Charlbi Dean, who played roles in “Triangle of Sadness” and “Black Lightning,” died at the age of 32.
Charlbi Dean was a young, up-and-coming South African actor. He was most recently seen in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won the Palme d’Or this year. Dean died on Monday in New York from an illness that came as a surprise, according to Variety. She turned 32.
Dean was also in “Black Lightning,” a DC Comics show on The CW. She played Syonide, a very skilled killer, in nine episodes over two seasons.
She acted for the first time in the 2010 South African movie “Spud,” and she came back for the 2013 sequel.
“Spud 2: The Insanity Keeps Going.”
Ruben Ostlund’s satirical dark comedy “Triangle of Sadness,” which was her first big movie, was a dark comedy with a satirical edge. Dean and Harris Dickinson played the two main roles. They played Carl and Yaya, a high-fashion celebrity couple who are invited on a cruise for the very rich. At first, the cruise seems like social media influencers’ paradise. But they soon find out that some of the people on their ship are criminals, such as a Russian oligarch, a British arms dealer, a Marxist captain, and others. On the ship, the balance of power changes, and a class war starts to happen.
Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin, Jean-Christophe Folly, Amanda Walker, Oliver Ford Davies, and Sunnyi Melles are also in the cast. Woody Harrelson plays the captain of the ship. The movie was a big hit at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Oct. 8 it will come out in the U.S. After its world premiere at Cannes, the movie was bought by Neon for about $8 million. It will also be shown at the New York Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Dean also worked on the sci-fi action movie “Death Race 3: Inferno,” the thriller “Blood in the Water,” the horror movie “Don’t Sleep,” the drama “An Interview with God,” and the TV show “Elementary.”
Dean started modeling when he was 6 years old and signed with Alfa Model Management when he was 12. Over the years, he has been on magazine covers, in commercials, and in catalogues.
