Acting
Famke Janssen
EN cinema · 66 credits
Born
5 November 1964 (age 61)
Birthplace
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Also known as Famke Beumer 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 (2003–2010), 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
The Experiment
as Dr Rachel McVeigh
One Second After
as Mayor Kate Lindsey
Boy Kills World
as Hilda Van Der Koy
Knights of the Zodiac
as Guraad
Door Mouse
as Mama
Locked In
as Katherine Carter
Redeeming Love
as Duchess
The Vault
as Margaret
Dangerous
as Agent Shaughnessy
Endless
as Lee Douglas
The Postcard Killings
as Valerie Kanon
The Poison Rose
as Jayne Hunt
Primal
as Dr. Ellen Taylor
Status Update
as Katherine Alden
All I Wish
as Vanessa
Bayou Caviar
as Nic
Asher
as Sophie
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as Katey Ford
The Show
as Ilana Katz
Jack of the Red Hearts
as Kay Adams
A Fighting Man
as Diane Schuler
Taken 3
as Lenore St. John
X-Men: Days of Future Past
as Jean Grey
The Wolverine
as Jean Grey
Taken 2
as Lenore St. John
Down the Shore
as Mary
Bringing Up Bobby
Director, Screenplay
The Chameleon
as Jennifer Johnson
Taken
as Lenore St. John
100 Feet
as Marnie Watson
The Wackness
as Kristin Squires
Turn the River
as Kailey
The Ten
as Gretchen Reigert
The Treatment
as Allegra Marshall
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
Hide and Seek
as Katherine
Eulogy
as Judy Arnolds
X2
as Jean Grey
I Spy
as Rachel
Don't Say a Word
as Aggie Conrad
Made
as Jessica
Love & Sex
as Kate Welles
X-Men
as Jean Grey
Circus
as Lily
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
as Self - 'Jean Grey'
House on Haunted Hill
as Evelyn Stockard-Price
Rounders
as Petra
Monument Ave.
as Katy
Deep Rising
as Trillian St. James
Celebrity
as Bonnie
The Faculty
as Miss Burke
The Gingerbread Man
as Leeanne Magruder
RPM
as Claudia Haggs
City of Industry
as Rachel Montana
Dead Girl
as Treasure
GoldenEye
as Xenia Onatopp
Lord of Illusions
as Dorothea Swann
Model by Day
as Lex / Lady X
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
Fathers & Sons
as Kyle Christian