Charlbi Dean, model and Triangle of Sadness actor, dies aged 32

Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model currently starring in festival circuit hit Triangle of Sadness, died on Monday at a New York City hospital of a sudden illness at the age of 32, Variety confirmed on Tuesday.

Dean played Yaya, one half of a model couple with Dickinson, who are invited on to a luxury yacht for the ultra-rich before things go awry.

The film is also set to be screened at both the Toronto and New York film festivals this year.

Born and raised in Cape Town as Charlbi Dean Kriek, Dean signed with a modeling agency at age 12 and made her screen debut in the 2010 South African film Spud, starring Troye Sivan. She is perhaps best known for playing a Syonide, a recurring character on the CW series Black Lightning starting in 2018.

In 2008, she survived a car crash that broke her wrist, four ribs and elbow and left her with a collapsed lung.