Actor profile

Famke Janssen

5th November 1964 Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Acting

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.

67 Movies 28 TV Shows 99 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Boy Kills World poster

Boy Kills World 24th April 2024 as Hilda Van Der Koy

Locked In poster

Locked In 1st November 2023 as Katherine Carter

Knights of the Zodiac poster

Knights of the Zodiac 27th April 2023 as Guraad

Door Mouse poster

Door Mouse 13th January 2023 as Mama

Redeeming Love poster

Redeeming Love 21st January 2022 as Duchess

Dangerous poster

Dangerous 5th November 2021 as Agent Shaughnessy

The Vault poster

The Vault 4th March 2021 as Margaret

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens poster

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens 1st December 2020 as Sally

Endless poster

Endless 9th April 2020 as Lee Douglas

The Postcard Killings poster

The Postcard Killings 13th March 2020 as Valerie Kanon

Primal poster

Primal 27th December 2019 as Dr. Ellen Taylor

The Poison Rose poster

The Poison Rose 23rd May 2019 as Jayne Hunt

Asher poster

Asher 7th December 2018 as Sophie

Bayou Caviar poster

Bayou Caviar 5th October 2018 as Nic

Status Update poster

Status Update 9th February 2018 as Katherine Alden

All I Wish poster

All I Wish 1st February 2018 as Vanessa

The Show poster

The Show 21st September 2017 as Ilana Katz

Once Upon a Time in Venice poster

Once Upon a Time in Venice 8th June 2017 as Katey Ford

Jack of the Red Hearts poster

Jack of the Red Hearts 26th February 2016 as Kay Adams

Unity poster

Unity 12th August 2015 as Narrator (voice)

Taken 3 poster

Taken 3 16th December 2014 as Lenore St. John

X-Men: Days of Future Past poster

X-Men: Days of Future Past 15th May 2014 as Jean Grey

A Fighting Man poster

A Fighting Man 24th April 2014 as Diane Schuler

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin poster

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin 3rd December 2013 as Self

The Wolverine poster

The Wolverine 21st July 2013 as Jean Grey / Phoenix

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters poster

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 17th January 2013 as Muriel

Everything or Nothing poster

Everything or Nothing 5th October 2012 as Self

Taken 2 poster

Taken 2 27th September 2012 as Lenore St. John

Down the Shore poster

Down the Shore 6th January 2011 as Mary

The Chameleon poster

The Chameleon 23rd June 2010 as Jennifer Johnson

100 Feet poster

100 Feet 22nd July 2008 as Marnie Watson

The Wackness poster

The Wackness 3rd July 2008 as Kristin Squires

Turn the River poster

Turn the River 9th May 2008 as Kailey

Taken poster

Taken 18th February 2008 as Lenore St. John

The Ten poster

The Ten 3rd August 2007 as Gretchen Reigert

The Treatment poster

The Treatment 4th May 2007 as Allegra Marshall

X-Men: The Last Stand poster

X-Men: The Last Stand 24th May 2006 as Jean Grey / Phoenix

Hide and Seek poster

Hide and Seek 27th January 2005 as Katherine

Eulogy poster

Eulogy 15th October 2004 as Judy Arnolds

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 poster

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 25th November 2003 as Self

X2 Global Webcast Highlights poster

X2 Global Webcast Highlights 25th November 2003 as Self

X2 poster

X2 27th April 2003 as Jean Grey

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men poster

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men 11th February 2003

I Spy poster

I Spy 31st October 2002 as Rachel

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes poster

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes 23rd December 2001 as Jean Grey (archive footage)

Don't Say a Word poster

Don't Say a Word 28th September 2001 as Aggie Conrad

Made poster

Made 13th July 2001 as Jessica

X-Men poster

X-Men 13th July 2000 as Jean Grey

X-Men: The Mutant Watch poster

X-Men: The Mutant Watch 2nd July 2000 as Self - 'Jean Grey'

Circus poster

Circus 5th May 2000 as Lily

Love & Sex poster

Love & Sex 23rd February 2000 as Kate Welles

House on Haunted Hill poster

House on Haunted Hill 29th October 1999 as Evelyn Stockard-Price

The Faculty poster

The Faculty 25th December 1998 as Miss Elizabeth Burke

Celebrity poster

Celebrity 25th September 1998 as Bonnie

Monument Ave. poster

Monument Ave. 25th September 1998 as Katy

Rounders poster

Rounders 11th September 1998 as Petra

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole poster

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole 11th September 1998 as Fiona

RPM poster

RPM 23rd June 1998 as Claudia Haggs

Deep Rising poster

Deep Rising 30th January 1998 as Trillian St. James

The Gingerbread Man poster

The Gingerbread Man 23rd January 1998 as Leeanne Magruder

City of Industry poster

City of Industry 14th March 1997 as Rachel Montana

Dead Girl poster

Dead Girl 22nd September 1996 as Treasure

GoldenEye poster

GoldenEye 16th November 1995 as Xenia Onatopp

Lord of Illusions poster

Lord of Illusions 25th August 1995 as Dorothea Swann

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes poster

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes 14th December 1994 as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

Model by Day poster

Model by Day 21st March 1994 as Lex / Lady X

Fathers & Sons poster

Fathers & Sons 6th November 1992 as Kyle Christian

Amsterdam Empire poster

Amsterdam Empire 30th October 2025 as Betty Jonkers

Lubach poster

Lubach 24th March 2025

The Super Models poster

The Super Models 19th September 2023 as Self (archive footage)

Long Slow Exhale poster

Long Slow Exhale 4th April 2022 as Dr. Melinda Barrington

The Capture poster

The Capture 3rd September 2019 as Jessica Mallory

When They See Us poster

When They See Us 31st May 2019 as Nancy Ryan

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics poster

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics 12th November 2017 as Self

The Blacklist: Redemption poster

The Blacklist: Redemption 23rd February 2017 as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder 25th September 2014 as Eve Rothlo

The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist 23rd September 2013 as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

Hemlock Grove poster

Hemlock Grove 19th April 2013 as Olivia Godfrey

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 3rd January 2005 as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck 22nd July 2003 as Ava Moore

Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored 4th June 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self

Rove poster

Rove 22nd September 1999 as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 30th March 1999 as Self

Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal 8th September 1997 as Jamie

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self

The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables 11th January 1993

Melrose Place poster

Melrose Place 8th July 1992 as Diane Adamson

MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards 10th June 1992 as Self - Presenter

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation 28th September 1987 as Kamala