The wife of a Hollywood producer who jumped to her death from a Los Angeles hotel is a British aristocrat, mother of two, who once partied with Amy Winehouse.
Isabelle Thomas, 39, was found lying by the pool at Hotel Angeleno on Monday evening.
Her husband of five years, Bradley Thomas, is currently busy promoting his Oscar-nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon. The couple have twin daughters named Poppy and Grace, with Thomas also being a stepmother to Thomas’ older children Lucy and Charlie.
The manner of death has been ruled a suicide by the LA County Coroner’s Office, citing multiple traumatic injuries. The LAPD told DailyMail.com that police responded to the scene about a deceased woman found in the pool.
Thomas, daughter of Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet of Lucknow and his ex-wife Penelope, enjoyed a privileged childhood during which she attended the private King Edward’s School and Prior Park College in Bath.
She then attended Oxford University – the British equivalent of Harvard – and graduated with a degree in biological sciences. A varied career followed, during which Thomas addressed the UN and the World Bank, among others, and was appointed as a technical advisor by former British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Thomas also loved to party and worked as a DJ, with photos uploaded to an old Facebook profile showing her on a night out at glitzy events in London.
She moved to California and continued her work as a consultant and producer and was appointed to the UCLA Center of Storytellers & Scholars Advisory Board.
She was a DJ with performances such as Ibiza Rocks, The Grand Prix and the official afterparty for the Grammy Awards. She was a well-known face on the transatlantic social scene, with friends including musician James Blake and his presenter girlfriend Jameela Jamil. Thomas was also photographed with Amy Winehouse at a 2010 charity event in Camden, London, where the tragic singer lived.
Isabelle Thomas, who committed suicide on Monday, is pictured with Amy Winehouse at a party in London in 2010. Winehouse died of an accidental overdose in July 2011 at the age of 27.
Bradley Thomas’ wife Isabelle, 39, jumped to her death at the Hotel Angeleno on Monday evening. They were recently pictured together at the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party in Beverly Hills on January 13
Lawrence also worked as a DJ, including at London’s Boujis nightclub, a former favorite haunt of Princes William and Harry
Police were called to Hotel Angeleno after Isabelle was found dead in the pool
Thomas, fifth from the left in the photo, is seen with the cast of Killers of the Flower Moon
The couple, pictured in December, have two children together
Jamil, a fellow Californian, was pictured with Blake at the Thomases’ October 2018 wedding in Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica.
On Monday, Jamil wrote on Instagram: ‘I lost a friend very suddenly this week. Don’t wait until later. Don’t assume that you can just grow old together. Don’t assume the world is fair or logical. Don’t take anyone or anything you love for granted for a moment.
‘My heart is completely broken and I don’t think I will ever recover.’
She said in the post that she was “going to see her a few weeks ago but I was busy doing some stupid stupid work.”
She added: ‘I missed the chance to tell her I loved her. And hold her one last time.”
Jameela Jamil is seen with her boyfriend James Blake at Bradley and Isabelle Thomas’ wedding in October 2018 at Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica
Jamil shared a photo of Isabelle with her daughter. She and Bradley Thomas had two children
No suicide note was left, TMZ reports, but police have not publicly confirmed that information.
Hotel Angeleno declined to comment when contacted by telephone by DailyMail.com on Thursday.
Born in the Cotswolds as Isabelle Lawrence, her father was Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet of Lucknow – a senior physicist at Cheltenham General Hospital, who subsequently became the head of the radiotherapy unit at the Bristol Oncology Centre.
Sir Henry and her mother, Penelope Nunan, divorced in 1993 after fourteen years of marriage.
She grew up with a brother five years older than her, Christopher Cosmo Lawrence.
Izzy attended King Edward’s School in Bath and then studied biological sciences at Oxford University, attended Brasenose College and studied neuroscience and animal behaviour.
After graduating, she was appointed by David Cameron to the Prime Minister’s Tech City Advisory Board in 2013.
She created a series of music nights called Apocalypstick and began playing live gigs including Ibiza Rocks, The Grand Prix, the official after-party for the Grammy Awards and Vogue’s Fashion Nights Out.
In one video, she sits on a September 2013 panel and comments on designer Jil Sander’s latest collection, introducing herself as “a presenter, consultant and creator who deals with science, art and style.”
Thomas is seen in 2012 at London’s Mahiki nightclub, once a popular haunt for Prince William and Harry
Izzy is pictured at London Fashion Week in March 2012
She is pictured at a pre-Grammys party in Los Angeles in February 2013
Isabelle is seen promoting her blog at the Grammys in Los Angeles at the age of 28
She can be seen at The Lovie Awards – the European sister of the Webby’s – in November 2013
In April 2014 she was featured in The Los Angeles Timesin an article about young tech entrepreneurs and influencers using a private jet company to fly to Coachella.
She was described as a ‘DJ-slash-model-slash-BBC-TV presenter-slash-Oxford-grad’, who had just extended her visa to stay in the United States.
She and James Blake – who would date Jamil the following year – were both there to DJ, while Izzy, as she was known, was DJing for a Lacoste event.
The multi-hyphenate subsequently served as an advisor to the World Bank and spoke before audiences at the United Nations climate change group, the Conference of Parties.
She also joined the UCLA Center of Storytellers & Scholars Advisory Board.
It is not known how she met Bradley Thomas, but the couple married in 2018 and had two young children.
They were recently pictured together at the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party in Beverly Hills on January 13.
The tragic news comes now that Bradley’s film has been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, among other awards.
Thomas was also one of the producers behind other hit films, including There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber.
For help and support in the US, contact the National Suicide Hotline on 988, or in the UK call the Samaritans on 116 123