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Famke Beumer Janssen (born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former fashion model.
She is best known for her roles as Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), Ava Moore in Nip/Phoenix (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in Taken (2008–2014).
Another notable achievement for the Netherlands was its appointment as a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the United Nations in 2008.
Famke Janssen has also been praised for his roles in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove and the ABC series How to Get Away with Murder.
Famke Janssen also starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption.
Dutch actress
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| Name: | Famke Boehmer Janssen |
| stage name: | Famke Janssen |
| Date of Birth: | November 5, 1964 (age 60) |
| place of birth: | Amstelveen, Netherlands |
| Country of Citizenship: | Dutch |
| parents: | not applicable |
| Children: | not applicable |
| high: | 1.82 m |
| Brothers and sisters: | Marjoline Bohmer, Antoinette Bohmer |
| Boyfriend • Husband: | Kip Williams (front), Todd Williams (married 1995-2000) |
| Profession: | Actress • Model |
| net worth: | $15 million |
early life
Famke Beumer Janssen is of Dutch descent and was born on November 5, 1964 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.
She is the sister of the famous film director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer.
However, after their parents’ divorce, both changed their last name to Beumer.
In addition to her native Dutch, Famke Janssen speaks fluent English and French. She also learned German, but is not fluent.
educate
Famke Janssen completed her primary and secondary education at a local school in her hometown of Amstelveen in the Netherlands.
After high school, she studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam, which she called “the dumbest idea I’ve ever had in my life,” so she dropped out.
However, in the early 1990s, she enrolled at the prestigious Columbia University College of General Studies to study creative writing and literature.
Profession
In 1984, Famke Janssen moved to the United States and began her successful modeling career. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked with Giorgio Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Victoria’s Secret and Chanel. In 1988, she also starred in the Coty Exclamation perfume campaign. Her beauty was comparable to several movie stars of the 1940s, such as Hedy Lamarr.
After retiring from modeling in the early 1990s, Famke Janssen made guest appearances in television series, including playing Kamala in 1992’s Star Trek: The Next Generation (the episode “Perfect Match”), alongside Patrick Stewart, with whom she later starred in the X-Men film series. That same year, Famke Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but she turned it down. Instead, she landed her first film role, starring alongside Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 crime drama Fathers and Sons.
In 1995, Famke Janssen played the femme fatale Xenia Onatopp in Pierce Brosnan’s first James Bond film, GoldenEye. She also co-starred with Scott Bakula in Lord of Phantom. In the late 1990s, she appeared in The Teacher, Casino Royale, The Haunted Mansion and The Abyss.
In 2000, Famke Janssen played the superhero Dr. Jean Grey in the Marvel Studios film “X-Men”, and then reprised the role in the 2003 sequel “X2”, in which her character showed signs of increasing super powers, but at the end of the film, she was killed.
In addition, Famke Janssen once again played Jean, who died in “X-Men 2” and was resurrected as a dark alternate personality named Phoenix in “X-Men: The Last Stand” in 2006. For her outstanding performance, she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2013, she played Jean again in the movie “Wolverine” as the hallucination of Wolverine. In 2014, Famke Janssen made a guest appearance in “X-Men: Days of Future Past” as Jean Grey.
In 2007, she starred in the film Where the River Turns, for which she won the prestigious Hamptons International Film Festival Special Recognition Award for Best Actress.
The following year, Famke Janssen starred in Luc Besson’s Taken. She continued to work in television, starring in NBC’s police drama Winters and Showtime’s The Farm, a spinoff of The L Word set in a women’s prison.
However, both pilots were rejected by their respective networks. In addition, Luc Besson provides the Dutch narration for the Studio City Tram Ride at all Disney theme parks.
In 2011, Famke Janssen made her theatrical directorial debut with the film Bringing Up Bobby. She also wrote the screenplay for the film, which starred Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman and Marcia Cross. She also reprised her role as Lionel Mills in Taken 2 in 2012 and Taken 3 in 2014. She also played the main antagonist Muriel in the 2013 film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
In 2013, Famke Janssen starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series Hemlock Grove, in which she played the role of Olivia Godfrey.
She played a recurring role on the ABC crime thriller television series How to Get Away with Murder, starring in nine episodes throughout the series, starting in the show’s second season and ending in the series finale.
In March 2016, Famke Janssen starred in the NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption, a spin-off of the NBC series The Blacklist (picked up to series in May 2016). In 2019, she served on the jury of the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival.
In addition, in 2019, Famke Janssen co-starred with Jeffrey Dean Morgan in “The Postcard Murders”, which was released in 2020. In 2021, Famke Janssen will star in a Christian romantic drama film called “Love”, as well as an upcoming action thriller “Dangerous”.
Social Media
Famke Janssen has gathered a huge fan following throughout her illustrious career, most of whom follow her on her social media platforms.
For example, she has over 3 million followers on her Facebook page, while her Instagram has 26.4k followers and her Twitter has over 7.3k followers. Famke Janssen’s verified social media accounts are as follows:
- Instagram: @famke_janssen05
- Twitter: @FamkeFatale
- Facebook: Famke Janssen
Personal life
Although she is middle-aged, Famke Janssen still maintains her beautiful face. She has a moderate height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.82 meters) and weighs about 62 kg (137 pounds). She has a slim figure with measurements of 36-25-35 inches.
