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Famke Janssen walking with her dog Licorice in New York City - Nov. 17
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Famke Janssen walking with her dog Licorice in New York City - Nov. 17
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I LOVE LOVE her coat there ^ can anyone ID it?
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Not sure who makes the coat but it's too small for her in the chest area, makes it look bad.
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Aww Famke is so cute. She looks great. How old is she?
Date of Birth
5 November 1965, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Birth Name
Famke Beumer Janssen
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Mini Biography
Famke was born in Holland, where she began her professional career as a model. She later moved to the United States, where she has made her home since 1984. Initially settling in New York, she majored in writing and literature at Columbia University and studied acting with Harold Guskin. She then went to Los Angeles, where she continued to study acting under Roy London. Famke made her feature film debut with Jeff Goldblum in Fathers & Sons (1992).
Spouse
Tod Williams (1995 - 2000) (divorce)
Trivia
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: Rise of the Machines (2003), 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 especially made for her for the film GoldenEye (1995). In Love & Sex (2000), Jon Favreau's character jokes about how big her character's feet were.
Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.
While appearing on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) to promote her role of the sex-crazed assassin in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), Famke gave Conan a first hand experience of her character's signature moves by performing them on him using the top of his desk. When she asked him if he would like the demonstration, Conan responded with "This is what we in the industry call a 'no-brainer'."
Has a Boston Terrier named Licorice.
Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World." [2002]
Her sister was visiting South-East Asia during the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004, and had to flee the water to save her life.
Originally, Famke Janssen cast for the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) series after her work on the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episode "The Perfect Mate" and was to reprise her role as Kamala. However, she wanted to leave herself open for feature film work and turned the role down. Jadzia Dax's role was created to take the place of this character, performed by actress Terry Farrell.
Ex-Sister-in-law of Director Joram Lürsen.
Did all her own pool shots in Turn the River (2007).
Used to eat almonds and dried cranberries every day while filming X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Her favorite movies of her career are Love & Sex (2000) and Turn the River (2007).
Turn the River (2007) was written for her by her The Treatment (2006) co-star Chris Eigeman.
Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980).
Is a fan of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
She is against typecasting.
5 November 1965, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Birth Name
Famke Beumer Janssen
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Mini Biography
Famke was born in Holland, where she began her professional career as a model. She later moved to the United States, where she has made her home since 1984. Initially settling in New York, she majored in writing and literature at Columbia University and studied acting with Harold Guskin. She then went to Los Angeles, where she continued to study acting under Roy London. Famke made her feature film debut with Jeff Goldblum in Fathers & Sons (1992).
Spouse
Tod Williams (1995 - 2000) (divorce)
Trivia
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: Rise of the Machines (2003), 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 especially made for her for the film GoldenEye (1995). In Love & Sex (2000), Jon Favreau's character jokes about how big her character's feet were.
Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.
While appearing on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) to promote her role of the sex-crazed assassin in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), Famke gave Conan a first hand experience of her character's signature moves by performing them on him using the top of his desk. When she asked him if he would like the demonstration, Conan responded with "This is what we in the industry call a 'no-brainer'."
Has a Boston Terrier named Licorice.
Ranked #69 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World." [2002]
Her sister was visiting South-East Asia during the Tsunami on December 26th, 2004, and had to flee the water to save her life.
Originally, Famke Janssen cast for the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) series after her work on the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episode "The Perfect Mate" and was to reprise her role as Kamala. However, she wanted to leave herself open for feature film work and turned the role down. Jadzia Dax's role was created to take the place of this character, performed by actress Terry Farrell.
Ex-Sister-in-law of Director Joram Lürsen.
Did all her own pool shots in Turn the River (2007).
Used to eat almonds and dried cranberries every day while filming X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
Her favorite movies of her career are Love & Sex (2000) and Turn the River (2007).
Turn the River (2007) was written for her by her The Treatment (2006) co-star Chris Eigeman.
Her favorite horror movie is The Shining (1980).
Is a fan of Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
She is against typecasting.
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42? Damn she looks great. I loved her in X-Men and Nip/Tuck.
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