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{{short description|Dutch actress and model}}
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tod Williams (filmmaker)|Kip Williams]]|1995|2000|end=divorced}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tod Williams (filmmaker)|Kip Williams]]|1995|2000|end=divorced}}
| relatives = [[Antoinette Beumer]] (sister)<br /> [[Marjolein Beumer]] (sister)
| relatives = [[Antoinette Beumer]] (sister)<br /> [[Marjolein Beumer]] (sister)
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'''Famke Beumer Janssen'''<ref name=yahoobio/> ({{IPA-nl|ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)}}; born 5 November 1964<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-5-Kris-Jenner-Famke-Janssen/1681667601547/|title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 5: Kris Jenner, Famke Janssen|website=UPI|date=November 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/11/05/horoscope-november-05-2016/|title=Horoscope: November 05, 2016|newspaper=East Bay Times|first=Jeraldine|last=Saunders|date=November 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name=nytimesblacklist/>) is a Dutch actress. She played [[Xenia Onatopp]] in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995), [[Jean Grey (film series character)|Jean Grey / Phoenix]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]] (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the [[Taken (franchise)|''Taken'' film trilogy]] (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a [[Goodwill Ambassador]] for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with ''[[Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film)|Bringing Up Bobby]]'' in 2011. She is also known for her roles in the [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'' (2013–2015), [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]'s ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (2003–2010), and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'' (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 [[NBC]] [[crime thriller]] ''[[The Blacklist: Redemption]]''.
'''Famke Beumer Janssen'''<ref name=yahoobio/> ({{IPA|nl|ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)}}; born 5 November 1964<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-5-Kris-Jenner-Famke-Janssen/1681667601547/|title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 5: Kris Jenner, Famke Janssen|website=UPI|date=November 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/11/05/horoscope-november-05-2016/|title=Horoscope: November 05, 2016|newspaper=East Bay Times|first=Jeraldine|last=Saunders|date=November 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name=nytimesblacklist/>) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played [[Xenia Onatopp]] in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995), [[Jean Grey (film series character)|Jean Grey / Phoenix]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film series]] (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the [[Taken (franchise)|''Taken'' film trilogy]] (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a [[Goodwill Ambassador]] for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with ''[[Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film)|Bringing Up Bobby]]'' in 2011. She is also known for her roles in the [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'' (2013–2015), [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]'s ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (2003–2010), and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[How to Get Away with Murder]]'' (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 [[NBC]] [[crime thriller]] ''[[The Blacklist: Redemption]]''.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life==
Famke Beumer Janssen<ref name=yahoobio>{{cite web |url= https://movies.yahoo.com/person/famke-janssen/biography.html |title=Famke Janssen- Biography |publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120805213716/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/famke-janssen/biography.html |archive-date= 5 August 2012}}</ref> was born 1964<ref name="college tour">{{cite AV media | url = http://www.npo.nl/college-tour/26-09-2014/VPWON_1229976 | title = College Tour: Famke Janssen kijk je op | date = 26 September 2014 | time = 30:36 | website = npo.nl | access-date = 26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=nytimesblacklist>{{cite web | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/arts/television/famke-janssen-plays-another-lethal-woman-in-a-blacklist-spinoff.html | title =Famke Janssen Plays Another Lethal Woman in a 'Blacklist' Spinoff|last =Shattuck|first =Kathryn|date = 17 February 2017 |work =The New York Times|access-date =25 February 2017 |quote = So how old are you? ... I'm 52.}}</ref> in [[Amstelveen]], the Netherlands.<ref name= "NYTimesArticle1">{{cite news | first = Justine | last = Elias | title = Famke Janssen; Transformations As a Way of Life, Not Just on Screen | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 15 November 1998 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/movies/holiday-films-up-coming-famke-janssen-transformations-way-life-not-just-screen.html | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref><ref name= "newnetherlandinstitute1">{{cite web |url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/famke-janssen/ |title=Famke Janssen [1965] Stage and Screen Performer |publisher=New Netherland Institute |access-date=2 May 2016 |quote=Also note that Famke retained her family name Janssen but her sisters changed their family name to Beumer.}}</ref> She has two sisters, director [[Antoinette Beumer]] and actress [[Marjolein Beumer]], both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced.<ref name= "NYTimesArticle2">{{cite news | first = Jamie | last = Malanowski | title = A Scene Stealer's Big Score | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = 20 August 2000 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/20/movies/film-a-scene-stealer-s-big-score.html?pagewanted=all | access-date = 16 October 2009}}</ref>
Famke Beumer Janssen<ref name=yahoobio>{{cite web |url= https://movies.yahoo.com/person/famke-janssen/biography.html |title=Famke Janssen- Biography |publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=23 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120805213716/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/famke-janssen/biography.html |archive-date= 5 August 2012}}</ref> was born 1964<ref name="college tour">{{cite AV media | url = http://www.npo.nl/college-tour/26-09-2014/VPWON_1229976 | title = College Tour: Famke Janssen kijk je op | date = 26 September 2014 | time = 30:36 | website = npo.nl | access-date = 26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=nytimesblacklist>{{cite web | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/arts/television/famke-janssen-plays-another-lethal-woman-in-a-blacklist-spinoff.html | title =Famke Janssen Plays Another Lethal Woman in a 'Blacklist' Spinoff|last =Shattuck|first =Kathryn|date = 17 February 2017 |work =The New York Times|access-date =25 February 2017 |quote = So how old are you? ... I'm 52.}}</ref> in [[Amstelveen]], the Netherlands.<ref name= "NYTimesArticle1">{{cite news | first = Justine | last = Elias | title = Famke Janssen; Transformations As a Way of Life, Not Just on Screen | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 15 November 1998 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/15/movies/holiday-films-up-coming-famke-janssen-transformations-way-life-not-just-screen.html | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref><ref name= "newnetherlandinstitute1">{{cite web |url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/famke-janssen/ |title=Famke Janssen [1965] Stage and Screen Performer |publisher=New Netherland Institute |access-date=2 May 2016 |quote=Also note that Famke retained her family name Janssen but her sisters changed their family name to Beumer.}}</ref> She has two sisters, director [[Antoinette Beumer]] and actress [[Marjolein Beumer]], both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced.<ref name= "NYTimesArticle2">{{cite news | first = Jamie | last = Malanowski | title = A Scene Stealer's Big Score | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = 20 August 2000 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/20/movies/film-a-scene-stealer-s-big-score.html?pagewanted=all | access-date = 16 October 2009}}</ref>


