The South African actor, Charlbi Dean, was only 32 when she died on Monday in a hospital in New York City.
The South African actor and model Charlbi Dean, who had a breakthrough part in the Cannes Film Festival‘s top prize-winning film “Triangle of Sadness,” has passed away at the age of 32. She passed away on Monday, 29 August, at a hospital in New York City, according to The Hollywood Reporter, following what was called an unexpected abrupt illness.
Dean and Harris Dickinson play a star fashion-model couple on an opulent cruise that devolves into chaos in “Triangle of Sadness,” the Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s first English-language feature. Woody Harrelson plays the ship’s captain in it. She was awarded the Palme d’Or at Cannes for her role in the movie.
“For me, it’s like I’ve already won.”: Dean
At the awards function, before she was honored for the role, she said, “For me, I’m like, I’ve already won. I’m already at Cannes with the movie. That’s so unbelievable. Anything is just a cherry on top at this point for me, you know?”
In the DC Comics television series “Black Lightning,” which aired on the CW from 2018 to 2021, Dean also played the assassin Syonide in recurrent episodes.
Blood in the Water, Don’t Sleep, “An Interview with God,” and “Porthole” are just a few of the films Dean has acted in. Her debut acting appearance was in the 2010 movie “Spud,” which also starred Troye Sivan and John Cleese.
Dean started modeling at the age of 14 after quitting high school. in a 2013 interview, she recalled being dubbed the “walking, talking toothpick.” She had said that “being skinny was something I hated at school.”
She started off working for the renowned Guess brand before making an appearance on the Vogue cover and in projects for Gucci, United Colors of Benetton, and Ralph Lauren.