The TV Addict 

These days Famke Janssen seems to be popping up everywhere in low-budget and indie affairs such as THE TREATMENT, TURN THE RIVER, THE WACKNESS and TAKEN. It’s almost as if she’s desperate to shed herself of her Jean Grey/Phoenix character from the X-MEN films. Given the mess the last X-MEN film was though, who can really blame her? Mainstream Hollywood’s loss is our gain.

Perhaps the shift to the smaller scale has to do with the fact that for a while there she was mainstream Hollywood’s gain, working pretty consistently in high-concept, high profile projects. Starting with her breakout role as a sadistic, torturing lust murdering Russian Bond girl/henchwoman in the successful (first) franchise reboot, GOLDENEYE, since then she’s covered horror (THE FACULTY, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL), pseudo-horror (HIDE AND SEEK), thrillers (DON’T SAY A WORD), actioneers (DEEP RISING, I-SPY), big cast dramas (ROUNDERS, CELEBRITY) and even some daring television (she played a transsexual on the always insane “Nip/Tuck”).

Now the gorgeous Dutch and former model is switching gears slightly, refocusing on dramas that really bring out something a lot of those other films didn’t given her enough room to reveal: she can act. Very well, in fact. That’s especially clear in THE TREATMENT and TURN THE RIVER, and surely in upcoming dramas THE POSSIBILITY OF FIREFLIES and KIDDIE RIDE. If there’s any way to win a place as theREELaddict’s Hollywood Crush, it’s good indie and dramatic work, and acting well.

Sure, being beautiful (just look at that face), tall (5’ 11 ½” ), and possessing a Dorian Gray like youthful appearance (to me she looks no older than 33, but is actually 43), as well as having silky long brown hair, a super sexy voice, adorable wit, and a degree in literature (me too! Sort of …) also don’t hurt one’s chances of being a Hollywood Crush inductee either.