
Famke Janssen
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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
Credits

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
as Jean Grey

Taken 3 (2014)
as Lenore St. John

Taken (2008)
as Lenore St. John

Redeeming Love (2022)
as Duchess

GoldenEye (1995)
as Xenia Onatopp

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
as Muriel

The Faculty (1998)
as Miss Elizabeth Burke

Deep Rising (1998)
as Trillian St. James

Taken 2 (2012)
as Lenore St. John

Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
as Guraad

The Vault (2021)
as Margaret

Rounders (1998)
as Petra

Status Update (2018)
as Katherine Alden

Boy Kills World (2024)
as Hilda Van Der Koy

Dangerous (2021)
as Agent Shaughnessy

I Spy (2002)
as Rachel

House on Haunted Hill (1999)
as Evelyn Stockard-Price

Don't Say a Word (2001)
as Aggie Conrad

Hide and Seek (2005)
as Katherine

Primal (2019)
as Dr. Ellen Taylor

Celebrity (1998)
as Bonnie

Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
as Katey Ford

The Poison Rose (2019)
as Jayne Hunt

Locked In (2023)
as Katherine Carter

Love & Sex (2000)
as Kate Welles

The Postcard Killings (2020)
as Valerie Kanon

Lord of Illusions (1995)
as Dorothea Swann

The Ten (2007)
as Gretchen Reigert

The Wolverine (2013)
as Jean Grey / Phoenix

100 Feet (2008)
as Marnie Watson

Endless (2020)
as Lee Douglas

The Show (2017)
as Ilana Katz

City of Industry (1997)
as Rachel Montana

Eulogy (2004)
as Judy Arnolds

The Wackness (2008)
as Kristin Squires

The Gingerbread Man (1998)
as Leeanne Magruder

X-Men: The Mutant Watch (2000)
as Self - 'Jean Grey'

Bayou Caviar (2018)
as Nic

Made (2001)
as Jessica

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001)
as Jean Grey (archive footage)

All I Wish (2018)
as Vanessa

Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)

Everything or Nothing (2012)
as Self
Turnbuckle (—)
Actor

Monument Ave. (1998)
as Katy

Model by Day (1994)
as Lex / Lady X

Fathers & Sons (1992)
as Kyle Christian

Dead Girl (1996)
as Treasure

Door Mouse (2023)
as Mama

Asher (2018)
as Sophie

Turn the River (2008)
as Kailey

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin (2013)
as Self

Circus (2000)
as Lily

The Treatment (2007)
as Allegra Marshall

A Fighting Man (2014)
as Diane Schuler

The Chameleon (2010)
as Jennifer Johnson

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (2003)
Actor

Jack of the Red Hearts (2016)
as Kay Adams
One Second After (—)
as Mayor Kate Lindsey

X-Men (2000)
as Jean Grey

RPM (1998)
as Claudia Haggs

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
as Sally

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Jean Grey / Phoenix

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 (2003)
as Self

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
as Fiona

X2 (2003)
as Jean Grey

The Experiment (—)
as Dr Rachel McVeigh

Down the Shore (2011)
as Mary

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
The Postcard Killer (—)
as Valerie Kanon

X2 Global Webcast Highlights (2003)
as Self





