Washington, Feb. 3 -- Actress Lee Joo-Sil, best known for playing Park Mal Soon in the second season of Netflix's 'Squid Game', has passed away at the age of 81, reported People.

Lee suffered from cardiac arrest at her family home on the morning of February 2 and was pronounced dead after being transferred to St Mary's Hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea according to her talent agency, 1230Culture.

She had been diagnosed with stomach cancer just three months before her death, as per the outlet.

She was seen in the popular series 'Squid Game' as the mother of undercover detective Hwang Joon-Ho (Wi Ha Joon) and stepmother of Hwang In Ho (Lee Byang Hun).

Lee was previously diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in her fifties and ...