Famke Janssen made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011.
29 Facts About Famke Janssen
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Famke Beumer Janssen was born c in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.
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Famke Janssen has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer, both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced.
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Famke Janssen learned German, but has not kept up with it.
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In 1984, Famke Janssen moved to the United States to begin her professional career as a fashion model.
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Famke Janssen signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret.
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Famke Janssen starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by Coty, Inc Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like Hedy Lamarr.
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That same year, Famke Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but turned it down to pursue film roles.
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In 1995, Famke Janssen appeared in Pierce Brosnan's debut James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp.
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Famke Janssen appeared in Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula.
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In 2000, Famke Janssen played superhero Dr Jean Grey in the 20th Century Fox film X-Men.
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Famke Janssen later reprised the role in the 2003 sequel, X2, where her character shows signs of increasing powers, but at the end of the film, she is presumably killed.
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Famke Janssen returned as Jean in the 2013 film The Wolverine as a hallucination of Wolverine, followed by a brief cameo for X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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In 2002, Famke Janssen landed the role of villainess Serleena in Men in Black II, but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by Lara Flynn Boyle.
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Famke Janssen reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series.
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Famke Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC's police drama Winters and Showtime's The Farm, a spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison.
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Famke Janssen provided the Dutch language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney theme parks.
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In 2011, Famke Janssen made her directorial debut with the drama Bringing Up Bobby.
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Famke Janssen wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, and Marcia Cross.
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Famke Janssen reprised her role as Lenore Mills in Taken 2 and Taken 3.
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Famke Janssen has starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series Hemlock Grove since 2013, wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey.
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Famke Janssen had a recurring role in the ABC crime thriller television series How To Get Away With Murder, appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale.
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Famke Janssen was cast in a starring role in the NBC crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption, a spin-off of the NBC series The Blacklist, in March 2016; it was picked up to series in May 2016.
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Also in 2019, Famke Janssen joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Postcard Killings, which was released in 2020.
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Famke Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Famke Janssen hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name.
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In 1995, Famke Janssen married writer and director Kip Williams, son of architect Tod Williams.
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Famke Janssen has stated that she does not want to have children.
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Famke Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a brindle Boston Terrier, in a 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights.