Florence Guerin was born on June 12, 1965. She also known as Florence Nicolas, is a French actress. Florence was born in Nice, France, she appeared in both film and 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 a loyer modere), 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 Guerin was involved in a serious road traffic accident caused by a drunk driver at Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis. Her 5 year old son Nicholas died in the tragedy.