Pom Klementieff

Klementieff in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Pom Alexandra Klementieff

Place of Birth: Québec City, Québec, Canada

Date of Birth: 3 May, 1986

Ethnicity:
*paternal grandfather – Russian
*paternal grandmother – French, including Breton
*mother – Korean

Pom Klementieff is a Canadian-born French actress. Her roles include the French-language films The Easy Way, Delicacy, Sleepless Night, Porn in the Hood, and series Pigalle, la nuit; and then, moving into English-language productions, the films Oldboy (2013), Newness, Ingrid Goes West, the Guardians of the Galaxy/Marvel franchise, and Thunder Force, and the shows Black Mirror and Westworld.

Pom was born in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Her father, Alexis Klementieff, worked as a consul for the French Government at the time, and was of half Russian and half French [including Breton] descent. Her mother, Yu Ri Park, is of Korean descent. During her childhood, her family also lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast, before settling in France.

The name Pom is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both “spring” (봄) and “tiger” (범).

Pom’s paternal grandfather was Russian painter Eugene/Evgeniy/Evgeni Alexeyevich Klementieff (the son of Alexey/Aleksei Nikolayevich Klementieff and Vera Alekseevna Lyubitskaya). Evgeniy was born in Rybinsk, Russia. Pom’s great-grandfather Alexey was born in Tver, Russia, the son of Nikolay Klementieff, and of a woman surnamed Elpatievskaya. A picture and biography of Alexey can be seen here. Vera was the daughter of Aleksey Lyubitskiy.

Pom’s paternal grandmother was Nicole Françoise Maria Ropars (the daughter of Henri Fernand Eugène Ropars and Thérèse Marie Rose Gelis). Nicole was born in Paris, France. Henri was born in Gourdon, the son of Frédéric Octave François Ropars and Anna Libet. The name Ropars is Breton. Thérèse was born in Evreux, the daughter of François Joseph Antoine Gelis and Léontine Colombe Morel.

Sources: http://fillermagazine.com

Genealogy of Pom’s father – https://gw.geneanet.org