Young British actress Lucy Gordon has been found dead in her Paris flat after apparently committing suicide.
The Spider-Man 3 actress was found dead at the 10th arrondissement apartment on Wednesday, two days before her 29th birthday.
A police spokesman said an autopsy had been ordered to determine the cause of death, adding that it appeared to be a suicide.
The Oxford-born actress appeared in a dozen films including as reporter Jennifer Dugan in the third instalment of Spider-Man.
She made her debut in 2001 in the film Perfume, which follows a group of characters at a New York modelling show.
In 2002 she starred in historical drama The Four Feathers. The cast included Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died of a drugs overdose in his New York apartment last year.
Gordon most recently played British singer and actress Jane Birkin in the upcoming biopic Serge Gainsbourg (a heroic life).
The film is due for release early next year and trailers were shown this week at the Cannes film festival.
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