Elizabeth Norment, the US actress best known for her role on the Netflix political series House of Cards, has died at the age of 61.

The actress passed away at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, according to media reports. No other details were available.

Norment played Nancy Kaufberger, the loyal secretary of Kevin Spacey’s character, in the Emmy-winning, online streaming series about a ruthless South Carolina politician.

She had appeared in many TV series, including Blue Bloods, Law and Order and ER, as well as films such as Runaway and The Woman in Red.

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