Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Birthdate
November 5, 1964 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
November 5, 1964 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Known For
Acting

Biography

Famke Beumer Janssen (born November 5, 1964) is a Dutch actress. 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.

Famke Janssen's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Fiona

Acting (91)

Amsterdam Empire as Betty (1 episode)
The Experiment as Dr Rachel McVeigh
2024
Boy Kills World as Hilda Van Der Koy
2023
Locked In as Katherine Carter
2023
Knights of the Zodiac as Guraad
2023
Door Mouse as Mama
2022
Long Slow Exhale as Dr. Melinda Barrington (1 episode)
2022
Redeeming Love as Duchess
2021
Dangerous as Agent Shaughnessy
2021
The Vault as Margaret
2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Sally
2020
Endless as Lee Douglas
2020
The Postcard Killings as Valerie Kanon
2019
Primal as Dr. Ellen Taylor
2019
The Capture as Jessica Mallory (1 episode)
2019
When They See Us as Nancy Ryan (2 episodes)
2019
The Poison Rose as Jayne Hunt
2018
Asher as Sophie
2018
Bayou Caviar as Nic
2018
Status Update as Katherine Alden
2018
All I Wish as Vanessa
2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self (1 episode)
2017
The Show as Ilana Katz
2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice as Katey Ford
2017
The Blacklist: Redemption as Susan "Scottie" Hargrave (8 episodes)
2016
Jack of the Red Hearts as Kay Adams
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2014
Taken 3 as Lenore St. John
2014
How to Get Away with Murder as Eve Rothlo (10 episodes)
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past as Jean Grey / Phoenix
2014
A Fighting Man as Diane Schuler
2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
2013
The Blacklist as Susan Hargrave (4 episodes)
2013
The Wolverine as Jean Grey / Phoenix
2013
Hemlock Grove as Olivia Godfrey (33 episodes)
2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Muriel
2012
Everything or Nothing as Self
2012
Taken 2 as Lenore
2011
Down the Shore as Mary
2010
The Chameleon as Jennifer Johnson
2008
100 Feet as Marnie Watson
2008
The Wackness as Kristin Squires
2008
Turn the River as Kailey
2008
Taken as Lenore St John
2007
The Ten as Gretchen Reigert
2007
The Treatment as Allegra Marshall
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand as Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix
2005
Hide and Seek as Katherine
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
Eulogy as Judy Arnolds
2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
Nip/Tuck (11 episodes)
2003
Celebrities Uncensored as Self (1 episode)
2003
X2 as Jean Grey / Phoenix
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2 episodes)
2002
I Spy as Rachel
2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Jean Grey (archive footage)
2001
Don't Say a Word as Aggie Conrad
2001
Made as Jessica
2000
Love & Sex as Kate Welles
2000
X-Men as Jean Grey / Phoenix
2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Jean Grey'
2000
Circus as Lily
1999
House on Haunted Hill as Evelyn
1999
Rove as Self (1 episode)
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self (1 episode)
1998
The Faculty as Miss Elizabeth Burke
1998
Monument Ave. as Katy
1998
Rounders as Petra
1998
1998
Celebrity as Bonnie
1998
RPM as Claudia Haggs
1998
Deep Rising as Trillian St. James
1998
The Gingerbread Man as Leeanne Magruder
1997
Ally McBeal (2 episodes)
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
City of Industry as Rachel Montana
1996
Dead Girl as Treasure
1996
The Daily Show as Self (2 episodes)
1995
GoldenEye as Xenia Onatopp
1995
Lord of Illusions as Dorothea Swann
1994
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
1993
Model by Day as Lex / Lady X
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
The Untouchables (1 episode)
1992
Melrose Place as Diane Adamson (1 episode)
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode)
1992
Fathers and Sons as Kyle Christian
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kamala (1 episode)

Directing (1)

2011
Bringing Up Bobby • Director
• Director

Production (1)

Amsterdam Empire • Executive Producer (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)

Writing (1)

2011
Bringing Up Bobby • Screenplay
• Screenplay