Famke Janssen

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.

Known For

The Blacklist

The Daily Show

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Melrose Place

The View

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

How to Get Away with Murder

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (71)

• Turnbuckle2026
• Boy Kills World2024 · as Hilda Van Der Koy
• Locked In2023 · as Katherine Carter
• Knights of the Zodiac2023 · as Guraad
• Door Mouse2023 · as Mama
• Redeeming Love2022 · as Duchess
• Dangerous2021 · as Agent Shaughnessy
• The Vault2021 · as Margaret
• Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens2020 · as Sally
• Endless2020 · as Lee Douglas
• The Postcard Killings2020 · as Valerie Kanon
• Primal2019 · as Dr. Ellen Taylor
• The Poison Rose2019 · as Jayne Hunt
• Asher2018 · as Sophie
• Bayou Caviar2018 · as Nic
• Status Update2018 · as Katherine Alden
• All I Wish2018 · as Vanessa
• The Show2017 · as Ilana Katz
• Once Upon a Time in Venice2017 · as Katey Ford
• Jack of the Red Hearts2016 · as Kay Adams
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Taken 32014 · as Lenore St. John
• X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 · as Jean Grey
• A Fighting Man2014 · as Diane Schuler
• The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin2013 · as Self
• The Wolverine2013 · as Jean Grey / Phoenix
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters2013 · as Muriel
• Everything or Nothing2012 · as Self
• Taken 22012 · as Lenore St. John
• Down the Shore2011 · as Mary
• The Chameleon2010 · as Jennifer Johnson
• 100 Feet2008 · as Marnie Watson
• The Wackness2008 · as Kristin Squires
• Turn the River2008 · as Kailey
• Taken2008 · as Lenore St. John
• The Ten2007 · as Gretchen Reigert
• The Treatment2007 · as Allegra Marshall
• X-Men: The Last Stand2006 · as Jean Grey / Phoenix
• Hide and Seek2005 · as Katherine
• Eulogy2004 · as Judy Arnolds
• The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X22003 · as Self
• X2 Global Webcast Highlights2003 · as Self
• X22003 · as Jean Grey
• Evolution X - The Making of X-Men2003
• I Spy2002 · as Rachel
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Jean Grey (archive footage)
• Don't Say a Word2001 · as Aggie Conrad
• Made2001 · as Jessica
• X-Men2000 · as Jean Grey
• X-Men: The Mutant Watch2000 · as Self - 'Jean Grey'
• Circus2000 · as Lily
• Love & Sex2000 · as Kate Welles
• House on Haunted Hill1999 · as Evelyn Stockard-Price
• The Faculty1998 · as Miss Elizabeth Burke
• Monument Ave.1998 · as Katy
• Celebrity1998 · as Bonnie
• Rounders1998 · as Petra
• The Adventures of Sebastian Cole1998 · as Fiona
• RPM1998 · as Claudia Haggs
• Deep Rising1998 · as Trillian St. James
• The Gingerbread Man1998 · as Leeanne Magruder
• City of Industry1997 · as Rachel Montana
• Dead Girl1996 · as Treasure
• GoldenEye1995 · as Xenia Onatopp
• Lord of Illusions1995 · as Dorothea Swann
• Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes1994 · as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
• Model by Day1994 · as Lex / Lady X
• Fathers & Sons1992 · as Kyle Christian
• The Experiment— · as Dr Rachel McVeigh
• The Postcard Killer— · as Valerie Kanon
• One Second After— · as Mayor Kate Lindsey

All TV Shows (28)

• Amsterdam Empire2025 · as Betty
• Lubach2025
• The Super Models2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Long Slow Exhale2022 · as Dr. Melinda Barrington
• The Capture2019 · as Jessica Mallory
• When They See Us2019 · as Nancy Ryan
• Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics2017 · as Self
• The Blacklist: Redemption2017 · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
• How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Eve Rothlo
• The Blacklist2013 · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave
• Hemlock Grove2013 · as Olivia Godfrey
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Ava Moore
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Rove1999 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Jamie
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self
• The Untouchables1993
• Melrose Place1992 · as Diane Adamson
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Kamala