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== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Modelling and early 1990s ===
=== 1980s - 1990s ===
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 (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Chanel]], and [[Victoria's Secret]]. She starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by [[Coty]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Famke Janssen Exclamation perfume commercial | via = YouTube | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZVWblJ2utI | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like [[Hedy Lamarr]].<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/>
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 (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Chanel]], and [[Victoria's Secret]]. She starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by [[Coty]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Famke Janssen Exclamation perfume commercial | date = 24 March 2009 | via = YouTube | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZVWblJ2utI | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like [[Hedy Lamarr]].<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/>


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.<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/> That same year, Janssen was offered the role of [[Jadzia Dax]] in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', but turned it down to pursue film roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Famke Janssen|url=http://www.buddytv.com/info/famke-janssen-info.aspx|work=[[BuddyTV]]|access-date=23 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107174227/http://www.buddytv.com/info/famke-janssen-info.aspx|archive-date=7 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Reliable source?|date=October 2023}}{{Failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=The source does not mention the role of Jadzia Dax.}} Her first film role was alongside [[Jeff Goldblum]] in the 1992 crime drama film ''[[Fathers & Sons (1992 film)|Fathers & Sons]]''.
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.<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/> That same year, Janssen was offered the role of [[Jadzia Dax]] in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'',<ref>{{cite web | title = X-Men's Famke Janssen Changed Star Trek: DS9's Trills, Says Dax Actress | url = https://screenrant.com/star-trek-ds9-famke-janssen-tng-trill-change | work = [[Screen Rant]] | date = 7 December 2023 | access-date = 16 March 2024}}</ref> but turned it down to pursue film roles. Her first film role was alongside [[Jeff Goldblum]] in the 1992 crime drama film ''[[Fathers & Sons (1992 film)|Fathers & Sons]]''.


