Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfÉ‘mkÉ™ ˈbøËmÉ™r ˈjÉ‘nsÉ™(n)]; born c. 1964) is a Dutch actress. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck, 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 role in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove and for her role in ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder (2015-2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption.
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Famke Janssen Biography / Wiki
| Name | Famke Janssen |
| Also Know | Famke Beumer Janssen, Фамке ЯнÑÑен, 팜케 얀센, Famke, Φάμκε Γιάνσεν, Φάμκε ΜπÎÎ¿Ï…Î¼ÎµÏ Î“Î¹Î¬Î½ÏƒÎµÎ½, 法米克·詹森 |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| Date of Birth | 1964-11-05 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 57 |
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Famke Janssen Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Love & Sex | Kate Welles | 2000-04-10 | When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead,… |
| Deep Rising | Trillian St. James | 1998-01-30 | A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, t… |
| Turn the River | Kailey | 2008-05-09 | A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband…. |
| 100 Feet | Marnie Watson | 2008-07-22 | After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest… only to discover that the house is possessed by the… |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix | 2006-05-24 | When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful… |
| City of Industry | Rachel Montana | 1997-03-14 | A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole…. |
| Model by Day | Lex / Lady X | 1993-10-10 | Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang…. |
| Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes | Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee | 1994-12-14 | Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous … |
| Down the Shore | Mary | 2011-01-06 | Set on the Jersey shore, the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a secret from their past is revealed… |
| A Fighting Man | Diane Schuler | 2014-04-24 | Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives…. |
| The Making of ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ Vignettes | Self | 2006-10-02 | … |
| House on Haunted Hill | Evelyn Stockard-Price | 1999-10-29 | A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past…. |
| The Wackness | Kristin Squires | 2008-07-03 | Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions wit… |
| Circus | Lily | 2000-05-05 | Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he … |
| RPM | Claudia Haggs | 1998-06-23 | A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar…. |
| The Chameleon | Jennifer Johnson | 2010-06-23 | The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he … |
| The Show | Ilana Katz | 2017-09-21 | An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public’s enjoyment…. |
| Jack of the Red Hearts | Kay Adams | 2016-02-26 | A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter…. |
| X-Factor: The Look of X-Men | Herself | 2003-02-11 | The short documentary about X-Men movie is featured on the X-Men 1.5 DVD…. |
| The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 | A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marvel comic books. There are the requisite interviews … |
| Asher | Sophie | 2018-12-07 | Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks … |
| Bayou Caviar | Nic | 2018-10-05 | Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as… |
| Primal | Dr. Ellen Taylor | 2019-12-27 | A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rar… |
| The Postcard Killings | Valerie Kanon | 2020-03-13 | After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twis… |
| GoldenEye | Xenia Onatopp | 1995-11-16 | When a powerful Russian satellite weapon is hijacked by a mysterious crime syndicate, it’s up to James Bond, with the help of programmer Natalya Simon… |
| Hide and Seek | Katherine | 2005-01-27 | David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife’s suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his … |
| I Spy | Rachel | 2002-10-31 | When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States’ top … |
| Lord of Illusions | Dorothea Swann | 1995-08-25 | During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D’Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of… |
| Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Muriel | 2013-01-17 | After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them… |
| Taken 2 | Lenore | 2012-09-27 | In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter…. |
| Taken 3 | Lenore Mills – St. John | 2014-12-16 | Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he’s falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he’s pursued by a sa… |
| X-Men: The Uncanny Suspects | Herself | 2003-02-11 | The short documentary about X-Men movie is featured on the X-Men 1.5 DVD…. |
| The Poison Rose | Jayne Hunt | 2019-05-23 | A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a… |
| The Vault | Margaret | 2021-03-04 | When an engineer learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the… |
| Door Mouse | Mama | 2022-12-31 | A burlesque dancer with dreams of becoming a comic book artist investigates the disappearance of a close friend…. |
| Taken | Lenore St John | 2008-02-18 | While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution…. |
| Made | Jessica | 2001-07-13 | Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group…. |
| The Treatment | Allegra Marshall | 2007-05-04 | Jake Singer is at loose ends in NYC, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow A… |
| Fathers & Sons | Kyle Christian | 1992-01-01 | A beach runner and bookworm (Goldblum) has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns t… |
| The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men: Making X2 | Herself | 2003-11-25 | This is feature-length documentary on the 2-Disc of X2…. |
| All I Wish | Vanessa | 2018-02-01 | A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney…. |
| Endless | Lee Douglas | 2020-04-09 | When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while … |
| Redeeming Love | Duchess | 2022-01-21 | A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850…. |
| Eulogy | Judy Arnolds | 2004-10-15 | A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch – unveiling a litany of family secrets a… |
| The Wolverine | Jean Grey | 2013-07-23 | Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis – and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits – in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan…. |
| Dead Girl | Treasure | 1996-01-01 | Ari Rose is a failing actor who cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy. He first dreams about and then meets in real life a mysterious woman n… |
| Once Upon a Time in Venice | Katey Ford | 2017-06-08 | Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who’s good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local t… |
| X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Herself | 2001-08-11 | While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men…. |
| Dangerous | Agent Shaughnessy | 2021-11-05 | A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang … |
| Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac | Five young warriors are recruited to be Knights of the Zodiac, an elite cosmic force dedicated to protecting the Greek goddess Athena and the planet E… | ||
| Rounders | Petra | 1998-09-11 | A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks…. |
| Don’t Say a Word | Aggie Conrad | 2001-09-28 | When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he’s horrified to discover that the abductors’ demand is that he break through to a post traumatic s… |
| The Gingerbread Man | Leeanne Magruder | 1998-01-23 | Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss… |
| X-Men | Jean Grey | 2000-07-13 | Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organizat… |
| X2 | Jean Grey / Pheonix | 2003-04-27 | Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm… |
| Boy Kills World | A one-of-a-kind action spectacle set in a dystopian fever dream reality. Boy is a deaf-mute with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, B… | ||
| Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 | The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Flem… |
| Celebrity | Bonnie | 1998-09-07 | The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j… |
| The Faculty | Miss Elizabeth Burke | 1998-12-25 | When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions… |
| X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Herself | 2003-11-25 | In this piece, Michael Broidy of Fox Publicity sits with Bryan Singer, producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner, and actors Hugh Jackman, James… |
| Monument Ave. | Katy | 1998-09-25 | Bobby O’Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O’Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one … |
| The Ten | Gretchen Reigert | 2007-08-03 | Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments…. |
| X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy | Self | 2006-10-02 | A behind the scenes look at the making of the X-Men trilogy made up out of interviews shot during the production of all three films…. |
| Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Sally | 2020-12-01 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score… |
| The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Fiona | 1998-09-11 | Hank marries the divorced Joan, who’s the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he’s … |
| X-Men: Days of Future Past | Jean Grey / Phoenix | 2014-05-15 | The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e… |
| Status Update | Katherine Alden | 2018-02-09 | After being uprooted by his parents’ separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social… |
| Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Jean Grey (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 | The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the mode… |
| Unity | Self – Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 | Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on — none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe… |
Famke Janssen Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Director | 2011-11-25 | Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Screenplay | 2011-11-25 | Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a… |
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