Famke Beumer Janssen was born on November 5, 1965 in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. She is a Dutch-American actress and former fashion model.

Upon moving to Los Angeles, Janssen obtained her first parts, appearing in guest roles on TV series: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Melrose Place. Her first film role was with Jeff Goldblum in Fathers & Sons (1992).

She starred in X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). Janssen also starred in the movies Lord of Illusions, The Faculty, House on Haunted Hill, I Spy, Rounders, Deep Rising and Hide and Seek.

She was married to writer/director Tod Culpan Williams, son of architect Tod Williams, from 1995 to 2000.

Filmography

• The Possibility of Fireflies (2008)
• Taken (2008)
• The Wackness (2008)
• 100 Feet (2008)
• Turn the River (2007)
• Winters (2007)
• The Ten (2007)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• The Treatment (2006)
• "Nip/Tuck" (8 episodes, 2004-2005)
• Hide and Seek (2005)
• Eulogy (2004)
• X2 (2003)
• I Spy (2002)
• Don't Say a Word (2001)
• Made (2001)
• "Ally McBeal" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
• X-Men (2000)
• Circus (2000)
• Love & Sex (2000)
• House on Haunted Hill (1999)
• The Faculty (1998)
• The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
• Celebrity (1998)
• Rounders (1998)
• RPM (1998)
• Deep Rising (1998)
• The Gingerbread Man (1998)
• Snitch (1998)
• City of Industry (1997)
• Dead Girl (1996)
• In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• Lord of Illusions (1995)
• Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
• "The Untouchables" (1 episode, 1994)
• Model by Day (1994)
• "Melrose Place" (1 episode, 1994)
• Fathers & Sons (1992)
• "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1992)