=== 1990s ===
[[File:FamkeeJanssenOct08.jpg|thumb|upright|Janssen in 2008]]
[[File:FamkeeJanssenOct08.jpg|thumb|upright|Janssen in 2008]]
In 1995, Janssen appeared in [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s debut [[James Bond]] film, ''GoldenEye'', as ''[[femme fatale]]'' Xenia Onatopp. She appeared in ''[[Lord of Illusions]]'' with [[Scott Bakula]]. In an attempt to fight against [[typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] after her [[Bond girl]] performance, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in [[John Irvin]]'s ''[[City of Industry (film)|City of Industry]]'', [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]'', [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[The Gingerbread Man (film)|The Gingerbread Man]]'', and [[Ted Demme]]'s ''[[Monument Ave.]]''<ref name="tavissmiley">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080506_janssen.html |access-date=16 October 2011 |title=Famke Janssen on ''Tavis Smiley'' |work=[[PBS]] |date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523213246/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080506_janssen.html |archive-date=23 May 2010 }}</ref> [[Denis Leary]], her co-star in ''Monument Ave.'', was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character.<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/> In the late 1990s, she appeared in ''[[The Faculty]]'', ''[[Rounders (film)|Rounders]]'', ''[[Deep Rising]]'', and ''[[House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)|House on Haunted Hill]]''.
In 1995, Janssen appeared in [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s debut [[James Bond]] film, ''GoldenEye'', as ''[[femme fatale]]'' Xenia Onatopp. She appeared in ''[[Lord of Illusions]]'' with [[Scott Bakula]]. In an attempt to fight against [[typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] after her [[Bond girl]] performance, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in [[John Irvin]]'s ''[[City of Industry (film)|City of Industry]]'', [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Celebrity (1998 film)|Celebrity]]'', [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[The Gingerbread Man (film)|The Gingerbread Man]]'', and [[Ted Demme]]'s ''[[Monument Ave. (film)|Monument Ave.]]''<ref name="tavissmiley">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080506_janssen.html |access-date=16 October 2011 |title=Famke Janssen on ''Tavis Smiley'' |work=[[PBS]] |date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523213246/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080506_janssen.html |archive-date=23 May 2010 }}</ref> [[Denis Leary]], her co-star in ''Monument Ave.'', was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character.<ref name="NYTimesArticle1"/> In the late 1990s, she appeared in ''[[The Faculty]]'', ''[[Rounders (film)|Rounders]]'', ''[[Deep Rising]]'', and ''[[House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)|House on Haunted Hill]]''.


=== ''X-Men'' films ===
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=== 2002–present ===
=== 2002–present ===
In 2002, Janssen landed the role of villainess Serleena in ''[[Men in Black II]]'', but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by [[Lara Flynn Boyle]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/inside-move-janssen-out-of-mib-2-1117803054/ |title=Inside Move: Janssen out of 'MIB:2' |access-date=27 November 2017 |last=Brodesser |first= Claude|date=18 July 2001 |work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the TV series ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', as the seductive and manipulative [[life coach]] Ava Moore, which earned her Hollywood Life's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/famke-janssen-at-the-hollywood-life-magazines-news-footage/75783322|title=Famke Janssen at the Hollywood Life Magazine's Breakthrough of the...|publisher=Getty Images}}</ref> She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series.
In 2002, Janssen landed the role of villainess Serleena in ''[[Men in Black II]]'', but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by [[Lara Flynn Boyle]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/inside-move-janssen-out-of-mib-2-1117803054/ |title=Inside Move: Janssen out of 'MIB:2' |access-date=27 November 2017 |last=Brodesser |first= Claude|date=18 July 2001 |work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the TV series ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', as the seductive and manipulative [[life coach]] Ava Moore, which earned her Hollywood Life's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/famke-janssen-at-the-hollywood-life-magazines-news-footage/75783322|title=Famke Janssen at the Hollywood Life Magazine's Breakthrough of the...|date=27 July 2007 |publisher=Getty Images}}</ref> She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series.


