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Dutch actress and model

Famke Beumer Janssen was born 1964 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer, both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced. In addition to her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She learned German, but has not kept up with it. Following her high school graduation, Janssen studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam, which she later called "the stupidest idea I ever had."

In 1984, Janssen moved to the United States to begin her professional career as a fashion model. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret. She starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by Coty. Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like Hedy Lamarr. but turned it down to pursue film roles. Her first film role was alongside Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 crime drama film Fathers & Sons. In 1995, Janssen appeared in Pierce Brosnan's debut James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. She appeared in Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula. In an attempt to fight against typecasting after her Bond girl performance, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in John Irvin's City of Industry, Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, and Ted Demme's Monument Ave. Denis Leary, her co star in Monument Ave., was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character. She returned as Jean in the 2013 film The Wolverine as a hallucination of Wolverine, followed by a brief cameo for X Men: Days of Future Past (2014).

In 2002, Janssen landed the role of villainess Serleena in Men in Black II, but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by Lara Flynn Boyle. Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the TV series Nip/Tuck, as the seductive and manipulative life coach Ava Moore, which earned her Hollywood Life's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award. She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series. In 2007, she starred in Turn the River, for which she was awarded the Special Recognition Best Actress Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The following year, she starred in Luc Besson's Taken. Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC's police drama Winters and Showtime's The Farm, a spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison. Both pilots were rejected by their networks. Janssen provided the Dutch language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney theme parks. She reprised her role as Lenore Mills in Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2014). She starred as the main villain Muriel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). Janssen starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series Hemlock Grove, wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey. Janssen had a recurring role in the ABC crime thriller television series How To Get Away With Murder, appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale. Janssen was cast in a starring role in the NBC crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption, a spin off of the NBC series The Blacklist, in March 2016; it was picked up to series in May 2016. The following month, Janssen expressed frustration in not being cast in X Men: Apocalypse, saying Hollywood was sexist toward older women. She said, "Women, it's interesting because they're replaced, and the older versions are never to be seen again whereas the men are allowed to be both ages." In 2019, she served as a juror for the Tribeca Film Festival. Also in 2019, Janssen joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Postcard Killings, which was released in 2020. In 2021, Janssen starred in the Christian romantic drama film Redeeming Love and the action thriller Dangerous. In a March 2021 interview, she revealed to Forbes some details about her involvement with the live action adaptation of Saint Seiya, a popular anime and manga. Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She also hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name.

Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a brindle Boston Terrier, in a 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals." On 28 January 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at a United Nations anticorruption conference held in Nusa Dua, Bali.

In 1995, Janssen married writer and director Kip Williams, son of architect Tod Williams. They divorced in 2000.

Year Title Role Notes Refs. 1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian 1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee Direct to video film 1994Model by DayLex / Lady XTelevision film 1995 Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann 1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp 1996 Dead Girl Treasure 1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana 1998 Monument Ave. Katy O'Connor 1998 Leeanne Magruder 1998 Deep Rising Trillian St. James 1998 RPM Claudia Haggs 1998 Rounders Petra 1998 Celebrity Bonnie 1998 Fiona 1998 Miss Elizabeth Burke 1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard Price 2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles 2000 Circus Lily Garfield 2000 X Men Jean Grey / Phoenix 2001 Made Jessica 2001 Don't Say a Word Agatha "Aggie" Conrad 2002 I Spy Rachel Wright 2003 X2 Jean Grey / Phoenix 2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds 2005 Hide and Seek Dr. Katherine Carson 2006 X Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey / Phoenix 2006 Allegra Marshall 2007 Gretchen Reigert 2007 Turn the River Kailey Sullivan 2007WintersChristie WintersTelevision film 2008 Kristen Squires 2008 Taken Lenore "Lenny" Mills 2008 100 Feet Marnie Watson Direct to video film 2009The FarmValentina GalindoTelevision film 2010 The Chameleon Jennifer Johnson Direct to video film 2011 Down the Shore Mary Reed 2012 Taken 2 Lenore "Lenny" Mills 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Muriel 2013 The Wolverine Jean Grey 2013 The Being Experience Originally titled In the Woods 2014 A Fighting Man Diane Schuler Direct to video film 2014 Unity Narrator (voice) Documentary 2014 X Men: Days of Future Past Jean Grey Cameo 2014 Taken 3 Lenore "Lenny" Mills 2015 Jack of the Red Hearts Kay 2017 The Show Ilana Katz 2017 All I Wish Vanessa 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice Katey Ford 2018 Status Update Katherine Alden 2018 Bayou Caviar Nic Originally titled Louisiana Caviar 2018 Asher Sophie 2019 The Poison Rose Jayne Hunt 2019 Primal Dr. Ellen Taylor 2020 The Postcard Killings Valerie Kanon 2020 Endless Lee Douglas 2021 The Vault Margaret Originally titled Way Down 2021 Dangerous Agent Shaughnessy 2022 Redeeming Love Duchess 2023 Door Mouse Mama 2023 Knights of the Zodiac Vander Guraad 2023 Boy Kills World Hilda Van Der Koy 2023 Locked In Katherine 2024Deadpool & WolverineJean Grey / Phoenix The Experiment

Year Association Category Nominatedwork Result Ref(s) 1996 MTV Movie Awards MTV Movie Award for Best Fight GoldenEye 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror House on Haunted Hill Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress House on Haunted Hill 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction X Men 2006 Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement The Treatment High Falls Film Festival Susan B. Anthony "Failure is Impossible" Award The Treatment Scream Awards Sexiest Superhero X Men: The Last Stand Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Liplock X Men: The Last Stand 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Special Recognition Turn the River 2016 Gold Derby Awards Best Drama Guest Actress How to Get Away with Murder