Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
Those things you described (affair with Crixus) is about the character, not the actor's performance. Mira was also a house slave but Katrina Law was never so stiff and monotonous. I don't know, my acting pet peeve is underperforming. There's a line between subtly and wooden and IMO Naevia 1 was the latter. Look at the clip I posted earlier. If that's how she would have played Naevia than I'm glad she was gone. She can't even curseIMO Naevia 1 had overdone the innocent aspect of the character (speaking in that baby voice) by than that during that scene I couldn't see her making that turn convincingly. Missandei from Game of Thrones did a better job of portraying innocence without coming off as infantile as Naevia 1. She should have played it more like that. That's why Naevia 1 and 2 felt like two characters; they're opposites (save for Vengeance).
The character had the most depth in season two. She was justifiably bitter at times but you could still see the old her in her performance. We saw her progress from helplessness to learning to defend herself, dealing with her rape to being able to make love with Crixus again by the end of the season.
Overall I think Naevia 2 just came into the role at an unfortunate time. Had she played Naevia from the beginning she wouldn't really be seen as angry due to the characterization from the last season. I think they should have let her play slave Naevia in a full flashback so people could better make a connection with her first, instead of just seeing her having a panic attack in the forest.
I'm not going to pick a side. Good debate between yall
But their chemistry made this scene
She from South Africa.
she found a lil groove by the 3rd tho....Lol at yall bringing up a scene where her and crixus just looked at each other and cried as a big "chemistry" moment 
