Pom Klementieff

Pom Klementieff is an actress from France, French actress was born on May 3, 1986. She received her training at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films like Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She is the Mantis character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City to a Korean father and a French-Russian wife. He was employed as consul with the French government. Eugene Klementieff, a painter was her great-grandfather. Her parents picked the name "Pom" because it's similar in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" and "tiger". Klementieff stayed in Canada for a short time before her family went on a long trip because of her father's job. After moving to France she lived in Japan. Her father, who passed away from cancer at age 5 was also her mother. Additionally, she suffered from schizophrenia and couldn't care for her kids. Klementieff was raised with her aunt and paternal uncle. Her uncle, who she herself described as "like [her] first father," died on Klementieff’s 18th birthday. Her brother, who was younger, died seven years after his death. The second time, it happened on her birthday, which was on the 25th. Klementieff briefly attended law school after her uncle's death in order to please her aunt, however she didn't find the profession choice attractive. She was also salesperson and waitress in France. At the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris she started acting when she was 19. After finishing her studies, she was awarded an audition in theater that offered her two years of tuition with some of the best teachers at the school. Klementieff was the first actor to play professionally in the independent French film Apres lui (2007). She played the stepdaughter for the main character, Catherine Deneuve. The shooting of the scenes took three days. One scene saw Klementieff pushing someone down a set stairs, but she fell. Gael Morel saved that scene for the film that was to be released. Loup (2009) was a French film that focuses on the Siberian reindeer herders, was her debut big role. She was filming in the middle of a camp located at a distance from the nearest village. The camp was where temperatures plunged to zero.