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Famke Beumer Janssen (born November 5, 1965 in Amstelveen) is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her roles in GoldenEye, Nip/Tuck, and the X-Men film series.


Janssen moved to the United States in 1984 and began her professional career as a fashion model. She was signed with Elite Model Management, and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Victoria's Secret. After studying writing and literature 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).
Janssen as Xenia Onatopp (1995)
Janssen as Xenia Onatopp (1995)

Her first film role was with Jeff Goldblum in Fathers & Sons (1992). Later she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. In 1998, she starred in eight films.

Janssen played superheroine Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Janssen also starred in the movies Lord of Illusions, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, I Spy, Rounders, and Deep Rising. Janssen also had a prominent role in the second season of the popular TV show Nip/Tuck as seductive and manipulative life coach Ava Moore.

Janssen speaks Dutch, English, German, and French and is the only brunette in a family of blondes.[citation needed]

She had just unveiled a new ad for PETA along with her dog Licorice. In the ad, she is dressed like an angel, with a slogan of "Be an Angel for Animals", PETA's current campaign.

Janssen currently lives in New York City, in Greenwich Village.


2007
The Ten Gretchen Reigert
Turn the River Kailey Post-Production
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey/Phoenix
The Treatment Allegra Marshall
2005 Hide and Seek Katherine
2004 Nip/Tuck (TV) Ava Moore
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2003 X2 Jean Grey
2002 I Spy Special Agent Rachel Wright
2001 Don't Say a Word Aggie Conrad
Made Jessica
2000 X-Men Jean Grey
Circus Lily
Love & Sex Kate Welles
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price
1998 The Faculty Miss Elizabeth Burke
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Fiona
Celebrity Bonnie
Rounders Petra
RPM Claudia Haggs
Deep Rising Trillian St. James
The Gingerbread Man Leeanne Magruder
Monument Ave. Katy
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp
Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee
1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian

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