Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter Victoria, 34, found dead on New Year’s Day at iconic San Francisco hotel

Victoria Jones, the daughter of Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones, has been found dead at the age of 34.

Jones was discovered unresponsive in the early hours of New Year’s Day at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, according to TMZ and the Daily Mail, which cited sources.

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department confirmed the news to media outlets, saying paramedics had been dispatched to the Fairmont Hotel at 2.52am.

“Our units responded to the scene, performed an assessment and declared one person deceased,” the spokesperson said, adding that the local police department and medical examiner’s office then took over.

In 911 dispatch audio obtained by People magazine, the call for the incident was classified as a “code 3 for the overdose, color change.”

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In overdose cases, “color change” typically refers to cyanosis — a condition caused by low oxygen levels in the blood, often associated with heart or lung problems — which can result in a blue or purple discoloration of the skin, lips and nails, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The Independent has contacted Tommy’s representatives for comment.

The Fairmont, located in San Francisco’s affluent Nob Hill neighbourhood, is one of the city’s most luxurious and historic hotels. Since opening in 1907, it has hosted presidents, royalty and Hollywood stars, and is famed as the place where Tony Bennett first sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”.

Victoria is the second child of Tommy and his second wife, Kimberlea Cloughley, to whom he was married from 1981 to 1996. They also share a son, Austin, who is 43.

Victoria played minor roles as an actor in her father’s films as a child, appearing in Men in Black II, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, plus the TV series One Tree Hill. She did not work as an actor as an adult, but frequently appeared alongside her father on red carpets around the world.

According to court records obtained by the New York Post, Victoria was arrested at least three times in 2025, including an apprehension on drug charges in Napa County, California, in April. She pleaded not guilty, according to the Post.

Tommy praised his daughter while promoting The Three Burials in 2006, saying: “She’s a good actress, has her SAG [Screen Actors Guild] card, speaks impeccable Spanish. When she was a baby, I told Leticia, her nurse, to speak to her in Spanish.”

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In an interview with The New Yorker, he recalled her getting acclimatised to life as an actor. “She had to get up at 5am for her part,” he told the magazine. “One morning, she wouldn’t get out of bed. I said: ‘Honey, this is work.’ But she wouldn’t budge.

“So I fired her. Then, without telling me, the production staff went over and woke her and rushed her out to the set just in time.”

Tommy Lee Jones is one of America’s most respected actors, known for acclaimed performances in films like JFK, No Country for Old Men, and Lonesome Dove.

He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1993 for his role in The Fugitive, co-starring Harrison Ford.

He married his third wife, Dawn Laurel, in 2001.