Famke Janssen
Born: January, 1964 in Holland FULL BIOGRAPHY A former model, Dutch-born actress Famke Janssen had her screen breakthrough as Xenia Onatopp, James Bond's (literally) man-crushing foe in GoldenEye (1995). After earning fame and a certain dose of coy notoriety for her portrayal of the character, who was endowed with the unique ability to squash potential seducers to death between her thighs, Janssen went on to prove that she was more than just the latest variety of Bond babe. Born in Holland on January 1, 1964, Janssen launched her lucrative modeling career at an early age. Moving to New York when she was barely out of her teens, she soon tired of the vacuous nature of modeling and enrolled at Columbia University, where she studied literature and creative writing. Janssen made her screen debut in the 1992 drama Fathers and Sons. Following the success of GoldenEye, the actress began finding steady screen work, appearing in such films as Robert Altman's The Gingerbread Man (1998), in which she played Kenneth Branagh's ex-wife; Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), which cast her as Branagh's girlfriend; and Robert Rodriguez's The Faculty, in which Janssen's part was furthered by alien brainwashing, instead of Branagh. After closing the century with another excursion into supernatural grotesqueries in the remake of The House on Haunted Hill (1999), Janssen began the 21st century on a somewhat more heroic note, playing one of the titular group of superheroes in Bryan Singer's adaptation of the popular comic book X-Men.
FULL FILMOGRAPHY 2006 X3: X-Men 3 Character played: Dr. Jean Grey 2005 Hide and Seek Coming 1/28 2004 Eulogy Character played: Judy 2003 X2: X-Men United Character played: Jean Grey 2002 I Spy Character played: Rachel 2001 Made Character played: Jessica 2001 Don't Say a Word Character played: Aggie Conrad 2001 Ally McBeal: The Ex-Files Character played: Jamie 2000 X-Men Character played: Jean Grey 2000 Circus Characters played: Garfield, Lily, Lily Garfield 2000 Ally McBeal: The Man With the Bag Character played: Jamie 2000 Love & Sex Character played: Kate Welles 1999 The House on Haunted Hill Character played: Evelyn Price 1998 Celebrity Character played: Bonnie 1998 Rounders Character played: Petra 1998 Deep Rising Character played: Trillian 1998 Monument Ave. Character played: Katy O'Connor 1998 The Faculty Character played: Miss Elizabeth Burke 1998 The Gingerbread Man Character played: Leeanne 1997 City of Industry Character played: Rachel 1995 GoldenEye Character played: Xenia Onatopp 1995 Lord of Illusions Character played: Dorothea 1994 Model by Day Character played: Lady X 1992 Fathers and Sons Character played: Kyle Christian 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation 121: The Perfect Mate Character played: Kamala