Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1964-11-05 (Age: 62)
Place of Birth
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Famke Janssen
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (68)
Turnbuckle
2026
Boy Kills World
2024
Locked In
2023
Knights of the Zodiac
2023
Door Mouse
2023
Redeeming Love
2022
Dangerous
2021
The Vault
2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
Endless
2020
The Postcard Killings
2020
Primal
2019
The Poison Rose
2019
Asher
2018