Biography
Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). 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. She is also known for her roles in the Netflix original series...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Boy Kills World
2024
as Hilda Van Der Koy
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and...

Locked In
2023
as Katherine Carter
A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity, betrayal and murder behind the...

Knights of the Zodiac
2023
as Guraad
When a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person...

Door Mouse
2023
as Mama
A burlesque dancer with dreams of becoming a comic book artist investigates the disappearance of a close friend.

Redeeming Love
2022
as Duchess
A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.

Dangerous
2021
as Agent Shaughnessy
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang ...

The Vault
2021
as Margaret
Madrid, Spain, 2010. While the whole city follows the national team's successful participation in the World Cup, a group of daring thieves look for a ...

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Sally
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score...

Endless
2020
as Lee Douglas
When madly in love high school graduates Riley and Chris are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend's death while ...

The Postcard Killings
2020
as Valerie Kanon
After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twis...

Primal
2019
as Dr. Ellen Taylor
A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rar...

The Poison Rose
2019
as Jayne Hunt
A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a...

Asher
2018
as Sophie
Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks ...

Bayou Caviar
2018
as Nic
Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as...

Status Update
2018
as Katherine Alden
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social...

All I Wish
2018
as Vanessa
A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.

The Show
2017
as Ilana Katz
An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017
as Katey Ford
Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local t...

Jack of the Red Hearts
2016
as Kay Adams
A teenage con artist tricks a desperate mother into hiring her as a live-in companion for her autistic daughter.

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Taken 3
2014
as Lenore St. John
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a sa...

X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
as Jean Grey
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an e...

A Fighting Man
2014
as Diane Schuler
Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
as Self
A nice exploration of the samurai-ninja aspect of the story, including its roots in the actual Marvel comic books. There are the requisite interviews ...

The Wolverine
2013
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
as Muriel
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them...

Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Flem...

Taken 2
2012
as Lenore St. John
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Bringing Up Bobby
2011
Screenplay, Director
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a...

Down the Shore
2011
as Mary
Set on the Jersey shore, the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a secret from their past is revealed

The Chameleon
2010
as Jennifer Johnson
The amazing true story of Frédéric Bourdin, who after having plundered all the centers for runaway minors and deliquents in Europe, even thought he ha...

100 Feet
2008
as Marnie Watson
After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the...

The Wackness
2008
as Kristin Squires
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions wit...

Turn the River
2008
as Kailey
A pool shark takes the ultimate gamble when she kidnaps her own son and flees her ex-husband.

Taken
2008
as Lenore St. John
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let K...

The Ten
2007
as Gretchen Reigert
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

The Treatment
2007
as Allegra Marshall
Jake Singer is at loose ends in NYC, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow A...

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Jean Grey / Phoenix
When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mut...

Hide and Seek
2005
as Katherine
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his ...

Eulogy
2004
as Judy Arnolds
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets a...

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2
2003
The making of the sequel to the first X-Men film, trying to make it bigger and better than the previous film, and the challenges that come with that g...

X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
as Self
In this piece, Michael Broidy of Fox Publicity sits with Bryan Singer, producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner, and actors Hugh Jackman, James...

X2
2003
as Jean Grey
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm...

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
A four part documentary on the making of the first X-Men film, from pre-production, to principal photography, to post-production, and reflections on t...

I Spy
2002
as Rachel
When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet, is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States' top ...

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Jean Grey (archive footage)
The historical saga of American superheroes. Born in the period between the Great Depression and the World War II to combat the hobgoblins of the mode...

Don't Say a Word
2001
as Aggie Conrad
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, su...

Made
2001
as Jessica
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

X-Men
2000
as Jean Grey
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organizat...

X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
as Self - 'Jean Grey'
While Senator Kelly addresses a senate committee about the supposed mutant menace, we learn about the making of the movie, X-Men.

Circus
2000
as Lily
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he ...

Love & Sex
2000
as Kate Welles
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead,...

House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Evelyn Stockard-Price
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

The Faculty
1998
as Miss Elizabeth Burke
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicio...

Monument Ave.
1998
as Katy
Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one ...

Rounders
1998
as Petra
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
1998
as Fiona
Hank marries the divorced Joan, who's the mother of teens Sebastian and Jessica. After living with his new family for years, Hank announces that he's ...

Celebrity
1998
as Bonnie
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment j...

RPM
1998
as Claudia Haggs
A professional car thief pulls off the heist of a lifetime when he steals a prototype supercar.

Deep Rising
1998
as Trillian St. James
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, t...

The Gingerbread Man
1998
as Leeanne Magruder
A successful Savannah defense attorney gets romantically involved with a sexy, mysterious waitress troubled by psychopaths and dark family secrets.

City of Industry
1997
as Rachel Montana
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

Dead Girl
1996
as Treasure
Ari Rose is a failing actor who cannot distinguish between reality and fantasy. He first dreams about and then meets in real life a mysterious woman n...

GoldenEye
1995
as Xenia Onatopp
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...

Lord of Illusions
1995
as Dorothea Swann
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of...

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
1994
as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous ...

Model by Day
1993
as Lex / Lady X
Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.

Fathers & Sons
1992
as Kyle Christian
A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy ...
The Experiment
N/A
as Dr Rachel McVeigh
In 2080, an elite special ops team is sent into a top secret military facility on a rescue mission after a rogue employee takes a group of scientists ...
The Postcard Killer
N/A
as Valerie Kanon
In the chilling sequel to The Postcard Killings, NYPD detective Jacob Kanon faces new terror. Haunted by his daughter's murder, Jacob is thrust back i...

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy's Life
N/A
as Self (archive footage)
Explores Caton-Jones' rise from his humble roots in the working class mining village of Broxburn, West Lothian to the dizzy heights of Hollywood, wher...