In 2007, she starred in ''[[Turn the River]]'', for which she was awarded the Special Recognition Best Actress Award at the [[Hamptons International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Awards | website = HamptonsFilmFest.org | date = 4 January 2008 | url = http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2008/01/2007-hamptons-international-film-festival-awards/ | access-date = 16 October 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930060723/http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2008/01/2007-hamptons-international-film-festival-awards/ | archive-date = 30 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The following year, she starred in [[Luc Besson]]'s ''Taken''. Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for [[NBC]]'s police drama ''Winters'' and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s ''The Farm'', a spinoff of ''[[The L Word]]'' set in a women's prison. Both pilots were rejected by their networks. Janssen provided the [[Dutch language]] narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] theme parks.<ref name="tavissmiley"/>
In 2007, she starred in ''[[Turn the River]]'', for which she was awarded the Special Recognition Best Actress Award at the [[Hamptons International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | title = 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Awards | website = HamptonsFilmFest.org | date = 4 January 2008 | url = http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2008/01/2007-hamptons-international-film-festival-awards/ | access-date = 16 October 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930060723/http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2008/01/2007-hamptons-international-film-festival-awards/ | archive-date = 30 September 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The following year, she starred in [[Luc Besson]]'s ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]''. Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for [[NBC]]'s police drama ''Winters'' and [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s ''The Farm'', a spinoff of ''[[The L Word]]'' set in a women's prison. Both pilots were rejected by their networks. Janssen provided the [[Dutch language]] narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] theme parks.<ref name="tavissmiley"/>


In 2011, Janssen made her directorial debut with the drama ''[[Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film)|Bringing Up Bobby]]''. She wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Bill Pullman]], and [[Marcia Cross]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Joan | last = Gilmore | title = Around Town: Bobby crew at JRB gallery | newspaper = The Journal Record | date = 5 August 2010 | url = http://journalrecord.com/2010/08/05/around-town-bobby-opinion/ | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> She reprised her role as Lenore Mills in ''[[Taken 2]]'' (2012) and ''[[Taken 3]]'' (2014). She starred as the main villain Muriel in ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'' (2013).
In 2011, Janssen made her directorial debut with the drama ''[[Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film)|Bringing Up Bobby]]''. She wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Bill Pullman]], and [[Marcia Cross]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Joan | last = Gilmore | title = Around Town: Bobby crew at JRB gallery | newspaper = The Journal Record | date = 5 August 2010 | url = http://journalrecord.com/2010/08/05/around-town-bobby-opinion/ | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> She reprised her role as Lenore Mills in ''[[Taken 2]]'' (2012) and ''[[Taken 3]]'' (2014). She starred as the main villain Muriel in ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'' (2013).
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Janssen starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'', wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Gina McIntyre|title='Hemlock Grove' first look: Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard in Season 2|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/hemlock-grove-first-look-famke-janssen-bill-skarsgard-in-season-2/|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=27 May 2014|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> Janssen had a recurring role in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] crime thriller television series ''[[How To Get Away With Murder]]'', appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale.
Janssen starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'', wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Gina McIntyre|title='Hemlock Grove' first look: Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgard in Season 2|url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/hemlock-grove-first-look-famke-janssen-bill-skarsgard-in-season-2/|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=27 May 2014|access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> Janssen had a recurring role in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] crime thriller television series ''[[How To Get Away With Murder]]'', appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale.


