Talk:Famke Janssen

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Contents 1 Is she in "Superman Returns"? 2 Measurements 3 Question about her stage name 4 Jean Gray "Highly Coveted Role" 5 Sections about the character Jean Grey 6 Trivia 7 Ava Moore? 8 Pronunciation? 9 Photo

[edit] Is she in "Superman Returns"?

There are rumors that she portrays Lara Lor-Van in Superman Returns. Leader Vladimir

[edit] Measurements

Would someone be kind enough to convert her measurements, shoe size and height to worldwide-accepted and standard metric measures?

Imperial measurements are also "worldwide-accepted", for your information. But I shall convert them to metric units as well. -- Jalabi99 09:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question about her stage name

If she was born "Famke Beumer" and now goes by "Famke Janssen", and yet is currently unmarried, how come she goes by the name "Janssen"? Can anyone explain that? -- Jalabi99 09:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, she felt that her last name was too hard for others to pronounce, so she changed it from Beumer to Janssen. Too bad it's usually her first name that people find hard to pronounce. -- Diagram22

I think her name is pronounced: FĂM-kŭ. Is that right? Maybe someone more skilled in phonetic spelling should put that in the entry. --Jaden-Kun

Erm, Famke Janssen is her birth name. her sisters only chose to use their mother's maiden name. Deniserogue 16:07, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jean Gray "Highly Coveted Role"

I know nothing about the X-Men, but "the highly coveted role of Jean Gray" smells a bit fan-crufty to me. Can someone provide a respectable cite to support that? Larry Dunn 20:23, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sections about the character Jean Grey

I think the section explaining the actions of Dr Jean Grey in the movie X-Men is superfluous, a reference to the article about the film should suffice. Adam S 16:16, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

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• Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
• Measurements: 36-24-36 (91-61-91 cm)
• First name is pronounced "Fam-kuh" (the 'a' pronounced as in the word 'part')
• Has two sisters, Antoinette Beumer (Director) and Marjolein Beumer (Actress)
• Is the only one of her three sisters to keep her birth surname, Janssen. Sisters Marjolein and Antoinette chose to take the last name Beumer, the maiden name of their mother, after their parents divorced.
• Famke's name means little girl in Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland
• Provides the Dutch-language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney parks
• Was married to writer/director Tod Williams from 1995 to 2000, son of architect Tod Williams
• Has a brindle Boston Terrier named Licorice, with whom she frequently travels. [1] Nikki88 00:59, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ava Moore?

Who's Ava Moore? The bottom photo is her as ava moore. --AW 07:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

A character in the Nip/Tuck series. It was an important character, so important that, I can call the second season "The Ava Moore Season". THAT important. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Acetaminophen (talk • contribs) 17:22, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Pronunciation?

The trivia section says: First name is pronounced "Fam-kuh" (the 'a' pronounced as in the word 'farm')

Is that British English, because I'm from New York State, and I don't pronounce "farm" like /Fam/. Could someone supply IPA or some other standard of pronunciation? tharsaile 14:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Can't we find a better photo than that? I think she deserves a nice photo of her more recent look. Acetaminophen

I completely agree with you, and I have a very nice picture of her that I want to put up, but I don't know how to do it.. anyone want to help me? Reney.km