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Lucy Gordon is a Actor British born on 22 may 1980 at Oxford (United-kingdom)

Lucy Gordon

Lucy Gordon
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 may 1980 at Oxford (United-kingdom)
Death 20 may 2009 (at 28 years) at Paris (France)

Lucy Gordon (22 May 1980 – 20 May 2009) 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 Spider-Man 3, Serendipity and The Four Feathers. Gordon had played the actress and singer Jane Birkin in the film Gainsbourg, a biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. Before the film was released, she was found hanged in her flat in Paris on 20 May 2009 after committing suicide.

Biography

Early life
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 A-levels. 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.


Career
While in the fourth form of Oxford High School she was noticed by a talent-spotter from a modelling agency as she and her mother visited a Clothes Show Live exhibition. She went on to appear as one of the faces of CoverGirl and soon after she moved into acting. She was signed to Select modelling agency in London and had appeared in the covers of Italian Glamour and Elle.

Gordon made her film debut in the 2001 as the character Sarah in Perfume. She appeared alongside Heath Ledger in the 2002 film The Four Feathers. She appeared as the reporter Jennifer Dugan in the 2007 film Spider-Man 3.

Gordon had played the actress and singer Jane Birkin in a film biopic of singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. The film, entitled Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque was presented at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was released in early 2010. Gordon's father, Richard Gordon said that she had loved playing her latest role in this film about Gainsbourg. The director Joann Sfar and the producers of the film Marc du Pontavice and Didier Lupfer released a statement that the film "owes a lot to the generosity, gentleness and immense talent of Lucy Gordon."


Death
On 20 May 2009, Gordon was found hanging in the Paris flat. A French police official said she appeared to have committed suicide by hanging. She left two suicide notes, one detailing her last wishes regarding her estate, the other a letter for her parents. Her father, Richard Gordon, said a post-mortem examination proved she had died from hanging and that no other marks were found on her body. He said, "There is no question of foul play. Lucy committed suicide."

Gordon wrote her will on 19 May 2009, the day before her death. She split her estate between Alméras, her friends, her parents and her sister.

Best films

Russian Dolls (2005)
(Actress)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
(Actress)

Usually with

Joann Sfar
Joann Sfar
(1 films)
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
(1 films)
Hunter Carson
Hunter Carson
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lucy Gordon (10 films)

