Duchess
- Taken (2008) — as Lenore St. John
- Taken 3 (2014) — as Lenore St. John
- GoldenEye (1995) — as Xenia Onatopp
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