Famke Janssen

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

Known For: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2025

Amsterdam Empire as Betty
Lubach

2024

Boy Kills World as Hilda Van Der Koy

2023

Knights of the Zodiac as Guraad
Locked In as Katherine Carter
Door Mouse as Mama

2022

Redeeming Love as Duchess
Long Slow Exhale as Dr. Melinda Barrington

2021

The Vault as Margaret
Dangerous as Agent Shaughnessy

2020

Endless as Lee Douglas
The Postcard Killings as Valerie Kanon
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Sally

2019

The Capture as Jessica Mallory
When They See Us as Nancy Ryan
Primal as Dr. Ellen Taylor
The Poison Rose as Jayne Hunt

2018

Status Update as Katherine Alden
Bayou Caviar as Nic
Asher as Sophie
All I Wish as Vanessa

2017

The Blacklist: Redemption as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
Once Upon a Time in Venice as Katey Ford
The Show as Ilana Katz
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self

2016

Jack of the Red Hearts as Kay Adams

2015

Unity as Narrator (voice)

2014

How to Get Away with Murder as Eve Rothlo
X-Men: Days of Future Past as Jean Grey
Taken 3 as Lenore St. John
A Fighting Man as Diane Schuler

2013

The Blacklist as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
Hemlock Grove as Olivia Godfrey
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Muriel
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
The Wolverine as Jean Grey / Phoenix

2012

Taken 2 as Lenore St. John
Everything or Nothing as Self

2011

Down the Shore as Mary
Bringing Up Bobby ... (Director)

2010

The Chameleon as Jennifer Johnson

2008

Taken as Lenore St. John
The Wackness as Kristin Squires
100 Feet as Marnie Watson
Turn the River as Kailey

2007

The Treatment as Allegra Marshall
The Ten as Gretchen Reigert

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand as Jean Grey / Phoenix

2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
Hide and Seek as Katherine

2004

Eulogy as Judy Arnolds

2003

Nip/Tuck as Ava Moore
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
X2 as Jean Grey
Celebrities Uncensored as Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self

2002

I Spy as Rachel

2001

Made as Jessica
Don't Say a Word as Aggie Conrad
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Jean Grey (archive footage)

2000

X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Jean Grey'
Circus as Lily
Love & Sex as Kate Welles
X-Men as Jean Grey

1999

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
Rove as Self
House on Haunted Hill as Evelyn Stockard-Price

1998

Rounders as Petra
The Faculty as Miss Elizabeth Burke
RPM as Claudia Haggs
Monument Ave. as Katy
Deep Rising as Trillian St. James
Celebrity as Bonnie
The Gingerbread Man as Leeanne Magruder
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Fiona

1997

The View as Self
Ally McBeal as Jamie
City of Industry as Rachel Montana

1996

The Daily Show as Self
Dead Girl as Treasure

1995

GoldenEye as Xenia Onatopp
Lord of Illusions as Dorothea Swann