The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.

After retiring from modelling in the early 1990s Janssen had guest roles on several television series including a starring role in the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Perfect Mate" as empathic metamorph Kamala opposite Patrick Stewart with whom Famke Janssen later starred in the X-Men film series. Following her high school graduation Janssen studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam which Famke Janssen later called "the stupidest idea I ever had. She also starred as Liam Neeson's Taken 2 (2012) and as the main villain Muriel in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2012).

: /ˈfɑːmkə ˈjænsən/; born 5 November 1964 is a Dutch actress director screenwriter and former fashion model. Famke Beumer Janssen (pron. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011.