Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch: [ˈfÉ'mkÉ™ ˈjÉ'nsÉ™(n)]; born c. 1964)
is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model.
She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in
the X-Men film series (2000â€"2014), Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck, and Lenore
Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008â€"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 role in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove
and for her role in ABC's How to Get Away with Murder. Janssen starred
in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption.Famke Beumer
Janssen was born c. 1964 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. She has two
sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer, both
of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents
divorced.In addition to her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and
French. She learned German, but has not kept up with it. Following her
high school graduation, Janssen studied economics for a year at the
University of Amsterdam, which she later called "the stupidest idea I
ever had." In the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University's
School of General Studies to study creative writing and literature.
is a Dutch actress, director, screenwriter, and former fashion model.
She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in
the X-Men film series (2000â€"2014), Ava Moore on Nip/Tuck, and Lenore
Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008â€"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 role in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove
and for her role in ABC's How to Get Away with Murder. Janssen starred
in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption.Famke Beumer
Janssen was born c. 1964 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. She has two
sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer, both
of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents
divorced.In addition to her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and
French. She learned German, but has not kept up with it. Following her
high school graduation, Janssen studied economics for a year at the
University of Amsterdam, which she later called "the stupidest idea I
ever had." In the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University's
School of General Studies to study creative writing and literature.
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