---
name: "Charlbi Dean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlbi-dean"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 February 1990"
died: "29 August 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:48:00.377842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charlbi Dean

Actor. Born 5 February 1990 in Cape Town, South Africa. Died 29 August 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 February 1990, Cape Town, South Africa
- **Died:** 29 August 2022
- **Also known as:** Charlbi Kriek, Charbi Kriek, Chaulbi Dean-Kreik, Charrlbi Dean, Charlbi Dean Kriek
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlbi_Dean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101064944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4528025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187068

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Triangle of Sadness*](https://film.one/film/triangle-of-sadness.md) (66)

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## Biography

Charlbi Dean was a South African actress and model. Born Charlbi Dean Kriek on 5 February 1990 in Cape Town, she began modelling at the age of six and made her acting debut in the 2010 film *Spud* as Amanda, reprising the role in the 2013 sequel.

She appeared in films including *Death Race: Inferno* (2013), *Don't Sleep* (2017) and *An Interview with God* (2018), and had a recurring role as Syonide in the television series *Black Lightning* (2018). Dean played Yaya in Ruben Östlund’s *Triangle of Sadness* (2022).

Dean died on 29 August 2022 in New York City, aged 32.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cnn.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Triangle of Sadness* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Yaya — [page](https://film.one/film/triangle-of-sadness.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Triangle of Sadness* (2022), as Yaya — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/triangle-of-sadness.md)
- *An Interview with God* (2018), as Grace
- *Wedding Swingers* (2018), as Jennifer - Kassidy Kubrick
- *Black Lightning* (2018), series, as Syonide
- *Don't Sleep* (2017), as Shawn Edmond
- *Blood in the Water* (2016), as Pheebee
- *Spud 2: The Madness Continues* (2013), as Amanda Lawrence
- *Death Race: Inferno* (2013), as Calimity J
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Beautiful Woman
- *Illusive Fields* (2012), as Nadia
- *Spud* (2010), as Amanda Lawrence

## Gallery

- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-019cc63c29d8.png) Charlbi Dean — Canal22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/CHARLBI_DEAN_-_2022_CANNES_FILM_FESTIVAL_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charlbi Dean in 2022 Cannes Film Festival, to promote the film Triangle of Sadness, which is her last film role.](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-9e3d1a677684.png) Charlbi Dean in 2022 Cannes Film Festival, to promote the film Triangle of Sadness, which is her last film role. — Canal22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/CHARLBI_DEAN_-_2022_CANNES_FILM_FESTIVAL.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-ad38ad2f7abf.jpg) Charlbi Dean — Image via TMDB
- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-ba3ec1898d6f.jpg) Charlbi Dean — Image via TMDB
- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-2c0099ddc6c8.jpg) Charlbi Dean — Image via TMDB
- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-df7b753984fd.jpg) Charlbi Dean — Image via TMDB
- ![Charlbi Dean](https://film.one/media/person/1255864/gallery-218b7b730511.jpg) Charlbi Dean — Image via TMDB

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