Lucy Gordon

Lucy Gordon's story sits with me as one of genuine momentum cut tragically short. Becoming a face of CoverGirl at seventeen in 1997 and then pivoting into acting is a hard transition to pull off, yet she managed real breakthroughs, especially in Cedric Klapisch's Russian Dolls in 2005. I notice she kept landing roles in big titles too, including Spider-Man 3, Serendipity, and The Four Feathers, which suggests she was building toward something larger. The fact that she died in 2009, just two days before her twenty-ninth birthday, makes the trajectory feel painfully unfinished. I'm left wondering what the next decade would have held for her.

Lucy Imogen Gordon (22 May 1980 – 20 May 2009) was an English actress and model. She became a face of CoverGirl in 1997 before starting an acting career. She broke through in Cédric Klapisch's Russian Dolls in 2005. Her first film was Perfume in 2001 before going on to have small roles in Spider-Man 3, Serendipity, and The Four Feathers.

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Name (English)

Lucy Gordon

Name (Japanese)

ルーシー・ゴードン

Reading

るーしー・ごーどん

Born

May 22, 1980 – May 20, 2009

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Oxford, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

2 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

film actor / actor / model

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Oxford High School

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.