Famke Janssen

ActorCostume & Make-UpProducerDirectorWriter Nov 5 (age 61) Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 1987–2026 (39 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Jean Grey

Film

Taken

Lenore St. John

Film

X-Men

Jean Grey

Film

X2

Jean Grey

Film

X-Men: The Last Stand

Jean Grey / Phoenix

Film

The Wolverine

Jean Grey / Phoenix

Film

GoldenEye

Xenia Onatopp

Film

Taken 2

Lenore St. John

Filmography

Acting (97)

Movies (71)

Turnbuckle

2026 Upcoming

Oct 15

Boy Kills World

2024

as Hilda Van Der Koy

6.7

Knights of the Zodiac

as Guraad

Locked In

as Katherine Carter

Door Mouse

as Mama

Redeeming Love

as Duchess

Dangerous

as Agent Shaughnessy

The Vault

as Margaret

The Postcard Killings

as Valerie Kanon

Endless

as Lee Douglas

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Sally

Primal

as Dr. Ellen Taylor

The Poison Rose

as Jayne Hunt

All I Wish

as Vanessa

Status Update

as Katherine Alden

Asher

as Sophie

Bayou Caviar

as Nic

The Show

as Ilana Katz

Once Upon a Time in Venice

2017

as Katey Ford

5.2

Jack of the Red Hearts

as Kay Adams

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

X-Men: Days of Future Past

as Jean Grey

Taken 3

as Lenore St. John

A Fighting Man

as Diane Schuler

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013

as Muriel

6.1

The Wolverine

2013

as Jean Grey / Phoenix

6.4

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

as Self

Taken 2

as Lenore St. John

Everything or Nothing

as Self

Down the Shore

as Mary

The Chameleon

as Jennifer Johnson

Taken

as Lenore St. John

100 Feet

as Marnie Watson

The Wackness

as Kristin Squires

Turn the River

as Kailey

The Ten

as Gretchen Reigert

The Treatment

as Allegra Marshall

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

as Jean Grey / Phoenix

Hide and Seek

as Katherine

Eulogy

as Judy Arnolds

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

as Self

as Jean Grey

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

2003

4.5

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

as Self

I Spy

as Rachel

Don't Say a Word

as Aggie Conrad

Made

as Jessica

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Jean Grey (archive footage)

6.9

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

2000

as Self - 'Jean Grey'

Love & Sex

as Kate Welles

Circus

as Lily

X-Men

as Jean Grey

House on Haunted Hill

1999

as Evelyn Stockard-Price

5.6

The Faculty

1998

as Miss Elizabeth Burke

Rounders

as Petra

Deep Rising

as Trillian St. James

Celebrity

as Bonnie

The Gingerbread Man

as Leeanne Magruder

RPM

as Claudia Haggs

Monument Ave.

as Katy

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

as Fiona

City of Industry

as Rachel Montana

Dead Girl

as Treasure

GoldenEye

as Xenia Onatopp

Lord of Illusions

as Dorothea Swann

Model by Day

as Lex / Lady X

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

1994

as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

5.0

Fathers & Sons

1992

as Kyle Christian

5.1

One Second After

as Mayor Kate Lindsey

The Experiment

as Dr Rachel McVeigh

The Postcard Killer

as Valerie Kanon

Television (26)

Lubach

Amsterdam Empire

as Betty

Long Slow Exhale

as Dr. Melinda Barrington

The Capture

as Jessica Mallory

When They See Us

as Nancy Ryan

The Blacklist: Redemption

2017

as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

6.6

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

2017

as Self

7.4

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

as Eve Rothlo

7.8

The Blacklist

2013

as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

7.6

Hemlock Grove

2013

as Olivia Godfrey

7.1

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Nip/Tuck

as Ava Moore

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

as Self

4.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self

Rove

as Self

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Jamie

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self

The Untouchables

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Melrose Place

as Diane Adamson

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992

as Self - Presenter

8.1

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Kamala

8.4

Crew (4)

Movies (2)

Bringing Up Bobby

Director

Bringing Up Bobby

Screenplay

Television (2)

Amsterdam Empire

Costume Design

Amsterdam Empire

Executive Producer