Photo credit: Coco Jourdana
WRITER
MODEL/ACTRESS
CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR
Trinette Faint is the author of Collette’s Caleb (KDP) and MidCoast Star (KDP), and has recently completed Irish Morning, her first screenplay. She has written for Suitcase and Vogue Knitting magazines, and the Google Cloud blog.
ABOUT TRINETTE
Trinette began modeling, aged 16, in Chicago, near her hometown of Joliet, IL, and has since been on the covers of Vogue Knitting magazine and the book Knitting Out of Africa, in addition to other print jobs. She’s currently featured in a Foundation Medicine campaign .
As an actress, Trinette is in an ad campaign for the human services app Navigating Life , and she recently filmed Mandalay Entertainment’s, Barron’s Cove, where she is a featured nurse. Trinette was the wife of Terrance Howard in MGM’s Hart’s War, filmed in Prague, Czech Republic, was featured in Caravan Pictures’ Celtic Pride, was a principal in a WOW Cable ad, and has voiced national voiceovers for Keds and Fayva shoes.
Trinette is the author of Collette’s Caleb and MidCoast Star, both escapist romps through the worlds of entertainment and fashion, and she recently completed her first screenplay, Irish Morning, set in Dublin and London.
In 2023, Trinette founded Floor 51 Productions, and her podcast, My Time, My Life, where she interviews creatives about their journeys, is her first production.
Photo credit: Coco Jourdana
In the entertainment business, Trinette was Matt Damon’s personal assistant for three years, was the Juror and Special Guest Coordinator for Robert DeNiro’s TriBeCa Film Festival, where she was the point of contact for juror Her Majesty Queen Noor, among others. She also worked on the Universal Pictures lot at Overbrook Entertainment, Will Smith’s production company, for the Director of Development and Creative Executive, and managed the VIP area of the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, on Governors Island, in New York, when Prince Harry and Hugh Jackman were the special guests, in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
In 2009, Trinette was named the grand prize winner of Harper’s Bazaar’s Fabulous At Every Age contest, sponsored by Estèe Lauder. It was at this time she launched her former e-commerce beauty store, LoveHue.com, where, ahead of the market, she retailed a diverse range of makeup and skincare for women of every shade. She also worked as a freelance Bobbi Brown makeup artist in New York, Boston, Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco.
Trinette is an ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) award-winning photographer and she has been published in the Denver Post. Her photography has been shown at the Jay Hawkins and Baboo Digital galleries in New York, and at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, a former copywriter/editor for the Italian luxury skincare brand [comfort zone].
Trinette has lived all over, including multiple times in Los Angeles, New York, and Boston, where she again calls home. Her wanderlust for global travel is endless and she will hop on a plane at a moment’s notice. She lives her life fearlessly and fully, and some of her favorite destinations are Vancouver, London, Hong Kong, Athens (and its gorgeous isles), Dublin, Melbourne, Paris, Oahu, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and The Hague.
Trinette holds a BA in Mass Communications, ‘97, and an MA in Integrated Marketing Communications, ‘09, both from Emerson College in Boston. She also attended the International Center of Photography, in New York, and is currently enrolled in UCLA Extension’s Feature Film Writing Certificate program.
Trinette has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Glamour, The Boston Globe, and on the Today Show, among other outlets. She is represented by Maggie Agency, in Boston.