Famke Janssen worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Famke Janssen as Dutch actress.
Famke Janssen was born at Amstelveen in 1964. Her recorded nationality is Netherlands. She trained at Columbia University.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
Famke Janssen is credited as film actor, model and film director.
Her name is attached above all to the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove, FX's Nip/Tuck, and ABC's How to Get Away with Murder. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Netherlands shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Famke Janssen is still working, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Worked as film actor, model and film director
