Charlbi Dean, a South African actress and model presently acting in the festival circuit smash Triangle of Sadness

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passed away on Monday at a hospital in New York City at the age of 32 due to an unexpected illness, as reported by Variety on Tuesday

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This past May, at the Cannes Film Festival, the film Triangle of Sadness was honored with the Palme d’Or for best picture.

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The satirical dark comedy written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund, whose previous works include Force Majeure

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Dean portrayed the role of Yaya, one half of a model couple alongside Dickinson, that is invited on board a luxury boat for the ultra-rich before things go wrong.

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Dickinson played the other half of the duo. This year, the movie will also have showings at the film festivals in Toronto and New York City.

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As Charli Dean Kriek, Dean was born in Cape Town and reared there. At the age of 12, she registered with a modeling agency

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Her role as Syonide, a recurrent character on the CW series Black Lightning, which began airing in 2018, is perhaps what brought her the most attention.

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Other films he has worked on include Blood in the Water, Don’t Sleep, Porthole, and Death Race 3: Inferno.

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She has been on the cover of publications such as the South African versions of GQ and Elle, thanks to her career as a model.

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