Janssen was cast in a starring role in the NBC crime thriller, ''[[The Blacklist: Redemption]]'', a spin-off of the NBC series ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'', in March 2016;<ref name="Spinoff">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-blacklist-spinoff-famke-janssen-star-nbc-1201728137/|title=''The Blacklist'' Spinoff Starring Famke Janssen In the Works At NBC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=29 March 2016|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> it was picked up to series in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nellie|last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/the-blacklist-redemption-spinoff-series-cruel-intentions-nbc-title-1201755724/ |title=The Blacklist Spinoff Picked Up To Series, NBC, Cruel Intentions Alive |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=14 May 2016 |access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref> In 2019, she served as a juror for the [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-rodgers-angela-bassett-sheila-nevins-tribeca-2019-jurors-1202332| title=Tribeca: Aaron Rodgers, Angela Bassett, Sheila Nevins Among Jurors| last=Lewis| first=Hilary| work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=16 April 2019| access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> Also in 2019, Janssen joined [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] in ''[[The Postcard Killings]]'', which was released in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title= Famke Janssen Joins Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 'The Postcard Killings,' First Look Image (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/famke-janssen-jeffrey-dean-morgan-postcard-killings-1203216870/|date=15 May 2019|access-date=20 February 2021|website=Variety}}</ref> In 2021, Janssen starred in the Christian romantic drama film ''[[Redeeming Love (2022 film)|Redeeming Love]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dj-caruso-adapts-romance-novel-redeeming-love-from-pure-flix-entertainment/|title=DJ Caruso Adapts Romance Novel 'Redeeming Love' With Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis|publisher=[[The Wrap]]|author=Bryan Welk|date=29 April 2020|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> and the action-thriller ''[[Dangerous (2021 film)|Dangerous]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ritman|first=Alex|title=Scott Eastwood, Tyrese Gibson to Lead Action-Thriller 'Dangerous'|date=12 November 2020|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-eastwood-to-lead-action-thriller-dangerous-mel-gibson-gets-supporting-role|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>
Janssen was cast in a starring role in the NBC crime thriller, ''[[The Blacklist: Redemption]]'', a spin-off of the NBC series ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'', in March 2016;<ref name="Spinoff">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-blacklist-spinoff-famke-janssen-star-nbc-1201728137/|title=''The Blacklist'' Spinoff Starring Famke Janssen In the Works At NBC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=29 March 2016|access-date=29 March 2016}}</ref> it was picked up to series in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web |first=Nellie|last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/the-blacklist-redemption-spinoff-series-cruel-intentions-nbc-title-1201755724/ |title=The Blacklist Spinoff Picked Up To Series, NBC, Cruel Intentions Alive |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=14 May 2016 |access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref> The following month, Janssen expressed frustration in not being cast in ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]'', saying Hollywood was sexist toward older women. She said, "Women, it's interesting because they're replaced, and the older versions are never to be seen again... whereas the men are allowed to be both ages."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Ross, Dalton|title=X-Men: Famke Janssen pushes for return of 'older' Jean Grey|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/04/22/x-men-famke-janssen-jean-grey/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=April 22, 2016 |access-date=April 21, 2024|archive-date=April 22, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240422001541/https://ew.com/article/2016/04/22/x-men-famke-janssen-jean-grey/}}</ref>
In 2019, she served as a juror for the [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-rodgers-angela-bassett-sheila-nevins-tribeca-2019-jurors-1202332| title=Tribeca: Aaron Rodgers, Angela Bassett, Sheila Nevins Among Jurors| last=Lewis| first=Hilary| work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=16 April 2019| access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> Also in 2019, Janssen joined [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] in ''[[The Postcard Killings]]'', which was released in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|title= Famke Janssen Joins Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 'The Postcard Killings,' First Look Image (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/global/famke-janssen-jeffrey-dean-morgan-postcard-killings-1203216870/|date=15 May 2019|access-date=20 February 2021|website=Variety}}</ref> In 2021, Janssen starred in the Christian romantic drama film ''[[Redeeming Love (2022 film)|Redeeming Love]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dj-caruso-adapts-romance-novel-redeeming-love-from-pure-flix-entertainment/|title=DJ Caruso Adapts Romance Novel 'Redeeming Love' With Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis|publisher=[[The Wrap]]|author=Bryan Welk|date=29 April 2020|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref> and the action-thriller ''[[Dangerous (2021 film)|Dangerous]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ritman|first=Alex|title=Scott Eastwood, Tyrese Gibson to Lead Action-Thriller 'Dangerous'|date=12 November 2020|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scott-eastwood-to-lead-action-thriller-dangerous-mel-gibson-gets-supporting-role|access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>


In a March 2021 interview, she revealed to [[Forbes]] some details about her involvement with the [[Knights of the Zodiac (film)|live action adaptation]] of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', a popular anime and manga. Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She also hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name.<ref name="Saint Seiya">{{Cite web|last=Dawson|first=Angela|title='For Queen And Country' Drives Famke Janssen's Character In 'The Vault'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adawson/2021/03/23/for-queen-and-country-drives-famke-janssens-character-in-the-vault/|access-date=31 March 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>
In a March 2021 interview, she revealed to [[Forbes]] some details about her involvement with the [[Knights of the Zodiac (film)|live action adaptation]] of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', a popular anime and manga. Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She also hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name.<ref name="Saint Seiya">{{Cite web|last=Dawson|first=Angela|title='For Queen And Country' Drives Famke Janssen's Character In 'The Vault'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adawson/2021/03/23/for-queen-and-country-drives-famke-janssens-character-in-the-vault/|access-date=31 March 2021|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>


