British actress Lucy Gordon, who starred in Spider-Man 3, has committed suicide in her Paris flat two days before her 29th birthday.
Police in the French capital said the body of Miss Gordon, who was tipped to become the new Jane Birkin, was found hanging from the ceiling of her mansion block apartment near the River Seine.
“It was a horrific scene,” said one officer.
“The young woman had taken her own life in terrible circumstances. We are not seeking anyone else. It was a clear case of suicide.”
It later emerged that a male friend of Miss Gordon was in the flat when her body was found.
He told police he had been sleeping when the 28-year-old hanged herself and when he later discovered her, he had run down to the street below to raise the alarm.
The Oxford-born actress and model played the character Jennifer Dugan in the third instalment of Spider-Man.
She appeared in around a dozen other films, having made her big screen debut in 2001, including two that are in post-production.
In one of those, a French film charting the life of late singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, she played Swinging 60s actress and singer Jane Birkin.
Miss Gordon’s fresh looks and passion for France had seen her compared to Birkin in real life.
The Gainsbourg biopic, Vie Heroique, is currently being previewed at the Cannes Film Festival.
A festival organiser said: “We are devastated by this news. All those attending the festival had been hugely impressed by Lucy’s work.
“She was a star in the making.”
Miss Gordon had been in the public eye since the age of 15 when she landed a hugely prestigious worldwide contract with the cosmetics company, Cover Girl.
She worked in London and New York, before moving to Paris to film Vie Heroique.
Neighbours around the £2000-a-month two bedroom flat she rented in the bohemian 10th arrondissement of Paris said she was seldom home, always out working or socialising.
Her career was flourishing, so detectives said they would be interviewing close friends and family about her personal life in an attempt to establish a motive for her sudden suicide.
Agents for Miss Gordon, who was believed to be planning to celebrate her 29th birthday in the French city on Friday, confirmed she had “ended her own days”.
By Sky News
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