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Home/People/Famke Janssen
Famke Janssen profile photo
Born
Nov 5, 1964
Age 61
Place of Birth
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

71
Movies
27
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Famke Beumer Janssen
IMDb Profile

Famke Janssen

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Turnbuckle poster

Turnbuckle

Cast
2026
Boy Kills World poster

Boy Kills World

as Hilda Van Der Koy
2024
Locked In poster

Locked In

as Katherine Carter
2023
Knights of the Zodiac poster

Knights of the Zodiac

as Guraad
2023
Door Mouse poster

Door Mouse

as Mama
2023
Redeeming Love poster

Redeeming Love

as Duchess
2022
Dangerous poster

Dangerous

as Agent Shaughnessy
2021
The Vault poster

The Vault

as Margaret
2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens poster

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

as Sally
2020
Endless poster

Endless

as Lee Douglas
2020
The Postcard Killings poster

The Postcard Killings

as Valerie Kanon
2020
Primal poster

Primal

as Dr. Ellen Taylor
2019
The Poison Rose poster

The Poison Rose

as Jayne Hunt
2019
Asher poster

Asher

as Sophie
2018
Bayou Caviar poster

Bayou Caviar

as Nic
2018
Status Update poster

Status Update

as Katherine Alden
2018
All I Wish poster

All I Wish

as Vanessa
2018
The Show poster

The Show

as Ilana Katz
2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice poster

Once Upon a Time in Venice

as Katey Ford
2017
Jack of the Red Hearts poster

Jack of the Red Hearts

as Kay Adams
2016