Bio

Famke was born in Amsterdam, Holland. Her birthday is November 5, 1965.

Famke has two other sisters. Their names are Natalya and Lucy or Antoinette & Marjolein. I've seen both used as her sisters, but I think the second pair is more correct.

She was married to Todd Williams. She divorced him in 2000. She currently is single.

Famke speaks four languages; Dutch, German, English and French. She stands at 5 ft. and 11 in. Her hair color is of course brown, her eyes hazel. Most of the other stuff is apparant.

Famke began her career as a model in Holland. Since 1984 she has lived in the United States. She went to Columbia University in New York. There she majored in writing and literature. While at Columbia she studied acting with Harold Guskin. Then like most actress, she moved to Los Angeles. She studied acting under Roy London.

Trivia

Her name is Frisian for "little girl".

Her two sisters are blonde and blue-eyed, while she is the only brunette.

Was cast as Serleena in Men in Black II (2002), but had to drop out due to a death in the family. Lara Flynn Boyle was cast in her place.

Speaks Dutch, German, English and French.

Offered the lead female role in Terminator 3 (T3), but turned it down.

Sisters Antoinette Beumer and Marjolein Beumer are a director and actress respectively.

Wears size 11 shoes. Because of their large size, her shoes had to be specially made for her for the film GoldenEye (1995).

Measurements: 36-24-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at Disney parks.

Awards

1996 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Fight for: GoldenEye (1995) Shared with: Pierce Brosnan

2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror for: House on Haunted Hill (1999)

2001 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award Favorite Supporting Actress - Science Fiction for: X-Men (2000)

Bio 2 Born November 5, 1965 in Amsterdam her name Famke translates to 'little girl' which is a bit of a misnomer due to her height reaching 5' 11". It wasn't acting that Famke originally pursued but modeling and by the early eighties Famke was already on her way, arriving in New York to work for Chanel and a host of other clients.

A model huh? Isn't that always the way? Yeah, a model with an economics major from the University of Amsterdam. While in New York working she also found time to enroll at Columbia University, this time majoring in writing and literature, while she studied acting under famed coach Harold Guskin. Broader horizons than the catwalk and magazine covers seemed possible and Famke left Columbia two years later to head for Los Angeles with the idea of breaking into the movies.

She found work initially in such shows as Star Trek - The Next Generation and Melros Place while hitting the big screen opposite Jeff Goldblum in 1992's Fathers and Sons. Other films followed like Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes, Model by Day and Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions. As mentioned before though it would be 1995's Goldeneye, the return of Bond and Famke as a new Bond villain that would get her noticed.

She was afraid of becoming known as a Bond Girl for the rest of her career but this has obviously proven to be nonsense. Big screen success with films like Rounders (a secondary character but a really good one), The Faculty, the fun little B-Movie Deep Rising and of course X-Men with the sequel in production, her stint as a Bond Girl has not hampered her career in the least.

"I don't want to be exploited. That of course, as an actress, is a real challenge, not to be exploited. So I'm just going to keep looking for as many different types of roles as I can find in different genre movies. That's my goal, my aim. I like doing that. I've had a pretty varied career so far."

More recently she can be seen opposite Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson in I-Spy, the thriller Don't Say A Word with Michael Douglas and in 2003 she will once again reprise her role as Dr. Jean Grey in the X-Men series.