Lucy Gordon 1980 - 2009

Lucy Gordon's life has been cut tragically short after she ended her own life on Wednesday just as her career was getting started.

Born in Oxford the actress as moved to Paris as she juggled both a modelling and acting career, the latter which was just getting off the ground.

It was modelling where she found fame taking on the Cover Girl role, following in the footsteps of Helen Christensen and Tyra Banks, not long after passing her GCSE's

She continued her A-Level studies while her modelling career took off, but it wasn't long before she moved into acting.

She made her debut in 1999 in an episode of 2point4 Children in the role of Lampety Jones before making her big screen debut in 2001 in Perfume.

Appearing alongside Jeff Goldblum and Peter Gallagher Perfume was a film about the fashion industry in New York.

Up next was Serendipity, which saw her appear with John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale.It's a bustling day in New York City, and amidst the usual mad rush, the paths of two strangers collide as they fall victim to a mutual, all-consuming attraction.

Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathan and Sara bide their time, staying connected by wandering through Manhattan and talking until the wee hours, while never mentioning each other's names.

But, when the night reaches an inevitable end, the two are forced to determine the next step.

Twelve months later she was working alongside Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson in Four Feathers, her biggest role to date.

After appearing in Russian Dolls and Serial she got her big budget blockbuster breakthrough when she landed the role of Jennifer Dugan in Spiderman 3.

Gordon moved to Paris to work on the Universal Pictures film ‘Vie Heroique’ (Heroic Life), about French singer Serge Gainsbourg. The film will be released next year.

The actress was found hanged in her Paris flat just two days before her 29th birthday.

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