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| Famke Janssen |
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"I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette."
| Date of Birth: November 5, 1965 |
| Birthplace: Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Many will wonder exactly who Famke Janssen is, but one glance at her resume is enough to put a face to the name. She's famous for having played bad Bond Girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, as well as for her parts in Rounders and the X-Men franchise, in which she portrays Dr. Jean Grey. |
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| Maybe it's the age or maybe it's because she was once a supermodel, but we can't help but think that Famke is very classy. There's a certain grace about her that can't be denied, which makes the movies she appears in all the better. |
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Famke Beumer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 5, 1965, Famke (which means "little girl" in Frisian) was a model before making it to the big leagues as a Hollywood actress.
She lived in Amsterdam with her parents and her two sisters until 1984, when she decided to move to New York City. Although she signed on with the Elite modeling agency, she continued her studies at Columbia University, where she majored in writing and literature.
While a student, she decided to try her hand at acting, and took acting classes with Harold Guskin.
Wanting to pursue a full-time acting career, Famke picked up and moved to Los Angeles. There she continued to take acting lessons and finally landed her first onscreen film role in the 1992 movie, Fathers & Sons.
More roles didn't start pouring in immediately, probably due to the film's poor performance, but Famke was offered a part on an episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Almost foreshadowing her role as a superhero in X-Men, the Dutch beauty played the role of Kamala, the threatening "metamorph."
With an appearance on Melrose Place in 1994 as a hooker and a role in the made-for-TV movie Model by Day that same year, Famke had yet to see the success that was soon to come her way. |
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