Gordon 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 . " On 20 May 2009 , Gordon was found hanging in the Paris flat she shared with cinematographer Jérôme Alméras , just two days short of her 29th birthday . 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
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Lucy Gordon (actress)