South African actress and model Charlbi Dean has passed away at the age of 32. International media reports that the 32-year-old who won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2022 with "Triangle of Sadness", passed away in a New York hospital "from an unexpected illness".
Before starring opposite Harris Dickinson and Woody Harrelson in Ruben Östlund's savage satire of capitalism, which opens in US theaters on October 7, Charlby made a name for herself playing Syonide, a recurring character in the DC comic series. 'Black Lightning' Comics on the CW.
In "Triangle of Sadness", the young actress played the part of model Yaya, one of the guests for a cruise on a luxury superyacht, which is run by an unrepentant Marxist and ends disastrously with survivors abandoned on a desert island.

Charlie was born in 1990 in Cape Town. She made her modeling debut at the age of six and her film debut at the age of ten in the comedy 'Spud' with John Cleese and Troye Sivan. She then appeared in the films 'Death Race 3: Inferno' (2013), 'Blood in the Water' (2016), 'Don't Sleep' (2017) and 'Porthole' (2018). As a model she had worked for Guess, Benetton and Ralph Lauren campaigns.
In 2008, she survived a serious car accident that left her with broken bones and a pneumothorax. There is still no indication of the disease that was fatal to him.