Tributes to film and TV 'star-in-the-making' after death at 32

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South African actress and model Charlbi Dean, who starred in award-winning film Triangle of Sadness and TV series Black Lightning, has died at the age of 32.

Dean had a breakout role opposite Woody Harrelson in Triangle of Sadness, which won the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

In Black Lightning, based on DC Comics characters, she appeared as Syonide.

Dean's representatives said her death in hospital from a sudden unexpected illness was "devastating".

In writer and director Ruben Ostlund's Triangle of Sadness, Dean played Yaya, one half of a model couple who were invited on a cruise that goes horribly wrong.

Ostlund paid tribute on Instagram, posting a picture of the actress on set, and describing her death as "a shock and a tragedy".

"It is an honour to have gotten to know and work with her," he wrote. "Charlbi had a care and sensitivity that lifted her colleagues and the entire film crew.

"The thought that she will not be by our side in the future makes me very sad."

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Charlbi Dean: Tributes to film and TV 'star-in-the-making' after death at 32. South African actress and model Charlbi Dean, who starred in award-winning film Triangle of Sadness and TV series Black Lightning, has died at the age of 32.