Pom Klementieff

Pom Klementieff (born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She attended the Cours Florent drama academy in Paris. Her roles include Loup (2009) and Sleepless Night (2011). She is the voice of 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 was working as a consul there for the French government. Eugene Klementieff was her grandfather. Pom was her name due to the fact that it sounds like the Korean words "spring" and "tiger" in Korean. Klementieff lived in Canada for one year. Her family had traveled extensively because of her father's job. They resided in Japan as well as the Ivory Coast, before settling in France. Klementieff lost her father to cancer around age five. Her mother was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. Klementieff was raised in France by her aunt and uncle paternal. Her uncle, whom she described as "like [her] second father" was killed when she turned 18 and her older brother was killed just seven years later, this being on her birthday. After the passing of her uncle, Klementieff attended law school briefly to please her aunt. However, she did not find the career path appealing. In France, she worked as a waitress and salesperson. She began acting when she was just 19 at the Cours Florent theatre school in Paris. After finishing her studies she was awarded a competition in theater that gave her two years of tuition free alongside some of the top teachers at the school. Klementieff was first to act professionally in the independent French film Apres lui (2007). She played the role of the step-daughter of the lead character, Catherine Deneuve. Filming the scenes required three days. Klementieff was supposed push another person down a set staircase but fell down. Gael Mostl kept the shot in the final film. Loup (2009) is an French film about the Siberian reindeer herders was her first major part. She filmed for hours in a camp far from the nearest village. The temperatures dropped to minus zero when filming.