Famke Janssen
Famke Janssen
Famke Beumer Janssen]; born c. 1964) is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter and former fashion model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series, Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck and Lenore Mills in Takenand its sequels, Taken 2and Taken 3. 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. Janssen is scheduled to star in an upcoming NBC crime thriller, The...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 November 1964
CityAmstelveen, Netherlands
I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director.
I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.
I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.
I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
You don't ever know with films. You just hope for the best, but sometimes it's a bit of a crapshoot.
Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in that anymore.
I personally like to do independent films.
I'm very grateful for work especially in film industry. It's highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode.
I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.
I am attracted to the dark side of life!
Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.
I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more risk involved the greater the outcome -- or the worse, but you never know so you've got to go for it.