Charlbi Dean, a young, up-and-coming South African actress, has died ‘mysteriously’ at at age 32.
No further information has been made available about her cause of death.
Dean and Dickinson play shipwrecked fashion models in the movie, which won the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, this past May.
“Triangle of Sadness” is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on Oct. 7.
The South African born actress was active on her social media, with her final post shared several days ago. Dean posted a series of professional modeling pictures on Instagram.
Tributes poured in immediately from fans in the comment section. One commenter wrote, “Rest in Peace beautiful. You didn’t know me but you were my big role model. Thank you for inspiring me.”
The actress acknowledged the film’s Cannes win on Instagram, writing at the time, “Congratulations our family we did it!!! @ruben_ostlund you’re the GOAT I’m forever thankful for you for trusting me to be apart of your genius and my dear @sinaostlund Can’t believe I had the best year making this during one of the hardest times in my life. Here’s some pics of the year in Sweden and Greece during the pandemic. Forever and always our @triangleofsadness family.”