==Activism==
== Personal life and activism ==
In 1995, Janssen married writer and director [[Tod Williams (filmmaker)|Kip Williams]], son of architect [[Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects|Tod Williams]]. They divorced in 2000.<ref name= "newnetherlandinstitute1"/> She has stated that she does not want to have children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Famke Janssen says 'no' to kids|url=https://okmagazine.com/news/famke-janssen-says-no-kids/|date=8 July 2008|access-date=5 November 2020|website=[[OK!|OK Magazine]]}}</ref>

Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a [[brindle]] [[Boston Terrier]], in a 2007 [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals."<ref>{{cite web | title = Famke Janssen Is an Angel for Animals | publisher = [[PETA]] | url = http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-famke.asp | access-date = 16 October 2011 | archive-date = 26 November 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091126022726/http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-famke.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> On 28 January 2008, she was appointed a [[Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity]] for the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] at a United Nations anticorruption conference held in [[Nusa Dua]], [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite web | title = UN Anti-Corruption Conference Opens in Bali | publisher = United Nations Information Service Vienna | date = 28 January 2008 | url = http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2008/unisnar1021.html | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref>
Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a [[brindle]] [[Boston Terrier]], in a 2007 [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals."<ref>{{cite web | title = Famke Janssen Is an Angel for Animals | publisher = [[PETA]] | url = http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-famke.asp | access-date = 16 October 2011 | archive-date = 26 November 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091126022726/http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-famke.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> On 28 January 2008, she was appointed a [[Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity]] for the [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] at a United Nations anticorruption conference held in [[Nusa Dua]], [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite web | title = UN Anti-Corruption Conference Opens in Bali | publisher = United Nations Information Service Vienna | date = 28 January 2008 | url = http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2008/unisnar1021.html | access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref>


== Personal life==
In 2016, Janssen showed frustration in not being cast in the new ''X-Men'' movie ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]'', saying Hollywood was sexist toward older women.<ref name="Janssen's frustration">{{cite journal |last=Child |first=Ben |title=Famke Janssen blames Hollywood sexism for X-Men replacement by younger actor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/25/famke-janssen-x-men-replacement |journal=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 April 2016 |access-date= 25 April 2016}}</ref> She said, "Women, it's interesting because they're replaced, and the older versions are never to be seen again... whereas the men are allowed to be both ages."<ref name="Janssen's frustration"/>
In 1995, Janssen married writer and director [[Tod Williams (filmmaker)|Kip Williams]], son of architect [[Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects|Tod Williams]]. They divorced in 2000.<ref name= "newnetherlandinstitute1"/> She has stated that she does not want to have children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Famke Janssen says 'no' to kids|url=https://okmagazine.com/news/famke-janssen-says-no-kids/|date=8 July 2008|access-date=5 November 2020|website=[[OK!|OK Magazine]]}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
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| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/famke-janssen-asher-movie-michael-caton-jones-1202078603/|title=Famke Janssen Joining Cast Of Michael Caton-Jones' Movie 'Asher'|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=27 April 2017|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/famke-janssen-asher-movie-michael-caton-jones-1202078603/|title=Famke Janssen Joining Cast Of Michael Caton-Jones' Movie 'Asher'|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Busch|first=Anita|date=27 April 2017|access-date=25 August 2017|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711173059/https://deadline.com/2017/04/famke-janssen-asher-movie-michael-caton-jones-1202078603/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Famke Janssen
Janssen at the 2023 WonderCon
Born
Famke Beumer Janssen

(1964-11-05) 5 November 1964 (age 59)[1]
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Alma materColumbia University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • former model
Years active
  • 1984–1992 (model)
  • 1992–present (actress)
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[2]
Spouse
(m. 1995; div. 2000)
RelativesAntoinette Beumer (sister)
Marjolein Beumer (sister)

Famke Beumer Janssen[3] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964[4][5][6]) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). 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 roles in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (2013–2015), FX's Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), and ABC's How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption.

