Pom Klementieff

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has been featured in films such as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She portrays the role Mantis, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (1999). Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Canada, to a Korean mother and a French-Russian father, who worked in the city as a consul for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. The name was chosen by her parents "Pom" due to the fact that it's identical in pronunciation to Korean words for "spring" as well as "tiger". Klementieff was in Canada for one year before her family travelled extensively due to her father's job. Before making the move to France the family lived in Japan and also on the Ivory Coast. Klementieff lost her father to cancer at age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff was raised in France by her aunt and uncle paternal. Her uncle, who she described in her own words as "like her first father," died on Klementieff’s 18th birthday. The older brother of her committed suicide seven years later. The second occasion, it occurred on her 25th. Klementieff was a student at law school for a short time after the death of her uncle in order to please her aunt, but did not find the academic option appealing. Also, she worked as an waitress in France as well as a salesperson. Her first acting experience was at age 19 in the Cours Florent drama school in Paris. She was just a few months into studying when she was awarded the competition to be a part of the theater that provided her two years of class with the top teachers in the school. The first role she had in professional acting was the French independent film Apres lui (2007), acting as the stepdaughter in the film of the main character which was played by Catherine Deneuve. Three days were spent filming her scenes. The plan was for Klementieff to push another person down a set staircase, but she accidentally fell to the ground. Gael Mostl kept the shot in the final film. Loup (2009) which is which is a French film about the Siberian reindeer herders was her first major part. Klementieff was filming in an isolated camp, which was a few hours from the nearest village. There, temperatures plunged to zero.