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Trivia
Her name is Frisian for "little girl".
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 (T3), 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 specially made for her for the film GoldenEye
(1995).
Measurements:
36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Provides
the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour
at Disney parks.
Personal quotes
"We've always been ready for female superheroes.
Because women want to be them and men want to do them."
"I would
rather not work than play in a movie that nobody watches."
"We've
always been ready for female superheroes. Because women
want to be them and men want to do them."
"I don't
like message movies, I don't believe that movies ought
to have messages. It's sort of a myth in Hollywood that
you have to have a message. But I don't know. If a movie
is a reflection of life, and life is very harsh, then
that's enough."
"I want
to work with good, interesting directors."
"I felt
different being born into a family with two sisters
who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only
brunette, and then I started growing and growing and
growing. I never seemed to stop. When I was 12, all
my girlfriends seemed to come up to my waist."
"She
likes, "Cappuccino--before I get to the set, please."
"If
she weren't acting she'd, "Be very sad."
"On
dating Ben Affleck: She says, "He's part of a group
of friends I've known a long time. We never even dated.
I don't even like talking about dating. It's like having
a stamp on your forehead: 'I'm available and I'm looking'.
I've been in relationships since I was 16, so it's nice
to have a little break. It's nice to find out you can
do things on your own - like I can drill things in my
apartment with a power drill. I'm excited about that.
Before, I'd have asked the person I was with to do it.
Little things like that give me satisfaction."
"We've
always been ready for female superheroes. Because women
want to be them and men want to do them." -on her
role in X-Men."
"On
her dog Licorice: She says she became a "doggie
fashion whore". I treat Lick just like a baby.
I am consumed by my dog and I can't wait to dress Lick
in his cashmere and take him for a walk. Cashmere sweaters,
raincoats, collars, and leashes to match - from Prada
to Burberry's."
"On
her career: I don't want to be exploited. That of course,
as an actress, is a real challenge, not to be exploited.
So I'm just going to keep looking for as many different
types of roles as I can find in different genre movies.
That's my goal, my aim. I like doing that. I've had
a pretty varied career so far."
"On
Thanksgiving: For Thanksgiving, I really don't care
what I eat, as long as my meat gets well massaged that
day, if you know what I mean, baby!"
"On
her dog Licorice: She says she became a "doggie
fashion whore". I treat Lick just like a baby.
I am consumed by my dog and I can't wait to dress Lick
in his cashmere and take him for a walk. Cashmere sweaters,
raincoats, collars, and leashes to match - from Prada
to Burberry's."
"On
being a serious and beautiful actress: Looking back,
boy, has there ever been a stigma in being a Bond Girl.
That's what my mission in life is, just to prove them
wrong. That's why I have such an urge to keep going
and proving that. It's so silly. What on earth does
the way you look have anything to do with whether you
can act or not?"
"On
life: I'm a firm believer in taking risks in life, because
you'll never get anywhere unless you do, and the more
risk involved the greater the outcome - or the worse,
but you never know so you've got to go for it."
Famke Janssen - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
X2 (2003) .... Jean Grey
... aka X-Men 2 (2003) (Singapore: English title) (USA:
working title)
... aka X-2 (2003) (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional
title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (2003) (USA: promotional title)
I Spy (2002) .... Special Agent Rachel Wright
... aka I-Spy (2002) (USA: promotional title)
Don't Say a Word (2001) .... Aggie Conrad
Made (2001) .... Jessica
RPM (2000) .... Claudia Haggs
X-Men (2000) .... Dr. Jean Grey
... aka X-Men 1.5 (2003) (USA: DVD title)
Circus (2000) .... Lily
Love & Sex (2000) .... Kate Welles
House on
Haunted Hill (1999) .... Evelyn Stockard-Price
Faculty, The (1998) .... Miss Elizabeth Burke
Adventures of Sebastian Cole, The (1998) .... Fiona
Rounders (1998) .... Petra
Celebrity (1998) .... Bonnie
Deep Rising (1998) .... Trillian St. James
Gingerbread Man, The (1998) .... Leeanne
Snitch (1998) .... Katy
... aka Noose (1998) (Australia: DVD title) (USA: working
title)
... aka Monument Ave. (1999) (USA: new title)
City of Industry (1997) .... Rachel Montana
Dead Girl (1996) .... Treasure
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995) (TV)
.... Xenia Onatopp
GoldenEye (1995) .... Xenia Onatopp
Lord of Illusions (1995) .... Dorothea Swann
... aka Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions (1995)
Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994) .... Dr. Sara Lee
Jaffee
Model by Day (1994) (TV) .... Lady X
Fathers & Sons (1992) .... Kyle Christian
Famke Janssen - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"
(2001) playing "Herself" (episode # 4.5) 25
April 2003
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 12 July 2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Jamie"
in episode: "The Ex-Files" (episode # 4.10)
15 January 2001
"Ally McBeal" (1997) playing "Jamie"
in episode: "The Man with the Bag" (episode
# 4.8) 11 December 2000
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) playing
"Herself" 8 September 1995
"Untouchables, The" (1993) playing "Cleo"
in episode: "Voyeur" (episode # 2.19) 3 April
1994
"Melrose Place" (1992) playing "Diane
Adamson" in episode: "Michael's Game"
(episode # 2.17) 12 January 1994
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) playing
"Kamala" in episode: "The Perfect Mate"
(episode # 5.21) 25 April 1992
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