New details in sudden death of British actress Lisa Maxwell’s daughter revealed after 27-year-old’s sudden passing

Beau Jessup, the 27-year-old daughter of British actress Lisa Maxwell, died earlier this month in New York. Sources described her death as not suspicious, with no criminality involved, while the medical examiner’s office said the cause and manner remain undetermined pending further study.

Jessup was studying for a master’s degree in journalism at Columbia University and was expected to graduate in May 2027. The school announced her death on 9 November and said it was supporting her family; it later published, with their permission, an interview in which Jessup discussed cultural journalism and who gets to tell people’s stories. She had previously studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge, and founded a website helping Chinese parents choose English names for their children.