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Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Actor·b. 1964·Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

10 horror credits

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). 

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Actor10 films

Primal

Primal

Dr. Ellen Taylor

2019
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Muriel

2013
100 Feet

100 Feet

Marnie Watson

2008
Taken

Taken

Lenore St. John

2008 1.3
Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Katherine

2005
House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill

Evelyn Stockard-Price

1999 2.5
The Faculty

The Faculty

Miss Elizabeth Burke

1998 3.5
Deep Rising

Deep Rising

Trillian St. James

1998
Lord of Illusions

Lord of Illusions

Dorothea Swann

1995
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

1994