Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Born 1964-11-05 (age 61) Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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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). 

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Known For

X-Men: Days of Future Past
Taken 3
Taken 3

2014

as Lenore St. John

Taken
Taken

2008

as Lenore St. John

GoldenEye
GoldenEye

1995

as Xenia Onatopp

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Taken 2
Taken 2

2012

as Lenore St. John

The Faculty
The Faculty

1998

as Miss Elizabeth Burke

Redeeming Love
Redeeming Love

2022

as Duchess

Knights of the Zodiac
Deep Rising
Deep Rising

1998

as Trillian St. James

Rounders
Rounders

1998

as Petra

The Vault
The Vault

2021

as Margaret

Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek

2005

as Katherine

The Postcard Killings
The Postcard Killings

2020

as Valerie Kanon

Once Upon a Time in Venice
Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017

as Katey Ford

Boy Kills World
Boy Kills World

2024

as Hilda Van Der Koy

I Spy
I Spy

2002

as Rachel

Don't Say a Word
Don't Say a Word

2001

as Aggie Conrad

House on Haunted Hill
House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Evelyn Stockard-Price

The Poison Rose
The Poison Rose

2019

as Jayne Hunt