Pom Alexandra Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French[a] actress and
model. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and
appeared in such French films as The Easy Way (2008) and Sleepless
Night (2011), before making her American film debut in Oldboy
(2013).Klementieff received worldwide recognition for her role as
Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame
(2019).Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to a
Korean mother and French-Russian father, who was working there as a
consul with the government of France. She is a French citizen, and
does not have Canadian citizenship because jus soli does not apply to
children of diplomats. Her grandfather was the Russian painter Eugene
Klementieff. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in
pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" (ë´„) and "tiger"
(ë²"). Klementieff lived in Canada for one year before her family
began travelling extensively due to her father's job. They lived in
Japan and Côte d'Ivoire, before settling in France.Klementieff's
father died of cancer when she was 5, and her mother had schizophrenia
and was unable to care for children, so Klementieff was raised by her
paternal uncle and aunt. Her uncle, whom she described as "like [her]
second father", died on her 18th birthday, and her older brother
committed suicide seven years later, on her 25th birthday. Klementieff
briefly attended law school after her uncle's death to appease her
aunt but did not find the career path appealing. She also worked as a
waitress and saleswoman in France. She started acting at age 19 at the
Cours Florent drama school in Paris. A few months into her education,
she won a theatre competition that awarded her free classes for two
years with the school's top teachers.
model. She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and
appeared in such French films as The Easy Way (2008) and Sleepless
Night (2011), before making her American film debut in Oldboy
(2013).Klementieff received worldwide recognition for her role as
Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame
(2019).Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, to a
Korean mother and French-Russian father, who was working there as a
consul with the government of France. She is a French citizen, and
does not have Canadian citizenship because jus soli does not apply to
children of diplomats. Her grandfather was the Russian painter Eugene
Klementieff. Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in
pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" (ë´„) and "tiger"
(ë²"). Klementieff lived in Canada for one year before her family
began travelling extensively due to her father's job. They lived in
Japan and Côte d'Ivoire, before settling in France.Klementieff's
father died of cancer when she was 5, and her mother had schizophrenia
and was unable to care for children, so Klementieff was raised by her
paternal uncle and aunt. Her uncle, whom she described as "like [her]
second father", died on her 18th birthday, and her older brother
committed suicide seven years later, on her 25th birthday. Klementieff
briefly attended law school after her uncle's death to appease her
aunt but did not find the career path appealing. She also worked as a
waitress and saleswoman in France. She started acting at age 19 at the
Cours Florent drama school in Paris. A few months into her education,
she won a theatre competition that awarded her free classes for two
years with the school's top teachers.
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