Actor: Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, a villain whose method is physically absurd and who commits to it entirely, and it remains among the more memorable Bond antagonists.

She then played Jean Grey across the X-Men films, a role that becomes the trilogy’s antagonist by the third entry.

Taken gave her a long franchise run, and Nip/Tuck showed a darker television register.

She was a model in the Netherlands before acting, studied literature at Columbia, and has directed one feature.

Famke Janssen

GoldenEye (1995)

1995 Martin Campbell Bond film with Pierce Brosnan's debut. Sean Bean as 006 traitor, Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp.

Famke Janssen

Taken Trilogy (2008-2014)

The original is among the strongest compressed action thrillers of its decade. Sequels decline predictably.

Famke Janssen

Taken (2008) Review

Taken is the best pure action film of the twenty-first century. Pierre Morel directed it in thirty-six days in Paris on a twenty-five million dollar budge.