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. 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.

Filmography

2025

Lubach
Amsterdam Empire as Betty

2024

Boy Kills World as Hilda Van Der Koy

2023

Knights of the Zodiac as Guraad
Locked In as Katherine Carter
The Super Models as Self (archive footage)
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

The Postcard Killings as Valerie Kanon
Endless as Lee Douglas
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
All I Wish as Vanessa
Bayou Caviar as Nic
Asher as Sophie

2017

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

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 as Jean Grey / Phoenix
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self

2012

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

2011

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

2010

The Chameleon as Jennifer Johnson

2008

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

2007

The Ten as Gretchen Reigert
The Treatment as Allegra Marshall

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

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

2002

I Spy as Rachel

2001

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

2000

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

1999

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

1998

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

1994

Model by Day as Lex / Lady X
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee