Beau Jessup, daughter of British actress and TV host Lisa Maxwell, has passed away at age 27. Beau was studying at Columbia Journalism School at the time of her passing.Her school shared the news publically in an official statement shared on their website. The statement read, “Columbia Journalism School mourns the loss of Beau Jessup, a student in our M.S. program. We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, classmates, and all who knew and loved her. The J-School is working with Beau’s family to offer support and assistance during this difficult time.”At the time of writing, no other details about what happened to the star’s 27-year-old actress’s daughter. Lisa Maxwell has also not shared any details about her daughter’s passing.
Who was Beau Jessup?
Beau Jessup had been enrolled at the Columbia Journalism School for their master’s degree in journalism and was supposed to complete her graduation in May 2027. The school also published an interview they had conducted with Jessup last month. They announced that the interview was released with the permission and blessings of her family and loved ones.In the interview, the actress’ daughter opened up about her time studying journalism and why she chose the program. For this she had mentioned her mother and shared, “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. I saw how journalism could illuminate someone’s experiences but also how those experiences could be distorted, simplified, or transformed into a public narrative over which the subject had very little control. I was curious, from quite a young age, about who gets to tell people’s stories.”Her mother, Lisa Maxwell, is an English actress, singer, and television presenter. She is best known for playing the role of Detective Superintendent Samantha Nixon in the long-running police dramas ‘The Bill,’ ‘EastEnders,’ ‘The Benny Hill Show,’ ‘In Deep,’ and ‘The Madame Blanc Mysteries.