Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen Biography
Date of Birth
5 November 1964, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Birth Name
Famke Beumer Janssen
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Mini Biography
Famke was born in Holland, where she began her professional career as a model. She later moved to the United States, where she has made her home since 1984. Initially settling in New York, she majored in writing and literature at Columbia University and studied acting with Harold Guskin. She then went to Los Angeles, where she continued to study acting under Roy London. Famke made her feature film debut with Jeff Goldblum in Fathers & Sons (1992).
Mini Biography
Famke Janssen was born November 5, 1964, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and has two other siblings. Moving to America in the 1980s, she modeled for Chanel in New York. Later, taking a break from modeling, she attended Columbia University, majoring in literature.
This model-turned-actress broke into Hollywood in the early 1990s. Her first film was Fathers & Sons (1992); later, she became James Bond's enemy in GoldenEye (1995) opposite Pierce Brosnan. Famke received strong critical acclaim for her performance as the femme fatale villainess, becoming the most famous Bond girl of the 1990s. Her career has bloomed since then with her starring in such films as House on Haunted Hill (1999), a reoccurring role on FX's "Nip/Tuck" (2003) and the blockbuster trilogy X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and Taken (2008/I).
IMDb Mini Biography By: Brittany Johnson
Spouse
Tod Williams (1995 - 2000) (divorced)
Trivia
Her two sisters are blonde and blue-eyed, while she is the only brunette.
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.
Speaks Dutch, German, English, and French.
Offered the lead female role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), but turned it down.
Sisters Antoinette Beumer and Marjolein Beumer are a director and actress respectively.
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.
Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.
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'."
Has a Boston Terrier named Licorice.
Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World." [2002]
Her sister was visiting South-East Asia during the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004, and had to flee the water to save her life.
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.
Ex-Sister-in-law of Director Joram Lürsen.
Did all her own pool shots in Turn the River (2007).
Used to eat almonds and dried cranberries every day while filming X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Her favorite movies of her career are Love & Sex (2000) and Turn the River (2007).
Turn the River (2007) was written for her by her The Treatment (2006) co-star Chris Eigeman.
Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980).
Is a fan of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Is a Vegetarian.
Lives in New York City.
Was briefly involved in a relationship with Ryan Gosling.
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen
Hollywood Hot Actress Famke Janssen