British actress Lucy Gordan was  found hanged in her Paris apartment at the age of 28.

She killed herself yesterday morning as her boyfriend slept. It was two days before her 29th birthday.

When the boyfriend awoke, he discovered what she had done and ran for help. However, it was too late.

Her father, Richard Gordon, said:

“We have always been immensely proud of her and her achievements. We love her so much. She was called Lucy and she has lived up to that: she has been the light of our lives, me and my wife Sue, and daughter Katie. She was a lovely, generous, unselfish person who gave her all for others and thought of others before herself. She has been the most beautiful daughter. We are obviously devastated.”

Gordan starred in the 2001 film Perfume, played the reporter in Spiderman 3 and filmed The Four Feathers with the late Heath Ledger.

Motive for her suicide is not known, however, we do know that a close childhood friend of hers recently committed suicide as well.

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