32 years old, a modeling career and five roles including that of the main character in the film palme d’or 2022 Without filter, actress Charlbi Dean died Monday in New York, a spokeswoman announced, confirming information from the specialized press. “It’s appalling,” replied to AFP by email a representative of the actress, adding “confirm information from TMZ”, the reference American media on celebrities.
According to this site and the media Deadline, Charlbi Dean died “suddenly” Monday at a New York hospital. No information was available on the causes of her death, in particular on a possible illness against which she would have fought.
Charlbi Dean, a very short career
In the movie Without filter (Triangle of Sadness in English) by Swede Ruben Östlund, Charlbi Dean plays Yaya, a top model and influencer, obsessed with her image and her career, who is offered a luxury cruise with her boyfriend, also a model. five years later The SquareRuben Östlund won a second Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival in May with this enjoyable satire of the super-rich and luxury, judged to be the most entertaining film in the Cannes competition.
According to the specialized press, Charlbi Dean Kriek was born on February 5, 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa, and began modeling at the age of six, then a career on the screens from the age of 20 with two first South African films: Spud in 2010 and beyond Spud 2 in 2013, with John Cleese in particular. We also saw her in 2017 in an American horror film, Don’t Sleep, and the following year in Interview with God (An Interview with God).