By Dailymail. With her luscious hair and perfect bone structure, Famke Janssen is a natural beauty. But as she was photographed out and about in London on Tuesday, the year-old X-Men star and former Elite model looked unrecognizable from just a few months ago. Gone were her natural laughter lines, replaced by a line-free, pillowy complexion.
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At six feet tall, Famke Janssen has always stood out from the crowd. But since her character's dramatic death in 's X-Men: The Last Stand , the once high-profile Janssen has somewhat disappeared from the spotlight. If you've been missing her as much as we have, here's where she's gone—and why. While the first two installments of the original X-Men trilogy were critical and commercial hits, X-Men: the Last Stand failed to generate the same enthusiasm despite being the highest-grossing flick of the entire franchise. The movie's highest aspiration is 'adequate. Ratner's version is friskier, shallower—and more fun. However, fans bemoaned Ratner's brisk treatment of the iconic Dark Phoenix story from the comics, as well as his decision to kill off both Professor X and Cyclops without much thought. Janssen took three years off from acting in order to write and direct her first feature film, Bringing Up Bobby. In fact, she almost quit acting altogether.
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This article was published more than 7 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. If you look like an alien, chances are you're going to get cast as an alien. Not that the actress Famke Janssen isn't gorgeous — she is. But her beauty is fiercer, more challenging than the easy prettiness that Hollywood tends to reward.
By MailOnline Reporter. Viewers of BBC miniseries The Capture expressed their shock during the thriller's finale on Tuesday night, as they struggled to recognise Famke Janssen. The year-old Dutch actress, who has long been celebrated for her natural beauty, appeared on screen as character Jessica Mallory in the final episode - but fans seemed to distracted from the storyline by her smooth skin and plumped cheeks. Within moments of the star hitting the screen, viewers took to Twitter en masse to share their disbelief at her new look, with one writing: 'Watching TheCapture what on earth has Famke Janssen done to her face Another wrote on the micro-blogging site: 'Is that Famke Jansen???