Actor

Famke Janssen

November 5, 1964 · Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

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).

Notable work

7.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
as Jean Grey
7
X-Men (2000)
as Jean Grey
7.4
Taken (2008)
as Lenore St. John
7
X2 (2003)
as Jean Grey
6.4
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
6.4
The Wolverine (2013)
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
6.4
Taken 2 (2012)
as Lenore St. John
6.1
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
as Muriel
6.3
Taken 3 (2014)
as Lenore St. John
6.9
GoldenEye (1995)
as Xenia Onatopp
7.6
The Blacklist (2013)
as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
6.6
The Faculty (1998)
as Miss Elizabeth Burke

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