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'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.
Jean Grey, the Phoenix … she finds a way to reincarnate herself constantly, so one never knows.
Just because youre of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.
I would rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches.
Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasnt in the script. It was something that I came up with.
Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.
I want to work with great directors. I want to work on good material with good actors. I've probably done 20 movies at this point and a lot of independents. It's been an incredible ride and I love it and I'm just going to keep going and doing what I'm doing.
Robert De Niro... It seemed like a pretty cool thing to do to put his name on my resume next.
I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
I don't even have cable anymore, or a television. I just watch on computers. It's clearly the future of where we're heading.
I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
I like the work that I get to do.