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Actress

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, 2h10
Directed by Joann Sfar
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Éric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis, Mylène Jampanoï
Roles Jane Birkin
Rating68% 3.4496753.4496753.4496753.4496753.449675
The film follows notorious musician Serge Gainsbourg's exploits from his upbringing in Nazi occupied France through his rise to fame and love affairs with Juliette Gréco, Brigitte Bardot and marriage to Jane Birkin to his later experimentation with reggae in Jamaica. It also incorporates multiple elements of fantasy, most significantly with the character called "The Mug", an animated exaggeration of Gainsbourg that acts as his conscience (or anti-conscience) at crucial moments in Gainsbourg's life. The film also includes many of Gainsbourg's more famous songs, which serve as the soundtrack to the film and often serve as plot elements themselves.
Cineman
Cineman (2009)
, 1h30
Directed by Yann Moix
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about films, Time travel films
Actors Franck Dubosc, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Lucy Gordon, Anne Marivin, Michel Galabru, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Roles Viviane Cook
Rating29% 1.4861251.4861251.4861251.4861251.486125
Régis Deloux, un professeur de mathématiques de Montreuil-sous-Bois, a subitement le pouvoir de voyager dans les films après s'être fait piquer par une broche. Ce qui lui permet de rencontrer la femme dont il rêve. De film en film (Pour une poignée de dollars, Tarzan, Robin des Bois, Orange mécanique...), il doit sauver Viviane que l'ignoble Douglas Craps a enlevée.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, 1h20
Directed by John Krasinski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Julianne Nicholson, Will Arnett, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Cerveris, Josh Charles, Dominic Cooper
Rating54% 2.7002752.7002752.7002752.7002752.700275
Sara Quinn (Julianne Nicholson) is interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. As she begins to listen closely to the men around her, Sara must ultimately reconcile herself to the darkness that lies below the surface of human interactions.
The Last International Playboy, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jason Behr, Monet Mazur, Krysten Ritter, Lucy Gordon, India Ennenga, Lydia Hearst-Shaw
Roles Kate Hardwick
Rating56% 2.8061052.8061052.8061052.8061052.806105
The ultimate New York City playboy Jack Frost (Jason Behr) is shattered when he discovers his one true love Carolina (Monet Mazur) is about to marry another man. Still haunted by his mother's suicide, Jack spirals into a self-destructive cycle of whiskey and reckless behavior, while his best friends Ozzy (Krysten Ritter) and Scotch (Mike Landry) try to jar him back to reality.
Broken English, 1h37
Directed by Zoe Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Justin Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, Tim Guinee
Rating62% 3.1487653.1487653.1487653.1487653.148765
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora—until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.
Spider-Man 3, 2h19
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about computing, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Cyberpunk films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Daniel Gillies
Roles Jennifer Dugan
Rating63% 3.1511553.1511553.1511553.1511553.151155
Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson, who has just made her Broadway musical debut. A meteorite crashes near the two in Central Park, and an extraterrestrial symbiote attaches itself to Peter's moped. While fleeing police, escaped prisoner Flint Marko falls into a particle accelerator that fuses his DNA with surrounding sand, allowing him to shapeshift at will as the Sandman. Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, who blames him for his father's death, attacks Peter using weapons based on his father's Green Goblin technology. Harry injures his head and suffers partial amnesia, forgetting that Peter is Spider-Man and his desire for revenge. During a festival honouring Spider-Man, Marko robs an armored car. NYPD Captain George Stacy tells Peter and Aunt May that Marko was Uncle Ben's killer, and Dennis Carradine was only an accomplice. While a vengeful Peter sleeps, the symbiote bonds with him. Peter wakes up hanging from a skyscraper. His costume becomes black and his powers increase, but the symbiote brings out Peter's dark side. Wearing the new suit, Spider-Man locates Marko and battles him in a subway tunnel, reducing him to mud using water.
Russian Dolls, 2h5
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kevin Bishop, Lucy Gordon
Roles Celia Shelburn
Rating69% 3.4944153.4944153.4944153.4944153.494415
The film begins with friends from L'Auberge espagnole meeting in Saint Petersburg at the wedding of Wendy's brother, William. Xavier begins to reminisce about the events of the past several years.
The Four Feathers, 2h11
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert
Actors Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alex Jennings
Roles Isabelle
Rating65% 3.2505753.2505753.2505753.2505753.250575
Harry Faversham (Heath Ledger), a young British officer completing his training, celebrates his engagement to the beautiful young Ethne (Kate Hudson), in a lavish ball with his fellow officers and his father in attendance. When the regimental Colonel (James Cosmo) announces that the regiment is being dispatched to Egyptian-ruled Sudan to rescue the British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (who is being besieged in Khartoum by Islamic rebels of the Mahdi), young Faversham has serious ethical reservations about the war, and resigns his commission. Shocked by his son's actions, Harry's father (Tim Pigott-Smith) disowns him. Perceiving his resignation as cowardice, three of his friends and his fiancée each give him a white feather, the symbol of cowardice. Ethne breaks off their engagement.
Serendipity, 1h30
Directed by Peter Chelsom
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett, Jeremy Piven, Eugene Levy
Roles Caroline Mitchell
Rating68% 3.400683.400683.400683.400683.40068
During the Christmas season in New York City, Jonathan Trager meets Sara Thomas trying to buy the same pair of black cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale's. They feel a mutual attraction, and despite the fact that each is involved in other relationships, they end up eating ice cream at Serendipity 3 together, and soon exchange goodbyes. However, both realise that they have left something at the ice cream bar, and return only to find each other again.
Perfume
Perfume (2001)
, 1h46
Directed by Hunter Carson, Michael Rymer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes La mode
Actors Estella Warren, Jeff Goldblum, Mariel Hemingway, Carmen Electra, Omar Epps, Peter Gallagher
Roles Sarah
Rating36% 1.827321.827321.827321.827321.82732
Prior to a major show, the people involved find themselves embroiled in their own personal battles.