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
The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.
When somebody walks into a room they give off a certain kind of vibe or whatever and at that point that's how you're going to cast them.
During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.
When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.
I don't think about better. You just want it to work. You want it to work and you have your guide with the script. You want it to exist and complete...
The Dutch are a very practical people.
Netflix is something I watch.
If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
Every single time when you act in a film, and there's a different director, which of course as actors we're used to experiencing that's what we do, it's a different experience.
I've lived in New York for a really long time.
I'm 5' 11" as I proudly say - just so I don't have to say six feet.
I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.
I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.