South Korean actress Lee Joo-sil has handed away at 81-years-old following a three-month battle with abdomen most cancers. She was primarily identified in the US for her appearances within the dystopian tv sequence Squid Recreation in addition to the zombie thriller Prepare to Busan. The actress has loved a prolific and critically acclaimed profession since she first started appearing at age 20.
On Feb. 2, Lee’s company reported that she had gone into cardiac arrest and was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, the place the actress tragically handed away only a few hours later. She had been battling a analysis of abdomen most cancers for almost three months — her second encounter with the life-threatening illness, as Lee was additionally recognized with breast most cancers a number of a long time prior. A funeral corridor with a memorial honoring Lee’s work and legacy is presently arrange on the Severance Hospital in Sinchon, western Seoul, whereas Lee’s official funeral procession will probably be held on Wednesday.
Regardless of battling sickness, Lee continued to pursue her ardour for appearing. Most just lately, she featured within the record-breaking second season of Squid Recreation, the place she portrayed the mom of undercover detective Hwang Joon-ho (Wi Ha Joon). It is unclear if her character is anticipated to return for the third and last season of the gory survival sequence, which had already been filmed previous to Lee’s demise. If that’s the case, nevertheless, the June premiere of Squid Recreation season three will mark her last on-screen look.
By means of the lengthy trajectory of her profession, Lee has embodied a plethora of roles, however her most well-known characters are undoubtedly the kind-hearted moms and grandmothers that she portrayed. Lee initially debuted as a stage actress again in 1965 at simply 20-years-old, showing in over 200 productions, together with a number of famend works akin to Demise of a Salesman and Macbeth, however within the 80s and 90s, she formally transitioned to on-screen appearing.
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Her longest-running function was as Mrs. Kim, or Kim Hye-suk’s mom, within the South Korean tv sequence Jeonwonilgi, which ran for 23 years and sure solidified her appearing area of interest because the universally beloved “mother” character. She went on to look prominently in a number of different tv sequence — akin to The Uncanny Encounter from 2020 to 2023, and Heaven’s Backyard from 2011 to 2012 — but additionally grew to become identified for her work in movies like Roaring Currents in 2014 and the heart-wrenching Prepare to Busan in 2016.
Lee’s presence will definitely be missed in South Korean tv and films, however her legacy throughout tons of of productions is undeniably profound. “As soon as I noticed her face in a KDrama,” one fan said, “I knew it could be a superb one. She had an infectious smile.”
Squid Recreation
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2021 – 2024
- Community
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Netflix
- Showrunner
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Hwang Dong-hyuk
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Lee Jung-jae
Seong Gi-hun / ‘No. 456’
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