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Full Name:Famke Janssen - Contact Famke Janssen
Birth Name:Famke Beumer
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: November 05, 1965
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height: 5' 11
Nationality: Dutch
Hair Color: Brunette
Eye Color: Brown
Sister(s): Antoinette Beumer (director), Marjolein Beumer (younger, actress)
Spouse: Tod Williams (director, 1995-2000)
Education: Attended University of Amsterdam, majoring in economics
Attended Columbia University in New York, majoring in writing and literature
Claim to Fame: As Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995)

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  • Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found Jul. 1, 2008
    X-Men actress Famke Janssen first wore this silk pink Thread Social tiered halter dress to her Turn the River New York premiere back in April.
  • OK! Magazine - Found Jul. 8, 2008
    Although Famke Janssen treats her seven-year-old Boston terrier Licorice like a child, she doesn?t want any kids of her own.
  • TMZ.com - Found Jul. 9, 2008
    ... carrying, Famke Janssen had her walk all over LAX -- not a problem, until you see the limp the poor pooch was rockin'! See Also Famke Janssen...
  • The Moviezzz Blog - Found Jul. 20, 2008
    TURN THE RIVER - Famke Janssen as a pool shark in this film that marked the directorial debut of Chris Eigeman, one of my favorite actors...
  • Washington Post - Found Jul. 31, 2008
    ... just floating in space, haphazardly landing on planets that could be hospitable to the formation of Famke Janssen as 'Kamala' in Episode 121...
  • Defamer - Found Jul. 25, 2008
    ... the nifty Famke Janssen pool-shark indie Turn the River ; the taut enviro-horror sleeper The Last Winter;
  • Washington Post - Found Jul. 4, 2008
    ... trades weed for sessions with his therapist, Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), whose much-younger wife (Famke Janssen) is slipping away from him...
  • LAist - Found Jul. 2, 2008
    ... sort of excitement and emotion for Squires, who has had none of that in his loveless marriage with his young, nonchalant wife (Famke Janssen).
  • MSNBC - Found Jul. 1, 2008
    Famke Janssen doesnâ??t get to make much of an impression in her very small role, but Thirlby, Jane Adams and even Mary-Kate Olsen (whose...
  • TMZ.com - Found Jun. 17, 2008
    ... dog!With her dry cleaning in one hand and a stinky load of her pup Licorice's poo in another, Famke Janssen kept the streets of NYC clean for...

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Famke Janssen
Born Famke Beumer Janssen
November 5, 1965 (1965-11-05) (age 42)
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Spouse(s) Tod Williams (1995-2000)

Famke Janssen (born November 5, 1965) is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles in GoldenEye, Nip/Tuck, and the X-Men trilogy. Janssen is also a UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity.[1]

Janssen's name is pronounced as Fahm-Kuh Yan-Sin. The first name means little girl in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland.[2]

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Early life

Famke Beumer Janssen was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, as the only brunette in a family of blondes. Besides her native Dutch, Janssen learned to speak English, German and French. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer.[3] Janssen moved to the United States in 1984 and began her professional career as a fashion model. She was signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Victoria's Secret.

Janssen also studied writing and literature at Columbia University before moving to Los Angeles to establish her acting career.[2][3]

Career

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Janssen obtained her first parts, appearing in guest roles on TV series. One of her first appearances was in 1992, when she starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "The Perfect Mate," as empathic metamorph Kamala, opposite Patrick Stewart (who would later star with her in the X-Men film series).[2] Then, in that same year, Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but turned it down in favor of film roles.

Janssen's first film role was with Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 film Fathers & Sons. In 1995, she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp.

Janssen played superheroine Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. She also starred in the movies Lord of Illusions, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, I Spy, Rounders, Deep Rising and Hide and Seek. In addition, Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the popular TV show, Nip/Tuck, as the seductive and manipulative transsexual life coach, Ava Moore.

Janssen tried to fight against typecasting by appearing in Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, John Irvin's City of Industry and Ted Demme's Monument Ave.[4] She was awarded the Special Jury Best Actress Award at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival for her role as a female pool hustler in Chris Eigeman's Turn the River.[5]

In 2003, Janssen was awarded the International Star of the Year. In 2004, she won the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Artist of the Year for her work on Nip/Tuck. In 2006, the Hamptons International Film Festival awarded her with the Golden Starfish Award for career achievement in acting.[6]

Janssen provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney parks.[4]

On January 28, 2008, Janssen was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity at the Second Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Nusa Dua, Bali.[7]

Janssen appeared on the cover of Page 6 magazine on May 4, 2008.

Personal life

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Licorice

Janssen lives in West Village in New York City.[8] She was married to writer/director Tod Culpan Williams, son of architect Tod Williams, from 1995 to 2000.[9]

Janssen is a vegetarian and wants to be a vegan.[10]

Janssen has a brindle Boston terrier named Licorice, with whom she frequently travels.[11][12][13]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) Kamala
Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian
1994 The Untouchables (TV series) Cleo
Melrose Place (TV series) Diane Adamson
Model by Day (TV movie) Lady X
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp
Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1998 Monument Ave. Katy
The Gingerbread Man Leeanne Magruder
Deep Rising Trillian St. James
RPM Claudia Haggs
Rounders Petra
Celebrity Bonnie
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Fiona
The Faculty Miss Elizabeth Burke
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price
2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles
Circus Lily
X-Men Jean Grey
Ally McBeal (TV series) Jamie
2001 Made Jessica
Don't Say a Word Aggie Conrad
2002 I Spy Special Agent Rachel Wright
2003 X2 Jean Grey
2004 Nip/Tuck (TV series) Ava Moore
Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2005 Hide and Seek Katherine
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey/Phoenix Won - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Treatment Allegra Marshall
2007 The Ten Gretchen Reigert
Turn the River Kailey Sullivan
Winters (TV series) Christie Winters
2008 The Wackness Kristen Squires
Taken Lenore
100 Feet Marnie Watson
Kiddie Ride TBA Post-production
Chameleon TBA Filming
Queen B Havilland Winters In negotiations
2009 The Possibility of Fireflies Susanna Roma Attached
Peep World Herself Attached
The Finest Gail/ G-Woman Attached

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