EPISODE · Jul 11, 2025 · 32 MIN
A Conversation with Trinette Faint, Storyteller and Creative Entrepreneur
from Becoming Your Best Version · host Maria Leonard Olsen
Trinette Faint has been a storyteller and creative entrepreneur all her life. With her career spanning starting out as a model in France at 19, to working with celebrities like Matt Damon and Will Smith’s production company, to a 6 ½ year stint at Google. Trinette has also always been a creative writer, having published two novels, and is now a screenwriter, with her two tv pilots placing as semi-finalists in the ScreenCraft 2025 TV Pilot competition. In addition, she earned a certificate in Feature Film Writing from UCLA, at 52, all while continuing her modeling and acting career. Trinette continues to reinvent herself and defines her own version of success. As a Black Female standing tall at 6’1”, Trinette uses her wide range of background and experiences to continue to persevere and inspire fellow women in the industry. Her career also includes being an actor, a voiceover artist and podcast host. Trinette joined us from Boston.In this episode, we discussed:· Trinette’s personal journey of reinventing herself and advice for fellow female entrepreneurs to make the most out of life· Book/Author Journey: Trinette can speak to the need for books to have strong Black female characters to portray and inspire a new generation· How to Fail: Trinette can speak to reprioritizing and shifting her goals based on failures and share why failing is vital to success· Experiencing Racism/Fat Shaming/Criticism as a Model· Mid-life topics: Personal experience as a 50+ womanLearn more:https://trinettefaint.comhttps://www.instagram.com/trinette.faint/https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinettefaint/
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Trinette Faint has been a storyteller and creative entrepreneur all her life. With her career spanning starting out as a model in France at 19, to working with celebrities like Matt Damon and Will Smith’s production company, to a 6 ½ year stint at Google. Trinette has also always been a creative writer, having published two novels, and is now a screenwriter, with her two tv pilots placing as semi-finalists in the ScreenCraft 2025 TV Pilot competition. In addition, she earned a certificate in Feature Film Writing from UCLA, at 52, all while continuing her modeling and acting career. Trinette continues to reinvent herself and defines her own version of success. As a Black Female standing tall at 6’1”, Trinette uses her wide range of background and experiences to continue to persevere and inspire fellow women in the industry. Her career also includes being an actor, a voiceover artist and podcast host. Trinette joined us from Boston.In this episode, we discussed:· Trinette’s personal journey of reinventing herself and advice for fellow female entrepreneurs to make the most out of life· Book/Author Journey: Trinette can speak to the need for books to have strong Black female characters to portray and inspire a new generation· How to Fail: Trinette can speak to reprioritizing and shifting her goals based on failures and share why failing is vital to success· Experiencing Racism/Fat Shaming/Criticism as a Model· Mid-life topics: Personal experience as a 50+ womanLearn more:https://trinettefaint.comhttps://www.instagram.com/trinette.faint/https://www.linkedin.com/in/trinettefaint/
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