Lucy Gordon (actress)

Lucy Gordon was a British actress and model. She became a face of CoverGirl in 1997 before starting an acting career. Her first film was Perfume in 2001 before going on to have small roles in SpiderMan 3, Serendipity and The Four Feathers. Gordon had played the actress and singer Jane Birkin in the film Gainsbourg, a biopic of singersongwriter Serge Gainsbourg. Before the film was released, she was found hanged in her flat in Paris onMay 2009 after committing suicide.

Gordon was born in Oxford, to Richard and Susan Gordon in 1980 she had a younger sister, Kate. She went to Oxford High School where she passed nine GCSEs in 1997. She stated in an interview in 1997 that she was continuing her studies for history, biology and French Alevels. She spent some of her childhood in France particularly during the summer holidays, and was bilingual in French and English. She moved to Paris after living in New York for several years.

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