Early life

Famke Beumer Janssen[3] was born 1964[7][6] in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.[8][9] She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer, both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced.[10]

In addition to her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She learned German, but has not kept up with it.[11] 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."[10] In the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University's School of General Studies to study creative writing and literature.[12][13]

Career

1980s - 1990s

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, Giorgio Armani, Chanel, and Victoria's Secret. She starred in a 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by Coty.[14] Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like Hedy Lamarr.[8]

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.[8] That same year, Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,[15] but turned it down to pursue film roles. Her first film role was alongside Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 crime drama film Fathers & Sons.

Janssen in 2008

In 1995, Janssen appeared in Pierce Brosnan's debut James Bond film, GoldenEye, as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. She appeared in Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula. In an attempt to fight against typecasting after her Bond girl performance, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in John Irvin's City of Industry, Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man, and Ted Demme's Monument Ave.[16] Denis Leary, her co-star in Monument Ave., was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character.[8] In the late 1990s, she appeared in The Faculty, Rounders, Deep Rising, and House on Haunted Hill.

X-Men films

In 2000, Janssen played superhero Dr. Jean Grey in the 20th Century Fox film X-Men. She later reprised the role in the 2003 sequel, X2, where her character shows signs of increasing powers, but at the end of the film, she is presumably killed. Janssen returns as Jean, whose death in X2 awoke her dark alternate personality, Phoenix, in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). For that role, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.[17] She returned as Jean in the 2013 film The Wolverine as a hallucination of Wolverine,[18] followed by a brief cameo for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).[19][20]

2002–present

In 2002, Janssen landed the role of villainess Serleena in Men in Black II, but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by Lara Flynn Boyle.[21] Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the TV series Nip/Tuck, as the seductive and manipulative life coach Ava Moore, which earned her Hollywood Life's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award.[22] She reprised her role in the final two episodes of the series.

In 2007, she starred in Turn the River, for which she was awarded the Special Recognition Best Actress Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival.[23] The following year, she starred in Luc Besson's Taken. Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC's police drama Winters and Showtime's The Farm, a spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison. Both pilots were rejected by their networks. Janssen provided the Dutch language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney theme parks.[16]

In 2011, Janssen made her directorial debut with the drama Bringing Up Bobby. She wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, and Marcia Cross.[24] She reprised her role as Lenore Mills in Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2014). She starred as the main villain Muriel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013).

Janssen in 2016

Janssen starred in the Netflix original horror thriller television series Hemlock Grove, wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey.[25] Janssen had a recurring role in the ABC crime thriller television series How To Get Away With Murder, appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale.

Janssen was cast in a starring role in the NBC crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption, a spin-off of the NBC series The Blacklist, in March 2016;[26] it was picked up to series in May 2016.[27] The following month, Janssen expressed frustration in not being cast in X-Men: Apocalypse, saying Hollywood was sexist toward older women. She said, "Women, it's interesting because they're replaced, and the older versions are never to be seen again... whereas the men are allowed to be both ages."[28]

In 2019, she served as a juror for the Tribeca Film Festival.[29] Also in 2019, Janssen joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Postcard Killings, which was released in 2020.[30] In 2021, Janssen starred in the Christian romantic drama film Redeeming Love[31] and the action-thriller Dangerous.[32]

In a March 2021 interview, she revealed to Forbes some details about her involvement with the live action adaptation of Saint Seiya, a popular anime and manga. Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She also hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name.[33]

Activism

Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a brindle Boston Terrier, in a 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals."[34] On 28 January 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at a United Nations anticorruption conference held in Nusa Dua, Bali.[35]

