Famke Janssen

Janssen in 2002, image via Joe Seer/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Famke Beumer Janssen

Place of Birth: Amstelveen, Netherlands

Date of Birth: c. 1964

Ethnicity: Dutch

Famke Janssen is a Dutch actress, model, screenwriter, director, and animal rights activist. She has starred in House on Haunted Hill, GoldenEye, and the X-Men films, among many other roles. Her first name, Famke, means “girl” in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland.

She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer.

49 Responses

  1. ShawntheGod says:

    *beautiful…

  2. ShawntheGod says:

    She’s cute.

  3. ihatemostpeople says:

    She reminds me of Gal Gadot, but this woman is much more prettier than Gal.

  4. theropod says:

    She looks very Spanish/Portuguese…she’s so beautiful and exotic.

  5. me says:

    “Despite her Dutch blood and her family of blue-eyed blonds, Famke’s black eyes and raven hair makes her practically exotic in her native country.”
    http://www.vogue.it/en/beauty/beauty-icons/2010/04/famke-janssen
    I read an interview in which she said it was different from her family, for having dark features, people thought she was adopted, that is sad.

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