{{short description|Thai actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Florence Faivre | native_name = ฟลอเรนซ์ วนิดา เฟเวอร์ | native_name_lang = th | image = Florence Faivre at 2015 Fan Expo Canada.jpg | caption = Faivre at 2015 Fan Expo Canada | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|6|8}}<ref>{{cite web |title=วนิดา ฟลอเรนซ์ 15 ปี บนเส้นทางแห่งแฟชั่น |author=Appeal Magazine|url=https://www.sanook.com/women/13021/ |website=Sanook! |accessdate=18 December 2018 |language=th |date=18 May 2012}}</ref> | birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand | birth_name = Florence Vanida Faivre | education = | alma_mater = | height = {{height|m=1.74}} | occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|model|TV host}} | years_active = 2004–present | spouse = | children = | notable_works = {{ubl|''The Expanse''|''The Siam Renaissance''}} }}
'''Florence Vanida Faivre''' ({{langx|th|ฟลอเรนซ์ วนิดา เฟเวอร์}}; born 8 June 1983) is a French and Thai actress and model. She began her career as a teen television hostess in Thailand, and later branched into modelling and acting, making her film debut starring in the 2004 film ''The Siam Renaissance''. She later moved to the United States, and has appeared in several films and television series.
==Life and career== Faivre was born in Bangkok to a French father and a Thai mother. She grew up in Aix-en-Provence in France, and moved to Thailand with her family when she was eight years old. At thirteen years of age, she started working as a television host for ''Teen Talk'' and ''E for Teen''. A year later, she started modelling work.
After graduating from high school in Thailand, she was cast as Maneechan, the main character in ''The Siam Renaissance'', a 2004 film adaptation of the novel ''Thawiphop''. The film was at that time "the second largest Thai production ever".<ref name="BC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/12/shield-season-5-transformation-faivre/ |title=Agents of SHIELD Season 5: the Transformation of Florence Faivre to Sinara |last=Wickline |first=Dan |work=Bleeding Cool |date=12 January 2018 |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref> Faivre was nominated for the Suphannahong Award for best actress, but did not win.<ref name="Khaosod">{{cite web |author1=Khaosod |title=ฟลอเรนซ์อุทิศตัว เลือกฝันโกอินเตอร์ |url=http://entertain.teenee.com/thaistar/29957.html |website=TeeNee.com |accessdate=18 December 2018 |language=th |date=18 January 2009}}</ref>
Faivre subsequently moved to New York, where she initially concentrated on modelling.<ref name="Khaosod" /> She has since appeared in several television series and films.<ref name="BC"/> John Anderson of ''Variety'' praised her performance in the otherwise poorly received ''The Elephant King'', anticipating "a promising career, not just for her statuesque beauty but for her ability to navigate a role and character fraught with contradictions and moral shoals".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=John|title=Review: 'The Elephant King'|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/the-elephant-king-1200516337/|accessdate=1 February 2015|work=Variety|date=11 May 2006}}</ref>
Faivre guest-starred in several TV series, including ''How to Make It in America'' and ''The Following'', before landing a major role in ''The Expanse'', a science fiction thriller.<ref name="DH">{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/moniqua-plante-cast-nashville-florence-faivre-the-expanse-862791/ |title=Moniqua Plante Joins 'Nashville'; Florence Faivre In 'The Expanse' |work=Deadline Hollywood |quote=Florence Faivre (The Elephant King) has landed a series regular role on SyFy’s The Expanse, a series based on James S.A. Corey’s series of novels. |date=27 October 2014 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref> The show's first episode opened with a shot of Faivre floating weightlessly through a spaceship.<ref name="Forbes">{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chadorzel/2015/12/18/how-the-expanse-gets-general-relativity-right/#3c3329eba590 |title=How 'The Expanse' Gets General Relativity Right |last=Orzel |first=Chad |work=Forbes |quote=The Expanse does include some very effective shots of weightlessness-- the cold open of the premiere with Julie Mao (Florence Faivre) floating through an eerily empty ship is great |date=18 December 2015 |accessdate=18 December 2018}}</ref> Faivre's character Julie Mao, "a smart and rebellious woman from a wealthy family who chooses a principled life of hardship and becomes involved in politically subversive activities,"<ref name="DH"/> was a regular in seasons 1 and 2, returning for a guest appearance in season 3.
In the fifth season of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2017–2018), Faivre had a recurring role as "the kick-ass Kree warrior Sinara taking down folks with a duo of metal balls".<ref name="BC"/>
The 2018 film ''American Mirror'' features Faivre as well as Susan Sarandon in major roles as muses to the protagonist.<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/toronto/article/AMERICAN-MIRROR-Wins-Best-Cinematography-And-Best-Innovative-Film-At-Pomegranate-Film-Festival-20181121 |title=AMERICAN MIRROR Wins Best Cinematography And Best Innovative Film at Pomegranate Film Festival |work=Broadway World |quote=Balder lays out the dream-like narratives of both the artist and his haunting muses -main parts assigned to Susan Sarandon and Florence Faivre |date=21 November 2018 |accessdate=17 December 2018}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2004 |''The Siam Renaissance'' |Maneechan |Nominated for the Suphannahong Award for best actress{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} |- |2005 |''Chok-Dee''<ref>{{cite web |date=13 April 2005 |last=Foundas |first=Scott |title=Chok Dee |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/chok-dee-1200526570/ |website=Variety }}</ref> |Kim | |- |2006 |''The Elephant King'' |Lek | |- |2008 |''The Coffin'' |Zoe's friend | |- |2009 |''Giver Taker Heartbreaker'' |Charlotte | |- |2018 |''Sad Beauty'' |Yo |Nominated for the Suphannahong Award for best actress<ref>[http://www.asiateca.net/2019/02/20/28th-suphannahong-awards-thailand-national-film-association-awards-nominados/ 2019 Suphannahong Awards]</ref> |- |2019 |''The Assent'' |Dr. Maya | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2009 |''Kings'' |Hot Secretary |2 Episodes |- |2010 |''How to Make It in America'' |Celine |Episode: "Crisp" |- |2014 |''The Following'' |Serena |Episode: "Freedom" |- |2014 |''Alpha House'' |Teata Takaria |Episode: "The Contest" |- |2015–2018 |''The Expanse'' |Julie Mao |9 episodes |- |2017 |''Time After Time'' |Unknown |Episode: "Pilot" |- |2017 |''Bull'' |Claudine Caffrey |Episode: "Bring it On" |- |2017–2018 |''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' |Sinara |8 episodes |- |}
=== Video games === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2023 |''The Expanse: A Telltale Series'' |Julie Mao |Voice |- |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1552467}}
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