Meet Luke Volker; he is a model artist and the boyfriend and fiance of South African model actress Charlbi Dean whose sudden death at the age of 32 from an unspecified illness has left many clearly devastated.
Charlby Dean Family
Charlbi Dean Kriek was born on February 5, 1990, in Cape Town, South Africa, one of the children of Joanne Miller and Johan Kriek.
Charlbi had one brother named Alexi Jacobs Kriek.
Charlby Dean Career
Dean started modeling at the age of six, and signed a contract with Alfa Model when she was 12; two years later started homeschooling, attended Waterfront Theatre School and travel all over the world.
Charlbi was on the campaign for United Colors of Benetton, Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Guess?, Levi’s, and graced the cover of magazines like Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Tatler, and PlazaKvinna Magazine.
She made her acting debut in 2010 as Amanda in the film Spud; two years later she appeared in Illusive Fields, portrayed Calimity J in Death Race 3: Inferno, and reprised her role as Amanda in Spud 2: The Madness Continues in 2013.
In 2016, appeared in Blood in The Water; she made a cameo in the t.v series Elementary and played Shawn Edmon in the 2017 film Blood in the Water. The following year appeared in the film Don’t Sleep alongside Dominic Sherwood, played Jennifer and Kassidy Kubrick in Porthole, and landed her role as Syonide in the CW television series Black Lighting. Charlbi Dean’s last role was as Yaya in Ruben Ostlund’s film Triangle of Sadness, starring Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson, Zlatko Buric, Dolly de Leon and Henrik Dorsin.
Charlbi Dean Scar
Charlbi Dean’s scar on her stomach is a reminder of a near-death experience she was involved in October 2008, along with ex-boyfriend model Ashton Schnehage.
Back then Charlbi then 18, was trapped inside a car after it smashed into the back of a truck on Marine Drive; she was rescued by Ashton before they were taken to Milnerton Medi-Clinic, were Charlbi was admitted with two damaged vertebrae, broke her wrist, four ribs and an elbow. She also suffered other internal injuries, including a collapsed left lung; Schnehage broke his left shoulder blade.
Charlbi Dean Death
Charlbi Dean was 32, when she died on August 30, 2022, in New York; from an unexpected sudden illness, just four months after announcing her engagement to model Luke Volker, her boyfriend of four children, with whom she lived with.
Charlbi Dean Boyfriend
As noted Charlbi Dean dated model Luke Volker for your years before he asked her to marry her.
Luke Volker
South African model Luke Chase Volker stands at 6’2; he is represented by Marilyn Paris, Boss Models, and IMG. Luke graduated in 2017, with a marketing degree from the AAA School of Advertising in South Africa. After college, he did an internship at Ogilvy South Africa. Volker later worked as an influencer marketing strategist at Division Media in Los Angeles, Cali.
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Hi I’m Luke,
I have a bachelors degree in Marketing Communications, specializing in Accounts Management and Digital Media – both for which I finished with a 1st. I also have a diploma in copywriting. I live between New York and Los Angeles.
Great in a team, excellent public speaker, creative and have a big match temperament.