Born and raised in Cape Town, Dean began modeling as a child. She made her acting debut in the 2010 film 'Spud,' an adaptation of a South African novel.
NEW YORK — Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in"Triangle of Sadness," which won this year's top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32.
Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness, her representatives said Tuesday. Dean also had a recurring role as the assassin Syonide on the DC Comics television series"Black Lightning," which aired on the CW from 2018 to 2021.Dean began modeling as a child, making frequent appearances on fashion runways and magazine covers in the decades that followed.She made her acting debut in the 2010 film"Spud," an adaptation of a popular South African novel about a boys' boarding school starring Troye Sivan and John Cleese.
In"Triangle of Sadness," the first English-language film from Swedish"Force Majeure" director Ruben Östlund, Dean and Harris Dickinson play a celebrity fashion-model couple on a cruise for the ultra-rich that descends into chaos. It also stars Woody Harrelson as the ship's captain.At the festival before the film won the award, Dean told The Associated Press,"For me, I'm like, I've already won. I'm already at Cannes with the movie.
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