The 27-year-old daughter of English actor Lisa Maxwell has died.
Beau Rose Jessup’s death was announced by Columbia University, where she was a journalism student working toward her master’s degree.
“We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, classmates and all who knew and loved her,” the university said in a statement encouraging grieving students to seek psychiatric or spiritual support.
No cause of death was reported.
Maxwell, 62, worked on films including “Jeepers Creepers,” and “The Dark Crystal,” according to IMDb. Her television work included British programs “EastEnders,” “The Benny Hill Show” and 1991’s “The Lisa Maxwell Show.”
Jessup previously studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge. She planned to complete her studies at Columbia in May.
Jessup said in a Columbia News interview last month that she planned to focus on reporting news and writing fiction after leaving school. It was her experience that there can be an overlap between those things.
“As the daughter of a television actress, I grew up with an unusual awareness of the distance between people’s lives and the stories told about them,” Jessup added.
She was workshopping a play she wrote called “The Sandbag” and wanted to continue writing for theater at the time of her death.
In the little bit of free time she had, Jessup said she enjoyed visiting the 79th Street Greenmarket, exploring the Upper West Side and sipping “mocktails” like non-alcoholic Moscow Mules.