Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Known for
Acting
Born
November 5, 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
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).  Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Experiment poster

The Experiment

Movie · as Dr Rachel McVeigh

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One Second After poster

One Second After

Movie · as Mayor Kate Lindsey

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Turnbuckle

Turnbuckle

Movie

2025
Amsterdam Empire poster

Amsterdam Empire

TV · as Betty Jonkers · 7 eps

2025
Lubach poster

Lubach

TV · 1 ep

2024
Boy Kills World poster

Boy Kills World

Movie · as Hilda Van Der Koy

2023
Knights of the Zodiac poster

Knights of the Zodiac

Movie · as Guraad

2023
Door Mouse poster

Door Mouse

Movie · as Mama

2023
Locked In poster

Locked In

Movie · as Katherine Carter

2023
The Super Models poster

The Super Models

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
Redeeming Love poster

Redeeming Love

Movie · as Duchess

2022
Long Slow Exhale poster

Long Slow Exhale

TV · as Dr. Melinda Barrington · 1 ep

2021
The Vault poster

The Vault

Movie · as Margaret

2021
Dangerous poster

Dangerous

Movie · as Agent Shaughnessy

2020
Endless poster

Endless

Movie · as Lee Douglas

2020
The Postcard Killings poster

The Postcard Killings

Movie · as Valerie Kanon

2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens poster

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Movie · as Sally

2019
The Poison Rose poster

The Poison Rose

Movie · as Jayne Hunt

2019
Primal poster

Primal

Movie · as Dr. Ellen Taylor

2019
The Capture poster

The Capture

TV · as Jessica Mallory · 1 ep

2019
When They See Us poster

When They See Us

TV · as Nancy Ryan · 2 eps

2018
Status Update poster

Status Update

Movie · as Katherine Alden

2018
All I Wish poster

All I Wish

Movie · as Vanessa

2018
Bayou Caviar poster

Bayou Caviar

Movie · as Nic

2018
Asher poster

Asher

Movie · as Sophie

2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice poster

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Movie · as Katey Ford

2017
The Show poster

The Show

Movie · as Ilana Katz

2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics poster

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Blacklist: Redemption poster

The Blacklist: Redemption

TV · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave · 8 eps

2016
Jack of the Red Hearts poster

Jack of the Red Hearts

Movie · as Kay Adams

2014
A Fighting Man poster

A Fighting Man

Movie · as Diane Schuler

2014
Taken 3 poster

Taken 3

Movie · as Lenore St. John

2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Movie · as Jean Grey

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Eve Rothlo · 10 eps

2013
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters poster

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Movie · as Muriel

2013
The Wolverine poster

The Wolverine

Movie · as Jean Grey

2013
Hemlock Grove poster

Hemlock Grove

TV · as Olivia Godfrey · 33 eps

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave · 4 eps

2012
Taken 2 poster

Taken 2

Movie · as Lenore St. John

2012
Everything or Nothing poster

Everything or Nothing

Movie · as Self

2011
Down the Shore poster

Down the Shore

Movie · as Mary

2010
The Chameleon poster

The Chameleon

Movie · as Jennifer Johnson

2008
Taken poster

Taken

Movie · as Lenore St. John

2008
100 Feet poster

100 Feet

Movie · as Marnie Watson

2008
The Wackness poster

The Wackness

Movie · as Kristin Squires

2008
Turn the River poster

Turn the River

Movie · as Kailey

2007
The Ten poster

The Ten

Movie · as Gretchen Reigert

2007
The Treatment poster

The Treatment

Movie · as Allegra Marshall

2006
X-Men: The Last Stand poster

X-Men: The Last Stand

Movie · as Jean Grey / Phoenix

2005
Hide and Seek poster

Hide and Seek

Movie · as Katherine

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Eulogy poster

Eulogy

Movie · as Judy Arnolds

2003
X2 poster

X2

Movie · as Jean Grey

2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights poster

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

Movie · as Self

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Ava Moore · 11 eps

2003
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
I Spy poster

I Spy

Movie · as Rachel

2001
Don't Say a Word poster

Don't Say a Word

Movie · as Aggie Conrad

2001
Made poster

Made

Movie · as Jessica

2000
Love & Sex poster

Love & Sex

Movie · as Kate Welles

2000
X-Men poster

X-Men

Movie · as Jean Grey

2000
Circus poster

Circus

Movie · as Lily

2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch poster

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

Movie · as Self - 'Jean Grey'

1999
House on Haunted Hill poster

House on Haunted Hill

Movie · as Evelyn Stockard-Price

1999
Rove poster

Rove

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Rounders poster

Rounders

Movie · as Petra

1998
Monument Ave. poster

Monument Ave.

Movie · as Katy

1998
Deep Rising poster

Deep Rising

Movie · as Trillian St. James

1998
Celebrity poster

Celebrity

Movie · as Bonnie

1998
The Faculty poster

The Faculty

Movie · as Miss Burke

1998
The Gingerbread Man poster

The Gingerbread Man

Movie · as Leeanne Magruder

1998
RPM poster

RPM

Movie · as Claudia Haggs

1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole poster

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

Movie · as Fiona

1997
City of Industry poster

City of Industry

Movie · as Rachel Montana

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Jamie · 2 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Dead Girl poster

Dead Girl

Movie · as Treasure

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1995
GoldenEye poster

GoldenEye

Movie · as Xenia Onatopp

1995
Lord of Illusions poster

Lord of Illusions

Movie · as Dorothea Swann

1994
Model by Day poster

Model by Day

Movie · as Lex / Lady X

1994
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes poster

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

Movie · as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · 1 ep

1992
Fathers & Sons poster

Fathers & Sons

Movie · as Kyle Christian

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1992
Melrose Place poster

Melrose Place

TV · as Diane Adamson · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Kamala · 1 ep