The year 2026 has arrived marked by tragedy for Tommy Lee Jones. A few hours after welcoming the new year, Victoria Jones, daughter of the renowned American actor and filmmaker, was found dead at the luxury Fairmont hotel in San Francisco, in the California city. Emergency services went to the scene after receiving a call shortly before three in the morning, as reported by media outlets such as and .
Upon arriving at the room where he was staying, emergency doctors performed an evaluation and could only certify the death of the interpreter’s daughter at age 34. TMZ has indicated that all the information collected by the teams that responded to the scene has already been delivered to the San Francisco Police Department and the Office of the Medical Examiner for further investigation. At the moment, the causes of death are unknown.
The authorities have ruled out the existence of a crime, since, according to US media, no signs of violence were found and no substances were found in the hotel room. What is still not clear, as The British newspaper reveals whether Victoria was a guest at the accommodation or, if not, how she got to the 14th floor, where her lifeless body was found.
Victoria was the daughter of Tommy Lee Jones and his first wife, Kimberlea Cloughley, with whom the actor also had his son Ausstin, 43. As a child, she wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps in the world of acting and had a discreet contact with the world of cinema. debuted in Men in Black IIparticipated in an episode of the series One Tree Hill in 2003 and, in 2005, directed by his father and in which his stepmother, Dawn Laurel-Jones, who was the film’s photographer, also participated. His last role was in 2014, in the film debt of honor, also directed by Lee Jones.
From that moment on, the actress chose to keep a discreet profile and away from the Hollywood spotlight. Even so, in the following years he did publicly support his Oscar-winning father—for best supporting actor in 1994 for the wanted— in his following projects and premieres. Now, American media reveal that in recent years he had multiple run-ins with police, including arrests in Napa County and Santa Cruz County for “charges related to controlled substances and domestic assault.” She pleaded not guilty and was released on bail, according to records to which the aforementioned media has had access.
Lee Jones praised his daughter on more than one occasion: “She is a good actress, has her acting union credential and speaks impeccable Spanish,” he stated in 2006 in , during the promotion of The three burials of Melquíades Estrada. He also revealed an anecdote after which he decided to fire her from the project in which she was participating when she was 14 years old. “She had to get up at five in the morning to record her part. One morning, she didn’t want to get out of bed. I told her, ‘Honey, this is work.’ But she wouldn’t move. So I fired her.” Although that dismissal did not last too long. “Without telling me anything, the production staff went and woke her up and quickly took her to the set recording just in time,” he added in the interview.