Personal life

In 1995, Janssen married writer and director Kip Williams, son of architect Tod Williams. They divorced in 2000.[9] She has stated that she does not want to have children.[36]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1992 Fathers & Sons Kyle Christian
1994 Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee Direct-to-video film
1994 Model by Day Lex / Lady X Television film
1995 Lord of Illusions Dorothea Swann
1995 GoldenEye Xenia Onatopp
1996 Dead Girl Treasure
1997 City of Industry Rachel Montana
1998 Monument Ave. Katy O'Connor
1998 The Gingerbread Man Leeanne Magruder
1998 Deep Rising Trillian St. James
1998 RPM Claudia Haggs
1998 Rounders Petra
1998 Celebrity Bonnie
1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Fiona
1998 The Faculty Miss Elizabeth Burke
1999 House on Haunted Hill Evelyn Stockard-Price
2000 Love & Sex Kate Welles
2000 Circus Lily Garfield
2000 X-Men Jean Grey / Phoenix
2001 Made Jessica
2001 Don't Say a Word Agatha "Aggie" Conrad
2002 I Spy Rachel Wright
2003 X2 Jean Grey / Phoenix
2004 Eulogy Judy Arnolds
2005 Hide and Seek Dr. Katherine Carson
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Jean Grey / Phoenix
2006 The Treatment Allegra Marshall
2007 The Ten Gretchen Reigert
2007 Turn the River Kailey Sullivan
2007 Winters Christie Winters Television film
2008 The Wackness Kristen Squires
2008 Taken Lenore "Lenny" Mills
2008 100 Feet Marnie Watson Direct-to-video film
2009 The Farm Valentina Galindo Television film
2010 The Chameleon Jennifer Johnson Direct-to-video film
2011 Down the Shore Mary Reed
2012 Taken 2 Lenore "Lenny" Mills
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Muriel
2013 The Wolverine Jean Grey
2013 The Being Experience N/A Originally titled In the Woods
2014 A Fighting Man Diane Schuler Direct-to-video film
2014 Unity Narrator (voice) Documentary
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Jean Grey Cameo
2014 Taken 3 Lenore "Lenny" Mills
2015 Jack of the Red Hearts Kay
2017 The Show Ilana Katz
2017 All I Wish Vanessa [37]
2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice Katey Ford
2018 Status Update Katherine Alden [38]
2018 Bayou Caviar Nic Originally titled Louisiana Caviar [39]
2018 Asher Sophie [40]
2019 The Poison Rose Jayne Hunt [41]
2019 Primal Dr. Ellen Taylor
2020 The Postcard Killings Valerie Kanon [42][43]
2020 Endless Lee Douglas [44][45]
2021 The Vault Margaret Originally titled Way Down [46]
2021 Dangerous Agent Shaughnessy [47]
2022 Redeeming Love Duchess [48]
2023 Door Mouse Mama [49]
2023 Knights of the Zodiac Vander Guraad [50]
2023 Boy Kills World Hilda Van Der Koy [51]
2023 Locked In Katherine [52]
TBA The Experiment [53]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation Kamala Episode: "The Perfect Mate"
1994 Melrose Place Diane Adamson Episode: "Michael's Game"
1994 The Untouchables Cleo Episode: "Voyeur"
2000–2001 Ally McBeal Jamie Episodes: "The Man with the Bag", "The Ex-Files"
2004–2010 Nip/Tuck Ava Moore Recurring role, 11 episodes
2008 Puppy Love Maya Web series
2013–2015 Hemlock Grove Olivia Godfrey Main role
2015–2020 How to Get Away with Murder Eve Rothlow Recurring role, 10 episodes
2015 SuperMansion Frau Mantis Voice role; 2 episodes
2016 Robot Chicken Jean Grey Voice role; episode: "Joel Hurwitz"
2016–2018 The Blacklist Susan Hargrave Recurring role, 5 episodes
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Main role
2019 When They See Us Nancy Ryan Miniseries; 2 episodes[54]
2019 The Capture Jessica Mallory Episode: "Correction"[55]
2022 Long Slow Exhale Melinda Barrington Recurring role[56]

As director

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated
work
Result Ref(s)
1996 MTV Movie Awards MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
(shared with Pierce Brosnan)
GoldenEye Nominated [57]
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror House on Haunted Hill Nominated [58]
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress House on Haunted Hill Nominated [59]
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Science Fiction X-Men Nominated [60]
2006 Hamptons International Film Festival Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement The Treatment Won [61]
High Falls Film Festival Susan B. Anthony "Failure is Impossible" Award The Treatment Won [62]
Scream Awards Sexiest Superhero X-Men: The Last Stand Nominated [58]
Best Superhero X-Men: The Last Stand Nominated [58]
Best Flesh Scene
(Shared with Hugh Jackman)
X-Men: The Last Stand Won [63]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Liplock
(shared with Hugh Jackman)
X-Men: The Last Stand Nominated [64]
2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Special Recognition Turn the River Won [58]
Special Prize Turn the River Won [58]
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress X-Men: The Last Stand Won [65]
2016 Gold Derby Awards Best Drama Guest Actress How to Get Away with Murder Nominated [58]

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