Famke Janssen Famke Janssen , pronounced as " Fahm - Kuh Yan - Son " , is the Dutch actress who played Kamala in the fifth season episode in . This was one of her first notable roles , and her first television appearance . Janssen filmed her scenes for " The Perfect Mate " between Friday and Wednesday and Friday and Tuesday on Paramount Stage 8 , 9 , and 16 . She was one of many actresses considered for the role of Jadzia Dax in . However , Janssen wanted to work primarily as a film actress , so she turned down the role . ( " " ) Outside of " Star Trek " , Janssen is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Doctor Jean Grey in the " X - Men " films , acting alongside her " Next Generation " co - star Patrick Stewart , who played Professor Charles Xavier ( or " Professor X " ) . She is also known for her role as James Bond villainess Xenia Onatopp in the 1995 film " GoldenEye " and for her recurring role as Ava Moore on the television series " Nip / Tuck " . Early life and career . Janssen was born in Amstelveen , a city south of Amsterdam part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area , Noord - Holland , The Netherlands . Her name Famke means " little girl " in West Frisian . She moved to the United States in 1984 , at age 19 , and began her career in show business as a fashion model . She also studied writing and literature at Columbia University in New York before heading to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career . After making her television debut on TNG , she made her film debut with a supporting role in the 1992 thriller " Fathers & Sons " . This was followed by a guest spot on " Melrose Place " with fellow " Next Generation " guest performer Stanley Kamel in 1994 . That same year , she played the lead role in the 1994 TV movie " Model by Day " and co - starred in the film " Relentless IV : Ashes to Ashes " , with Christopher Pettiet . In 1995 , Janssen co - starred with actor Scott Bakula in the Clive Barker film " Lord of Illusions " . This film also featured fellow TNG guest actor Vincent Schiavelli . Janssen ' s breakthrough role came when she played the villainess Xenia Onatopp in the 1995 blockbuster James Bond film " Goldeneye " . She is one of only three " Star Trek " alumni to portray Bond girls ; the others were fellow TNG guest actress Teri Hatcher and " Discovery " actress Michelle Yeoh , who both appeared in the subsequent Bond film , " Tomorrow Never Dies " . ( Barbara Bouchet also appeared as a Bond girl in the 1967 unofficial spoof film " Casino Royale " . ) Interestingly , Janssen and Hatcher both appeared together in the 1996 independent comedy film " Dead Girl " , which also featured Seymour Cassel , another TNG alum . Janssen co - starred with Colm Meaney in the crime drama " Monument Ave . " ( aka " Snitch " ) , which opened in 1998 . That same year , Janssen appeared in two films with fellow TNG guest actress Bebe Neuwirth : Woody Allen ' s comedy " Celebrity " ( also starring Winona Ryder ) and Robert Rodriguez ' science fiction thriller " The Faculty " ( co - starring Christopher McDonald and Bebe Neuwirth ) . Janssen was seen in many other films that year , including " The Gingerbread Man " , " Deep Rising " , and " Rounders " . Both Janssen and Jeffrey Combs appeared in the 1999 remake of the horror film " House on Haunted Hill " . Janssen then had the starring role in the 2000 film " Love & Sex " , in which she worked with Robert Knepper . This was followed by the 2000 film " Circus " , in which she played the female lead . Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . also appeared in this film . Famke Janssen in the " X - Men " films . Between 2000 and 2006 , Janssen appeared as Dr . Jean Grey , a mutant with telepathic and telekinetic abilities , in the three blockbuster " X - Men " films : " X - Men " ( 2000 ) , " X2 : X - Men United " ( 2003 ) , and " X - Men : The Last Stand " ( 2006 ) . In a somewhat interesting coincidence , Janssen ' s TNG character Kamala referred to herself as a mutant while explaining to Captain Picard the concept of an empathic metamorph . In addition to working with Patrick Stewart on all three " X - Men " films , Janssen acted with Bruce Davison in the first two and with Kelsey Grammer in the last one . John Pyper - Ferguson and comics writer Chris Claremont also appeared in " The Last Stand " . The first two " X - Men " films were directed by Bryan Singer , while all three were co - produced by Ralph Winter . Shortly after completing her work on the first " X - Men " film in 2000 , Janssen returned to television with the first of two appearances as Jamie on the TV series " Ally McBeal " . The episode , " The Man with the Bag , " also guest - starred Christopher Neiman , Jack Shearer , and William Windom . Janssen had a recurring role as transsexual Ava Moore on the F / X drama series " Nip / Tuck " during the show ' s second season in 2004 . She also appeared in an episode of the third season in 2005 , through the use of deleted scenes from the previous season . Janssen reprised her role in two episodes of the series ' sixth season in 2010 . Among the performers she worked with on this series were Andrew Borba , Jane Daly , Billy Mayo , Barbara Tarbuck , Julie Warner , and Ruth Williamson . Outside of the " X - Men " films , Janssen ' s recent film credits have included the 2001 crime comedy " Made " , the 2001 thriller " Don ' t Say a Word " , the 2002 action comedy " I Spy " ( in which she worked with Malcolm McDowell ) , the 2004 comic drama " Eulogy " ( with Rene Auberjonois , Sherman Howard , and Eric Pierpoint ) , and the 2005 horror thriller " Hide and Seek " . More recently , she played the lead role – that of a female pool shark – in the 2007 drama " Turn the River " . She also appeared in the 2008 comedy " The Wackness " and the 2009 thriller " Taken " also its sequel in 2012 " Taken 2 " in which she plays Lenore Mills . Her most recent credits include the thriller " Down the Shore " ( 2011 ) , the mystery film " In the Woods " ( 2012 ) , the sequel to the 2008 thriller " Taken " ( 2012 , with Leland Orser ) , the fantasy horror film " Hansel and Gretel : Witch Hunters " ( 2013 , with Derek Mears ) , and she reprised her role as Jean Grey in the new " X - Men " film " The Wolverine " .