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Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen

Actor, also director, producer and writer · Born November 5, 1964 (61) · Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)]; born 5 November 1964) 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. She starred in the Netflix Dutch crime series Amsterdam Empire (2025).  Description above from the Wikipedia article Famke Janssen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 5, 1964 (61)
From
Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Works as
Actor, also director, producer and writer
Titles
69 on MovieCove · 82 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 2% in 30 days

What are Famke Janssen's films like?

Across their 57 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
29%
Bonds
26%
Self
18%
Survival
15%
Power
6%
Society
5%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice12 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 53 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 18 · Dark 22

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 15 · Intense 33

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 33 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 24 · Relentless 16

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 36 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 16 · Affecting 27 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 39 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

33 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 8 of 33 analyzed roles.

Shadow
8 of 33
Ally
7 of 33
Shapeshifter
5 of 33
Hero
4 of 33
Mentor
4 of 33
Herald
3 of 33
Threshold guardian
2 of 33
Show the 33 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Thrilling
21
Melancholic
22
Dread
13
Absurd
12
Other
39

How their films linger

Bittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 18 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Famke Janssen's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 50 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Famke Janssen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

82 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Amsterdam Empire(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · Costume Design · Executive Producer · as Betty Jonkers

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Lubach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Boy Kills World(2023)

    as Hilda Van Der Koy

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Locked In(2023)

    as Katherine Carter

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Knights of the Zodiac(2023)

    as Guraad

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Door Mouse(2022)

    as Mama

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Long Slow Exhale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Melinda Barrington

  • Redeeming Love(2022)

    as Duchess

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Dangerous(2021)

    as Agent Shaughnessy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Vault(2021)

    as Margaret

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens(2020)

    as Sally

  • Endless(2020)

    as Lee Douglas

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Postcard Killings(2020)

    as Valerie Kanon

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Primal(2019)

    as Dr. Ellen Taylor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Capture(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Jessica Mallory

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • When They See Us(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Nancy Ryan

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Poison Rose(2019)

    as Jayne Hunt

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Asher(2018)

    as Sophie

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Bayou Caviar(2018)

    as Nic

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Status Update(2018)

    as Katherine Alden

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • All I Wish(2017)

    as Vanessa

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Show(2017)

    as Ilana Katz

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time in Venice(2017)

    as Katey Ford

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist: Redemption(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Jack of the Red Hearts(2015)

    as Kay Adams

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Unity(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Taken 3(2014)

    as Lenore St. John

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • How to Get Away with Murder(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · as Eve Rothlo

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)

    as Jean Grey

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • A Fighting Man(2014)

    as Diane Schuler

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · as Susan 'Scottie' Hargrave

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Wolverine(2013)

    as Jean Grey / Phoenix

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Hemlock Grove(2013)

    Show 33 episodes · as Olivia Godfrey

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters(2013)

    as Muriel

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Taken 2(2012)

    as Lenore St. John

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Bringing Up Bobby(2011)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Down the Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Mary

  • The Chameleon(2010)

    as Jennifer Johnson

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • 100 Feet(2008)

    as Marnie Watson

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Wackness(2008)

    as Kristin Squires

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Turn the River(2007)

    as Kailey

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Taken(2008)

    as Lenore St. John

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Ten(2007)

    as Gretchen Reigert

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Allegra Marshall

  • X-Men: The Last Stand(2006)

    as Jean Grey / Phoenix

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Hide and Seek(2005)

    as Katherine

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Eulogy(2004)

    as Judy Arnolds

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 11 episodes · as Ava Moore

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • X2: X-Men United(2003)

    as Jean Grey

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Evolution X - The Making of X-Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • I Spy(2002)

    as Rachel

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros(2001)

    as Jean Grey (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Don't Say a Word(2001)

    as Aggie Conrad

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Made(2001)

    as Jessica

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • X-Men(2000)

    as Jean Grey

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Circus(2000)

    as Lily

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Love & Sex(2000)

    as Kate Welles

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • House on Haunted Hill(1999)

    as Evelyn Stockard-Price

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Faculty(1998)

    as Miss Elizabeth Burke

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Celebrity(1998)

    as Bonnie

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Monument Ave.(1998)

    as Katy

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Rounders(1998)

    as Petra

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole(1998)

    as Fiona

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • RPM (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Claudia Haggs

  • Deep Rising(1998)

    as Trillian St. James

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Gingerbread Man(1998)

    as Leeanne Magruder

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Ally McBeal(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jamie

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • City of Industry(1997)

    as Rachel Montana

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Dead Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Treasure

  • GoldenEye(1995)

    as Xenia Onatopp

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Lord of Illusions(1995)

    as Dorothea Swann

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes(1994)

    as Dr. Sara Lee Jaffee

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Model by Day(1994)

    as Lex / Lady X

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Fathers & Sons(1992)

    as Kyle Christian

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Melrose Place(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Diane Adamson

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Kamala

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • One Second After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mayor Kate Lindsey

  • The Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr Rachel McVeigh

  • The Postcard Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Valerie Kanon

  • Turnbuckle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 82 titles, 78 of them dated from 1987 to 2025; peak year 1999.

Biggest box office

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

$460M worldwide

Highest rated

Taken (2008)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Hemlock Grove (2013)

Film career

19872025

Peak 1999 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 23 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 82: 80 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score46thDirecting1 of 82: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 82: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 82: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 82: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s20 · acting2000s19 · acting2010s25 · 24 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · 13 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 10% of 51 roles
950005101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Famke Janssen's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of the 57 of 58 with a score; across their 53 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 53

Midcredits score across 68 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th26
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 68 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed12
  • Mixed24

Most divisive · actor

De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2001)

87th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Midcredits 97th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 51 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Famke Janssen's work okay for kids?

Across up to 37 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore29 titles51–88 · median 69 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity37 titles16–58 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity28 titles38–83 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles27–67 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense28 titles30–82 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Famke Janssen work with?

People who share at least 2 of Famke Janssen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hugh Jackman shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles