Rise to Fame
The Deep Space Nine producers had a character ready for her. She turned it down to stay available for feature films. Bold move for someone still trying to break through. A few years later, she was crushing men with her thighs as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, which made the gamble look smart. The X-Men franchise in 2000 locked in a different phase: Jean Grey, telepath, eventual Phoenix, the most dangerous person in the room. She won a Saturn Award for The Last Stand. Not bad for a former Yves Saint Laurent model.
In the Spotlight
Amsterdam Empire landed on Netflix in October 2025. She stars as a former pop star plotting revenge on her ex-husband through Amsterdam's cannabis underworld, acts in Dutch for the first time professionally (she has said), and serves as executive producer. In 2025 she told Variety that Marvel had never reached out about returning as Jean Grey. X-Men writer Chris Claremont publicly said in January 2026 that she'd appear in Avengers: Doomsday. The two accounts don't line up.
Side Notes
All three sisters work in entertainment. Her sister Antoinette is a film director, her sister Marjolein is an actress and writer. She studied creative writing and literature at Columbia University after a modeling career running Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel campaigns. The UN appointed her a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity in 2008. She has no social media presence by choice, which at this point is less a privacy decision and more a personality statement.