Famke Janssen Biography

Famke Janssen is a Dutch actress director screenwriter and former fashion model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck and Lenore Mills in Taken and its sequel Taken 2. 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.
In 1984 Janssen moved to the United States to begin her professional career as a fashion model. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent Chanel and Victoria's Secret. She starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by Coty Inc. Her looks have been compared to Hedy Lamarr and other 1940s films stars.
After retiring from modelling in the early 1990s Janssen had guest roles on several television series including a starring role in the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Perfect Mate as empathic metamorph Kamala opposite Patrick Stewart with whom she later starred in the X-Men film series. Her first film role was alongside Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 crime drama film Fathers & Sons.

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