Famke Janssen : biography
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |