59 years old (Born on November 05, 1965)
Fashion model, activist, actress; She is famous from Xenia Onatopp on 007- Goldeneye and Jean Grey on X-Men Trilogy..
Her sister was visiting South-East Asia during the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004, and had to flee the water to save her life. Is a fan of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. Has a Boston Terrier named Licorice. Sisters Antoinette Beumer and Marjolein Beumer are a director and actress respectively. Speaks Dutch, German, English, and French.Famke Janssen's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Famke Janssen
Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980).
Did all her own pool shots in Turn the River (2007).
She is against typecasting.
Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine`s "102 Sexiest Women In The World." [2002]
While appearing on "Late Night with Conan O`Brien" (1993) to promote her role of the sex-crazed assassin in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), Famke gave Conan a first hand experience of her character`s signature moves by performing them on him using the top of his desk. When she asked him if he would like the demonstration, Conan responded with "This is what we in the industry call a `no-brainer`."
Ex-Sister-in-law of Director Joram Lürsen.
Her two sisters are blonde and blue-eyed, while she is the only brunette.
Offered the lead female role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), but turned it down.
Is a vegetarian.
Ex-Sister-in-law of Director Joram Lu00fcrsen.
Was cast as Serleena in Men in Black II (2002) but had to drop out due to a death in the family. Lara Flynn Boyle was cast in her place.
Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.
Her favorite movies of her career are Love & Sex (2000) and Turn the River (2007).
Originally, Famke Janssen cast for the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) series after her work on the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episode "The Perfect Mate" and was to reprise her role as Kamala. However, she wanted to leave herself open for feature film work and turned the role down. Jadzia Dax`s role was created to take the place of this character, performed by actress Terry Farrell.
Wears size 11 shoes. Because of their large size, her shoes had to be especially made for her for the film GoldenEye (1995). In Love & Sex (2000), Jon Favreau`s character jokes about how big her character`s feet were.
Turn the River (2007) was written for her by her The Treatment (2006) co-star Chris Eigeman.
Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World." [2002]
Used to eat almonds and dried cranberries every day while filming X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Lives in New York City.
Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).