Charli Dean, 32-year-old, succumbed to sudden sickness and death. Her managers confirmed that she had passed away from an unexpected illness at a hospital in New York. She played a pivotal role in the film Triangle of Sadness, which took home the top prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Dean passed away unexpectedly on Monday at a New York hospital, her representatives confirmed on Tuesday.
Her career was at its peak.
It’s not apparent what, if any, health problems Dean was experiencing. Dean was a fashion model with a few film and television appearances throughout the past decade. Her role as Syonide, the antagonist, on the CW’s Black Lightning has brought her the most attention. Earlier in her career, she was known by the name Charlbi Kriek.
The major role in Triangle of Sadness, a Cast Away-meets-The White Lotus comedy set for wide distribution in October, has led several critics to predict that she may finally break out this year.
Dean also appeared as the deadly assassin Syonide on the CW’s Black Lightning, based on the DC Comics character. Charlie Dean Kriek was born and raised in Cape Town.
Her early career started as a model.
When he was young, Dean began a career as a model that would see him appear on the runway and in magazines for decades. In 2010, she made her acting debut in the film Spud, which was based on a popular South African novel about a boys’ boarding school and also starred Troye Sivan and John Cleese. In a 2013 follow-up, she was back to reprise her part.
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund’s debut film in English, Triangle of Sadness, stars Dean and Harris Dickinson as a famous fashion model couple on a luxury cruise that quickly spirals out of control. Starring Woody Harrelson, who plays the captain of the ship.
Dean was a fashion model with a few film and television appearances throughout the past decade. Her role as Syonide, the antagonist, on the CW’s Black Lightning has brought her the most attention. Earlier in her career, she was known by the name Charlbi Kriek.
What about the breakthrough roles?
The major role in Triangle of Sadness, a Cast Away-meets-The White Lotus comedy set for wide distribution in October, has led several critics to predict that she may finally break out this year.
Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d’Or as the top film at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and starred Woody Harrelson.
What’s the take on her bf?
On social media, a flood of condolence messages poured in for Dean’s boyfriend, Luke Chase Volker. Many people commented on his May Instagram post praising her performance in Triangle of Sadness.
In 2009, she narrowly avoided death in a car crash. Dean told The Associated Press at the festival, before the film received the Oscar, “For me, I’m like, I’ve already won. With the film in tow, I’m already at Cannes. Fantastic. Anything else at this point would be icing on the cake, you know?
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