Pom Klementieff

Pom Alexandra Klementieff (; born 3 May 1986) is a French actress. She is best known for playing Mantis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2017–2023), and Paris in the final two films of the Mission: Impossible series (2023–2025).

Early life Pom Alexandra Klementieff was born on May 3, 1986, in Quebec City, Canada, to Korean mother Yu Ri Park and Russian-French father Alexis Klementieff. Her father was a diplomat, serving as a consul for the Government of France, and was stationed in Seoul at one point. 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' and 'tiger' .

Klementieff moved to Kyoto, Japan, then to the Ivory Coast, before returning to France and settling an hour away from Paris. Her father died of cancer when she was five, and her mother had schizophrenia and was unable to care for her children; Her uncle died on her 18th birthday, and her older brother Namou died by suicide seven years later, on her 25th birthday.

Klementieff moved to Paris to study law to appease her aunt after her uncle's death, but did not find it appealing. She also worked as a waitress and saleswoman in France.

Career 2007–2012: Early career

Klementieff's first professional acting job was the French independent film Après lui (2007), portraying the stepdaughter of the protagonist played by Catherine Deneuve. She portrayed Haeng-bok, the bodyguard of the antagonist played by Sharlto Copley. A fan of the original film, Klementieff heard about the part through Roy Lee, a producer with the remake, and took boxing lessons after learning the role involved martial arts. After showcasing her boxing skills during her audition, Lee asked her to go home and come back wearing a more feminine outfit and make-up, like her character in the film. In 2019, she appeared in an episode of the Netflix science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, and the thriller film Uncut Gems, and had voice roles in the animated supernatural comedy film The Addams Family. In 2020, she had a recurring role as Martel in the HBO science fiction series Westworld.

In 2023 she reprised her role as Mantis in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and appeared as the enigmatic assassin Paris in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. She reprised her role in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in 2025.

She played Marianna in the 2024 thriller The Killer's Game.

Personal life Klementieff is a martial artist and holds a purple belt in Taekwondo. She is also an avid skydiver. When filming for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One was completed, she was gifted skydiving lessons by Tom Cruise, after she expressed her desire to learn how to do so. During her May 22, 2025, appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, she stated that she had done 233 jumps. Klementieff has stated in an interview that she learned English by watching Tina Fey in the American sitcom, 30 Rock.

Although Klementieff was born in Canada, she is not eligible for citizenship under Canadian nationality law due to her father being a diplomat. She had tried unsuccessfully to obtain dual French-Canadian citizenship. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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