Victoria Jones, daughter of veteran actor and Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones, also built a career as an actress, with appearances in films directed or starring her father.
At 34 years old, she was found dead in a hotel in San Francisco, California, on Thursday (1st). According to People magazine, the main suspicion is an overdose, information based on an audio of the call made to the 911 emergency service in the United States.
Born on April 21, 1987, in Camp LeJeune, in the American state of North Carolina, she acted in productions such as (2002), “Three Burials” (2005) and “Debt of Honor” (2014).
Daughter of Tommy Lee Jones, 79, with ex-wife Kimberlea Cloughley (age undisclosed), Victoria was the younger sister of Austin Leonard Jones, 43.
Victoria was also the stepdaughter of Dawn Laurel-Jones, the actor’s current wife, who worked as a set photographer in films directed by Tommy Lee Jones.
Hollywood career
In her artistic career, Victoria made her film debut in “MIB: Men in Black 2”, in a scene that included her own father.
In “Three Burials”, a film that marked Tommy Lee Jones’ debut as a director, she played the character credited as “Immigrant Girl”.
Victoria also participated in “Debt of Honor” (2014), again under the direction of her father, as well as “Sorry, Haters” and an episode of the series, both in 2005.
In an interview published by The New Yorker magazine in 2006, Tommy Lee Jones commented on the challenges of working with his daughter on his debut film as a director. At the time, the actor stated that Victoria had talent and professional training, but reported an episode in which he had to remove her from the set.
According to him, his daughter needed to wake up at 5am to record her scenes, but one morning she refused to get out of bed. “I said, ‘Honey, this is work’. But she wouldn’t budge. So I fired her.”
The actor further stated that, without his knowledge, members of the crew ended up going to the location, waking Victoria up and rushing her to filming.
Problems with Justice
Victoria Jones has had a recent history of problems with the law. According to court records consulted by People magazine, she was arrested at least twice in the last year, including one arrest for drug possession.
On April 28, 2025, Victoria was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors: obstructing a peace officer, being under the influence of a controlled substance without a valid prescription, and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. She pleaded not guilty.
Almost two months later, on June 17, Victoria was arrested again, this time on charges of domestic battery, also a misdemeanor. She again pleaded not guilty at a hearing held on July 1st.
Death investigation
The circumstances of the death began to be investigated in the early hours of January 1st. The San Francisco Fire Department told PEOPLE that it responded to a medical incident at the Fairmont Hotel just before 3 a.m. when an adult woman was found dead. The city police confirmed that agents were at the scene and confirmed the death.
According to People, the audio of the 911 call classified the incident as “code 3 for overdose” and mentioned “color change”, a term used to indicate signs of cyanosis, a condition associated with a lack of oxygen in the blood. Authorities reported that, so far, there is no evidence of crime.
Victoria Jones was 34 years old. San Francisco coroners have not yet officially released the cause of death.
