FAMKE JANSSEN Rediscovering Her Roots

Famke Janssen is happy to be home. After years of living in the States, the Dutch actress returned to the Netherlands to film her new Netflix series, Amsterdam Empire (out Oct. 30).

- MARIEL TURNER

“It was exciting, challenging and probably the biggest learning curve of my life,” Janssen, 60, tells Us. “I don’t think I realized quite how much I had changed by living abroad.” The X-Men alum had never acted in a Dutch production before. “I thought this may be perfect timing,” she says. Janssen stars as Betty, a scorned wife who’s determined to take over her adulterous husband’s coffee shop organization. Here, she tells Us more about her new series, the cannabis scene and whether she'd ever return to the world of Jean Grey.

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