Famke Janssen
Birthplace: Amstelveen
Born: 1964-11-05
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; film producer; model; screenwriter; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model acting in Hollywood. 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 (2015–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption. She starred in the Netflix Dutch crime series Amsterdam Empire (2025).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Knights of the Zodiac (2023) — Guraad
- Locked In (2023) — Katherine
- Redeeming Love (2022) — Duchess
- Dangerous (2021) — Agent Shaughnessy
- Endless (2020) — Lee Douglas
- The Postcard Killings (2020) — Valerie Kanon
- Primal (2019) — Dr. Ellen Taylor
- The Poison Rose (2019) — Jayne Hunt
- Asher (2018) — Sophie
- Bayou Caviar (2018) — Nic
- Status Update (2018) — Katherine Alden
- All I Wish (2017) — Vanessa
- Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017) — Katey
- This Is Your Death (2017) — Ilana Katzenberg
- Jack of the Red Hearts (2015) — Kay Adams
- Unity (2015)
- Taken 3 (2014) — Lenore St. John
- X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) — Jean Grey
- Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) — Muriel
- In the Woods (2013)
- The Wolverine (2013) — Jean Grey
- Taken 2 (2012) — Lenore
- The Chameleon (2010) — F.B.I. Agent Jennifer Johnson
- 100 Feet (2008) — Marnie Watson
- Taken (2008) — Lenore
- The Wackness (2008) — Mrs. Squires
- Turn the River (2007)
- The Treatment (2006)
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) — Jean Grey / Phoenix
- Hide and Seek (2005) — Katherine
- Special Thanks To Roy London (2005) — Herself
- The Four Saints (2005)
- Eulogy (2004) — Judy Arnolds
- X2 (2003) — Jean Grey
- I Spy (2002) — Rachel
- Don't Say A Word (2001) — Aggie Conrad
- Made (2001) — Jessica
- Circus (2000) — Lily Garfield
Directing
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Hugh Jackman · 5 films
- Ian McKellen · 5 films
- Patrick Stewart · 5 films
- Anna Paquin · 4 films
- Halle Berry · 4 films
- James Marsden · 4 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.