Famke Janssen

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Famke Janssen : biography

05 November 1964 –

Famke Beumer Janssen ( born 5 November 1965) is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model. She is known for playing the villainous Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2013), and Lenore Mills in Taken (2008), and its sequel, Taken 2 (2012). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by United Nations. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011.

Personal life and activism

Janssen was married to writer and director Kip Williams, son of architect Tod Williams, from 1995 to 2000.

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 anti-corruption conference held in Nusa Dua, Bali.

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Work Award Results
1996 GoldenEye MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (Shared with Pierce Brosnan)
2000 House on Haunted Hill Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror
2001 X-Men Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock (Shared with Hugh Jackman)
2007 X-Men: The Last Stand Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007 Turn the River Hamptons International Film Festival for Best Actress
2007 Turn the River Hamptons International Film Festival Special Prize

Special Awards

Year Ceremony Award Results
2006 Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement
2006 High Falls Film Festival Susan B. Anthony ‘Failure is Impossible’ Award

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation Kamala TV series,Season 5,Episode 21:"The Perfect Mate"
1994 Melrose Place Diane Adamson TV series,Season 2,Episode 17:"Michael’s Game"
1994 Model by Day Lex/Lady X TV movie
1994 The|Untouchables|The Untouchables (1993 TV series)}} Cleo TV series,Season 2,Episode 19:"Voyeur"
1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee Video
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp Nominated-MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (Shared with Pierce Brosnan)
1995 Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1998 Monument Ave. Katy
1998 The|Gingerbread Man|The Gingerbread Man (film)}} Leeanne Magruder
1998 Deep Rising Trillian St. James
1998 RPM Claudia Haggs
1998 Rounders Petra
1998 Celebrity Bonnie
1998 The|Adventures of Sebastian Cole}} Fiona
1998 The|Faculty}} Miss Elizabeth Burke
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price Nominated-Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror
2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles
2000 Circus Lily Garfield
2000 X-Men Jean Grey Nominated-Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction
2000-2001 Ally McBeal Jamie TV series,Season 4,Episodes 8 and 10:"The Man with the Bag"、"The Ex-Files"
2001 Made Jessica
2001 Don’t Say a Word Agatha "Aggie" Conrad
2002 I Spy Rachel Wright
2003 X2 Jean Grey
2004 Nip/Tuck Ava Moore TV series,Season 2,Episodes 3-14 and 16
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2005 Hide and Seek Dr. Katherine Carson
2005 Nip/Tuck Ava Moore TV series,Season 3,Episode 2:"KiKi"
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey/Phoenix Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated-Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock (Shared with Hugh Jackman)

2006 The|Treatment|The Treatment (2006 film)}} Allegra Marshall
2007 Winters Christie Winters TV movie
2007 The|Ten}} Gretchen Reigert
2007 Turn the River Kailey Sullivan Hamptons International Film Festival for Best Actress

Hamptons International Film Festival Special Prize

2008 The|Wackness}} Kristen Squires
2008 Taken Lenore "Lenny" Mills
2008 100 Feet Marnie Watson
2008 Puppy Love Maya TV series
2009 The|Farm|nolink=1}} Valentina Galindo TV movie
2010 Nip/Tuck Ava Moore TV series,Season 6,Episodes 18 and 19:"Walter and Edith Krieger"、"Hiro Yoshimura"
2010 The Chameleon Jennifer Johnson
2011 Down the Shore Mary Reed
2011 Bringing Up Bobby Director, Producer, Writer
2012 Taken 2 Lenore "Lenny" Mills
2013 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters Muriel
2013 Hemlock Grove Olivia Godfrey TV series,Season 1,Episodes 1-13
2013 The Being Experience Post-production
2013 The Wolverine Jean Grey Cameo, Post-production
2013 Unity Narrator Documentary, Post-production
2014 Hemlock Grove Olivia Godfrey TV series,Season 2,Post-production
2014 A Fighting Man Filming