Famke Janssen
- Birthday
- Nov 5, 1964
- Birthplace
- Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Bio: A former model, Dutch-born actress Famke Janssen had her screen breakthrough as Xenia Onatopp, James Bond's (literally) man-crushing foe in GoldenEye (1995). After earning fame and a certain dose of coy notoriety for her portrayal of the character, who was endowed with the unique ability to squash potential seducers to death between her thighs, Janssen went on to… More Bio: A former model, Dutch-born actress Famke Janssen had her screen breakthrough as Xenia Onatopp, James Bond's (literally) man-crushing foe in GoldenEye (1995). After earning fame and a certain dose of coy notoriety for her portrayal of the character, who was endowed with the unique ability to squash potential seducers to death between her thighs, Janssen went on to prove that she was more than just the latest variety of Bond babe.Born in Holland on January 1, 1964, Janssen launched her lucrative modeling career at an early age. Moving to New York when she was barely out of her teens, she soon tired of the vacuous nature of modeling and enrolled at Columbia University, where she studied literature and creative writing. Janssen made her screen debut in the 1992 drama Fathers and Sons. Following the success of GoldenEye, the actress began finding steady screen work, appearing in such films as Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man (1998), in which she played Kenneth Branagh's ex-wife; Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), which cast her as Branagh's girlfriend; and Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty, in which Janssen's part was furthered by alien brainwashing, instead of Branagh.After closing the century with another excursion into supernatural grotesqueries in the remake of The House on Haunted Hill (1999), Janssen began the 21st century on a somewhat more heroic note, playing one of the titular group of superheroes in Bryan Singer's adaptation of the popular comic book X-Men. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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Filmography
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Down the Shore (2013)
- Mary
- 55%
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Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
- Muriel
- 14%
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Taken 2 (2012)
- Lenore
- 21%
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Bringing Up Bobby (2012)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 17%
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The Chameleon (2010)
- Jennifer Johnson
- 25%
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Famke Janssen Videos
Taken
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X-men 3: The Last Stand
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Hide And Seek
2 minutes 26 seconds
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2 minutes 17 seconds
Taken 2
2 minutes 24 seconds
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