Alexis Klementieff is the father of French actress Pom Alexandra Klementieff. Alexis’ daughter Pom 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), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and the television film The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). She will reprise the role in the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
Alexis Klementieff: Bio Summary
| Name | Alexis Klementieff |
| Gender | Male |
| Famous as | father of Pom Klementieff |
| Date of birth | N/A |
| Nationality | Russian-French |
| Parents | Eugene Klementieff |
| Spouse | Yu Ri Park |
| Children | Pom Klementieff and Namou Klementieff |
| Occupation | Consul |
Who Is Pom Klementieff’s Father, Alexis?
Alexis Klementieff is the father of Pom Klementieff. He is Russian-French. There isn’t much information about his early life. His father was Russian painter Eugene Klementieff (1901-c.1985). Alexis worked for the foreign office of the French government, and at the time Pom was born, he was working as a consul in Quebec City. He married a Korean wife, Yu Ri Park.
Alexis Klementieff is said to have met his wife on the street in Seoul. According to a source, Alexis met his wife when he visited Seoul in the mid-1980s. “My mother is completely Korean, and my father is Russian and French. They met on the street in Seoul, and he fell in love with her. He followed her around like a weirdo. He was obsessed with Asia. You know, yellow fever?” said Pom Klementieff.
Alexis Klementieff and his wife fell in love with each other and soon began dating. They dated for a while and eventually decided to walk down the aisle. They said their vows in front of their loved ones but the date and location of their wedding ceremony are not known. On 3 May 1986, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Alexis and his wife Yu Ri Park became parents of a daughter they named Pom Alexandra Klementieff.
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Pom had an older brother Namou. Alexis and his wife chose the name “Pom”, which has different meanings for their daughter. The name is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both “spring” (봄) and “tiger” (범). The family had numerous homes. The family lived in Canada for about a year and then, they ended up traveling and relocating to other places due to the nature of Alexis’ job.
They lived in Japan and Ivory Coast before settling in France. According to Alexis’ daughter Pom Klementieff relocating from one place to another as a child gave her a “gypsy soul.” She said: “I mean that in a good way. No, I don’t smoke weed. It just means that I can be comfortable anywhere. I can go from one place to another and be comfortable.”
She also said: ‘I think it helped me to adapt to different cultures, to different worlds, and to different types of people. And in some way, it’s funny, because I’ve always felt like an alien, I’ve always felt different. When I lived in Japan, my mother was Korean and I was mixed. I was also not like them when I was in Africa and I was not like them either when I was in France. I was always the person from somewhere else, like an alien, like Mantis.’
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Unfortunately, Alexis Klementieff passed away when Pom Klementieff was still young. Pom was raised by her paternal uncle and aunt. Before becoming an actress, Pom worked as a waitress and saleswoman in France. She even studied law in an undergraduate capacity after her uncle passed away to appease her aunt, but did not find it appealing.
At age 19, Pom Klementieff started acting at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris. She won a theatre competition and was later awarded free classes with the school’s top teachers. “Doing things on the stage and being able to move people, it was fun. And winning that competition was a really good sign,” Pom said. “It meant people saw promise in me.” Today, Pom has received worldwide recognition and is one of the best actresses.
How Did Pom Klementieff’s Father Die?
Alexis Klementieff, the half-Russian, half-French father of Pom Klementieff passed away because of cancer. He was killed by cancer when his daughter was just five years old. After Alexis passed away, his wife Yu Ri Park had schizophrenia. She became unable to care for their children. Pom was able to accept her paternal uncle who raised her as her second father.
Unfortunately, her beloved uncle, whom she described as “like [her] second father”, died on her 18th birthday. “My uncle was like my second father,” she said. “When he died, I first went to law school to please my aunt, but it just wasn’t for me. Then I worked as a waitress and saleswoman in Paris. I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. I was 18 and wanted to do something that can help me express my feelings.”
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Pom Klementieff lost another loved one when her older brother Namou died by suicide on her 25th birthday. “Now I’m afraid of somebody else dying on my next birthday,” Pom said. “But it’s life, you know? Moving here, it was tough and complicated. But I wanted to move. I wanted to be free of drama, and have a new story to tell.”
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