She is best-known for playing the villainess Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series.
Janssen is also a UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity.
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Charitable work
o 2.2 Awards
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Famke Beumer Janssen was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Her first name means little girl in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland. Besides her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She also learned German, but has not kept up with it. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer.
Before going to the United States, Janssen studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam, which she later called "the stupidest idea I ever had." Janssen moved to the U.S. in 1984 and began her professional career as a fashion model. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Victoria's Secret. While with the agency, her European measurements were listed as 92–61–92 and 36 dress size. Janssen is noted for being taller than average at 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) and her looks has been compared to Hedy Lamarr and 1940s films stars. After retiring from modeling in the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University to study creative writing and literature. She also took up acting. Several years later Janssen moved to Los Angeles to establish her acting career.
Career
Upon moving to Los Angeles, Janssen obtained her first parts, appearing in guest roles on television series. She starred in a 1988 commercial for Exclamation Perfume. One of her first appearances was in 1992, when she starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Perfect Mate" as empathic metamorph Kamala, opposite Patrick Stewart (who would later star with her in the X-Men film series). In that same year, Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but turned it down to pursue film roles.[citation needed] She also appeared in the film Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula, who would later portray Capt. Jonathan Archer of the chronologically very first Starship Enterprise.
Janssen's first film role was with Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 film Fathers & Sons. In 1995, she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. In an attempt to fight against typecasting after her role in the film, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, John Irvin's City of Industry and Ted Demme's Monument Ave. Denis Leary, her co-star in Monument Ave., was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her as she was already in character.
Janssen in October 2008
Janssen played superheroine Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in X-Men, X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. She won a Saturn Award for her role in X-Men: The Last Stand. She also starred in the movies Lord of Illusions, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, I Spy, Rounders, Deep Rising, Hide and Seek, Taken and Turn the River, for which she was awarded the Special Jury Best Actress Award at the 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival. addition, Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the popular TV show, Nip/Tuck, as the seductive and manipulative life coach, Ava Moore. She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series. She has continued to branch out into television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC and Showtime, 2007's cop drama Winters and 2009's The Farm, a pilot for a potential spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison. Both were rejected by their respective networks.
Janssen provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney parks.
In July 2010, filming began on Janssen's directorial debut Bringing Up Bobby. Janssen also wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman and Marcia Cross.
Charitable work
On January 28, 2008, Janssen was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity at the Second Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, held in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Awards
In 2003, Janssen was awarded the International Star of the Year.[citation needed] In 2004, she won the Hollywood Life Breakthrough Artist of the Year for her work on Nip/Tuck.[citation needed] In 2006, the Hamptons International Film Festival awarded her with the Golden Starfish Award for career achievement in acting.[13] For her performance as Jean Grey in X-Men: The Last Stand, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
life
A black and white dog holding a frisbee in its mouth
Famke Janssen's Boston Terrier Licorice
Janssen lives in West Village in New York City. She was married to writer and director Tod Culpan Williams, son of architect Tod Williams, from 1995 to 2000.
Janssen has a brindle Boston Terrier named Licorice, with which she frequently travels. her dog, she appeared in a 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals.
Filmography
Year↓ Title↓ Role↓
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) Kamala
1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian
1994 Untouchables, TheThe Untouchables (TV series) Cleo
1994 Melrose Place (TV series) Diane Adamson
1994 Model by Day (TV movie) Lady X
1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp
1995 Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1998 Monument Ave. Katy
1998 Gingerbread Man, TheThe Gingerbread Man Leeanne Magruder
1998 Deep Rising Trillian St. James
1998 RPM Claudia Haggs
1998 Rounders Petra
1998 Celebrity Bonnie
1998 Adventures of Sebastian Cole, TheThe Adventures of Sebastian Cole Fiona
1998 Faculty, TheThe Faculty Miss Elizabeth Burke
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price
2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles
2000 Circus Lily Garfield
2000 X-Men Jean Grey
2000 Ally McBeal (TV series) Jamie
2001 Made Jessica
2001 Don't Say a Word Aggie Conrad
2002 I Spy Special Agent Rachel Wright
2003 X2 Jean Grey
2004 Nip/Tuck (TV series) Ava Moore
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2005 Hide and Seek Dr. Katherine Carson
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey/Phoenix
2006 Treatment, TheThe Treatment Allegra Marshall
2007 Ten, TheThe Ten Gretchen Reigert
2007 Turn the River Kailey Sullivan
2007 Winters (TV pilot) Christie Winters
2008 Wackness, TheThe Wackness Kristen Squires
2008 Taken Lenore (Lenny)
2008 100 Feet Marnie Watson
2008 Puppy Love (short film) Maya
2009 Farm, TheThe Farm (TV pilot) Valentina Galindo
2010 Nip/Tuck (TV series) Ava Moore
2010 The Chameleon Jennifer Johnson
2010 Down the Shore Mary
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