Famke Janssen
Born 1964
Known for Taken, X-Men, Taken 2.
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).
Movie Credits
Locked In (2023)
Down the Shore (2011)
100 Feet (2008)
Turn the River (2007)
Love & Sex (2000)
Model by Day (1994)
Relentless IV: Ashes To Ashes (1994)
One Second After
The Postcard Killings (2020)
Primal (2019)
Asher (2018)
Bayou Caviar (2018)
The Show (2017)
Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)
The Chameleon (2010)
Circus (2000)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Deep Rising (1998)
Door Mouse (2023)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Taken 2 (2012)
Taken (2008)
The Wackness (2008)
Hide and Seek (2005)
I Spy (2002)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Redeeming Love (2022)
Endless (2020)
The Poison Rose (2019)
All I Wish (2017)
The Treatment (2006)
Made (2001)
X-Men (2000)
City of Industry (1997)
GoldenEye (1995)
Fathers & Sons (1992)
Dangerous (2021)
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
Taken 3 (2014)
The Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Eulogy (2004)
Dead Girl (1996)
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
X2 (2003)
Celebrity (1998)
Rounders (1998)
The Gingerbread Man (1998)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Don't Say a Word (2001)
Credimi! (2022)
The Faculty (1998)
The Vault (2021)
A Fighting Man (2014)
Monument Ave. (1998)
Status Update (2018)
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
The Ten (2007)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
