Acting
Famke Janssen
Born 1964-11-05
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Famke Janssen
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
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Taken
2008
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X-Men
2000
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X2
2003
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X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
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The Wolverine
2013
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Taken 2
2012
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
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Taken 3
2014
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The Blacklist
2013
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (104 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Amsterdam Empire | Betty Jonkers | TV Series | 2025 |
| Amsterdam Empire | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2025 |
| Amsterdam Empire | Costume Design | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Lubach | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Boy Kills World | Hilda Van Der Koy | Movie | 2024 |
 | Locked In | Katherine Carter | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Super Models | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Knights of the Zodiac | Guraad | Movie | 2023 |
 | Door Mouse | Mama | Movie | 2023 |
 | Long Slow Exhale | Dr. Melinda Barrington | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Redeeming Love | Duchess | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dangerous | Agent Shaughnessy | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Vault | Margaret | Movie | 2021 |
 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Sally | Movie | 2020 |
 | Endless | Lee Douglas | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Postcard Killings | Valerie Kanon | Movie | 2020 |
 | Primal | Dr. Ellen Taylor | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Capture | Jessica Mallory | TV Series | 2019 |
 | When They See Us | Nancy Ryan | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Poison Rose | Jayne Hunt | Movie | 2019 |
 | Asher | Sophie | Movie | 2018 |
 | Bayou Caviar | Nic | Movie | 2018 |
 | Status Update | Katherine Alden | Movie | 2018 |
 | All I Wish | Vanessa | Movie | 2018 |
 | Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | The Show | Ilana Katz | Movie | 2017 |
 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Katey Ford | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Jack of the Red Hearts | Kay Adams | Movie | 2016 |
 | Unity | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Taken 3 | Lenore St. John | Movie | 2014 |
 | How to Get Away with Murder | Eve Rothlo | TV Series | 2014 |
 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Jean Grey | Movie | 2014 |
 | A Fighting Man | Diane Schuler | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Blacklist | Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Wolverine | Jean Grey / Phoenix | Movie | 2013 |
 | Hemlock Grove | Olivia Godfrey | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Muriel | Movie | 2013 |
 | Everything or Nothing | Self | Movie | 2012 |
 | Taken 2 | Lenore St. John | Movie | 2012 |
 | Bringing Up Bobby | Director | Movie | 2011 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Screenplay | Movie | 2011 |
 | Down the Shore | Mary | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Chameleon | Jennifer Johnson | Movie | 2010 |
 | 100 Feet | Marnie Watson | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Wackness | Kristin Squires | Movie | 2008 |
 | Turn the River | Kailey | Movie | 2008 |
 | Taken | Lenore St. John | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Ten | Gretchen Reigert | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Treatment | Allegra Marshall | Movie | 2007 |
| X3: The Excitement Continues | Self | Movie | 2006 | |
 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Jean Grey / Phoenix | Movie | 2006 |
 | Hide and Seek | Katherine | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Eulogy | Judy Arnolds | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Nip/Tuck | Ava Moore | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | X2 | Jean Grey | Movie | 2003 |
 | Evolution X - The Making of X-Men | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | I Spy | Rachel | Movie | 2002 |
 | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Jean Grey (archive footage) | Movie | 2001 |
 | Don't Say a Word | Aggie Conrad | Movie | 2001 |
 | Made | Jessica | Movie | 2001 |
 | X-Men | Jean Grey | Movie | 2000 |
 | X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Jean Grey' | Movie | 2000 |
 | Circus | Lily | Movie | 2000 |
 | Love & Sex | Kate Welles | Movie | 2000 |
 | House on Haunted Hill | Evelyn Stockard-Price | Movie | 1999 |
 | Rove | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Faculty | Miss Burke | Movie | 1998 |
 | Monument Ave. | Katy | Movie | 1998 |
 | Celebrity | Bonnie | Movie | 1998 |
 | Rounders | Petra | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Fiona | Movie | 1998 |
 | RPM | Claudia Haggs | Movie | 1998 |
 | Deep Rising | Trillian St. James | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Gingerbread Man | Leeanne Magruder | Movie | 1998 |
 | Ally McBeal | Jamie | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The View | Self | TV Series | 1997 |
 | City of Industry | Rachel Montana | Movie | 1997 |
 | Dead Girl | Treasure | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Daily Show | Self | TV Series | 1996 |
 | GoldenEye | Xenia Onatopp | Movie | 1995 |
 | Lord of Illusions | Dorothea Swann | Movie | 1995 |
 | Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes | Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee | Movie | 1994 |
 | Model by Day | Lex / Lady X | Movie | 1994 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Untouchables | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Fathers & Sons | Kyle Christian | Movie | 1992 |
 | Melrose Place | Diane Adamson | TV Series | 1992 |
 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Kamala | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The Experiment | Dr Rachel McVeigh | Movie | — |
| The Postcard Killer | Valerie Kanon | Movie | — | |
 | One Second After | Mayor Kate Lindsey | Movie | — |
| Turnbuckle | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |