Famke Janssen

Born: 1964-11-05, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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).

Filmography

• The Blacklist (2013)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
• Nip/Tuck (2003)
• How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
• The Capture (2019)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• Lubach (2025)
• Taken (2008)
• Taken 3 (2014)
• Hemlock Grove (2013)
• Taken 2 (2012)
• The Blacklist: Redemption (2017)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• The Faculty (1998)
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
• Redeeming Love (2022)
• Deep Rising (1998)
• When They See Us (2019)
• Boy Kills World (2024)
• Way Down (2021)
• Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
• Don't Say a Word (2001)
• Hide and Seek (2005)
• Rounders (1998)
• I Spy (2002)
• The Poison Rose (2019)
• Locked In (2023)
• House on Haunted Hill (1999)
• The Postcard Killings (2020)
• Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)