Her body measurements are bust/bra size 34B, waist 25 inches, and hips 35 inches. Her dress size is 4 (US). She has dark brown curly hair and hazel eyes.
In 1995, Famke Janssen married a handsome screenwriter and director, Kip Williams, the son of skilled architect Todd Williams. However, the two divorced in 2000. According to her, part of the reason for their divorce was that she did not want to have children.
On January 28, 2008, Famke Janssen was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at the United Nations Anti-Corruption Conference held in Nusa Dua, Bali that same year.
dispute
In 2016, Famke Janssen expressed unprofessional frustration at not being cast in the new version of X-Men: Apocalypse, accusing Hollywood of sexism against older women. In her words, “Women, it’s funny because they get replaced and they never see the older version… whereas men can be two ages.”
net worth
Famke Janssen is one of the highest-paid actresses in the United States; this is mainly due to her influence and popularity, which makes her one of the richest and most powerful actresses.
The former model Famke Janssen is believed to have an estimated net worth of $15 million. Most of her income comes from her career as an actress, film director, and model.
Filmography
Famke Janssen is a veteran actor in the American film industry and has starred in many movies and TV series.
She is best known for her work in the X-Men movies and other blockbusters, which we have highlighted below.
movie
- 1992 Father and Son as Kyle Christian
- 1994 Ruthless IV: Ashes to Ashes as Dr Sara Lee Jaffee
- 1995 Lord of Illusions as Dorothea Swann
- 1995 Golden Eye Climb Xenia Onatopp
- 1996 Dead Girl as Treasure
- 1997 City of Industry as Rachel Montana
- 1998 Monument Avenue as Katy O’Connor
- 1998 The Gingerbread Man as Leeanne Magruder
- 1998 Rising from the Abyss
- 1998 RPM as Claudia Haggs
- 1998 The King of Gamblers as Petra
- 1998 Celebrity as Bonnie
- 1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Fiona
- 1998 Teacher as Miss Elizabeth Burke
- 1999 Haunted House as Evelyn Stockard-Price
- 2000 Love and Sex as Kate Welles
- 2000 The Circus as Lily Garfield
- 2000 X-Men as Jean Grey
- 2001 as Jessica
- 2001 Don’t Say a Word as Agatha “Aggie” Conrad
- 2002 I Spy as Rachel Wright
- 2003 X2 as Jean Grey
- 2004 Eulogy as Judy Arnolds
- 2005 Hide and Seek as Dr. Katherine Carson
- 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand as Jean Grey / Phoenix
- 2006 Treatment as Allegra Marshall
- 2007 Ten as Gretchen Reigert
- 2007 Running on Water as Kailey Sullivan
- 2008 Stranger Things as Kristen Squires
- 2008: Lenore “Lenny” Mills
- 2008: Marnie Watson
- 2010 Chameleon as Jennifer Johnson
- 2011 On the Coast as Mary Reed
- 2012 Taken 2 as Lenore “Lenny” Mills
- 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Muriel
- 2013 Wolverine as Jean Grey
- 2013 Existential Experience
- 2014 The Fighter as Diane Schuler
- 2014 Solidarity as the Voice of the Narrator (Documentary)
- 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past as Jean Grey
- 2014 Taken 3 as Lenore “Lenny” Mills
- 2015 Jack of Hearts as Kay
- 2017 Performance as Ilana Katz
- 2017 What I Wish For as Vanessa
- 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice as Katey Ford
- 2018 Status Update as Katherine Alden
- 2018 Bayou Caviar named Nic (formerly Louisiana Caviar)
- 2018 Asher as Sophie
- 2019 The Poison Rose as Jayne Hunt
- 2019 Primal as Dr. Alan Taylor
- 2020 Postcard Murders as Valerie Kanon
- 2020 Endless as Lee Douglas
- 2021 The Vault as Margaret (formerly known as Way Down)
- TBA Redeeming Love as Duchess
- TBA Door Mouse plays the mother
TV Shows
- 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kamala (episode: “The Perfect Match”)
- 1994 Melrose Place as Diane Adamson (TV series: Michael’s Game)
- 1994 Daytime Model as Lex / Lady X
- 1994 The Untouchables as Cleo (TV series: “Peeping Tom”)
- 2000–2001 Ally McBeal as Jamie (TV series: Bag Man, Ex-Files)
- 2004–2010 Nip/Puff as Ava Moore (regular role, 11 episodes)
- 2007 Winters as Christy Winters
- 2008 Puppy Love as Maya
- 2009 The Farm as Valentina Galindo
- 2013–2015 Hemlock Grove as Olivia Godfrey
- 2015–2020 How to Get Away with Murder as Eve Rothlow (regular role, 9 episodes)
- 2015 “House of Dreams” as Frau Mantis (voice role; 2 episodes)
- 2016 Robot Chicken as Jean Grey (voice role; episode: “Joel Hurwitz”)
- 2016–2018 The Blacklist as Susan Hargrave (5 episodes)
- 2017 The Blacklist: Redemption as Susan Hargrave
- 2019 When They See Us as Nancy Ryan (miniseries; 2 episodes)
- 2019 Capture as Jessica Mallory (Episode: “The Correction”)
- TBA as Melinda Barrington.
