Famke Janssen (born November 5, 1964) is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles in GoldenEye, Nip/Tuck and as Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men movies. Janssen is also a UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity.
Janssen’s name is pronounced as Fahm-Kuh Yan-Sun. The first name means little girl in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland.
Famke Beumer Janssen was born in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Besides her native Dutch, Janssen learned to speak English, German and French. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer. Janssen moved to the United States in 1984 and began her professional career as a fashion model. She was signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Victoria’s Secret.
Sabrina Anijs from the Netherlands (20) was crowned Miss Benelux 2009 during an event held on October 4th, that reunited 40 contestants from Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Sabrina, who is 1.75 m tall, is a Law student. Crowned as Miss Benelux Belgium was Isabel Van Hoof, and Theodora Banica was crowned Miss Benelux Luxembourg.
She will represent Netherlands in the Miss Earth 2009 beauty pageant, probably held on November, 2009. Sabrina, was also crowned Miss India Holland second runner up in 2005.
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