Famke Janssen (born November 5, 1965) is a Dutch actress.

Janssen was born in Amsterdam. When she moved to the U.S. in 1984 she began her professional career as a model and worked for Yves Saint Laurent. After studying stagecraft at Columbia University she moved to Los Angeles where she appeared in guest roles on TV series (such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Melrose Place). Soon after, she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film GoldenEye making an impression on the cinema world as Xenia Onatopp. She is best known for her roles in Lord of Illusions, Rounders, X-Men, Deep Rising and X2.

Selected filmography

• Fathers & Sons (1992) - Kyle Christian
• (1994) - Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
• Lord of Illusions (1995) - Dorothea Swann
• GoldenEye (1995) - Xenia Onatopp
• Dead Girl (1996) - Treasure
• City of Industry (1997) - Rachel Montana
• Monument Ave. (1998) - Katy (known internationally as Snitch)
• Gingerbread Man, The (1998) - Leeanne
• Deep Rising (1998) - Trillian St. James
• RPM (1998) - Claudia Haggs
• Celebrity (1998) - Bonnie
• Rounders (1998) - Petra
• Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1998) - Fiona
• Faculty, The (1998) - Miss Elizabeth Burke
• House on Haunted Hill (1999) - Evelyn Stockard-Price
• Love & Sex (2000) - Kate Welles
• Circus (2000) - Lily
• X-Men (2000) - Dr. Jean Grey
• Made (2001) - Jessica
• Don't Say a Word (2001) - Aggie Conrad
• I Spy (2002) - Special Agent Rachel Wright
• X2 (2003) - Jean Grey
• Eulogy (2004) - Judy
• Hide and Seek (2005) - Katherine Carson

External links

• Cult Sirens: Famke Janssen