Gurin Florence

French actress, also known as Florence Nicolas, who appeared both in film and in television roles between 1980 and 2008. Having spent her early life in comfortable circumstances, at around 10 years of age she moved to a public housing project (habitation à loyer modéré), in Cannes-La Bocca, following the death of her father. She left school aged 14 and won the Miss Cinema competition at Cannes in 1980. On 31 May 1998 she was involved in a serious road traffic accident caused by a drunk driver at Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis. Her 5 year old son Nicolas died in the tragedy. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less