<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2007--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Pom Klementieff is a French actress . She was trained at the Cours Florent drama school in Paris and has appeared in such films as Loup (2009), Sleepless Night (2011) and Hacker's Game (2015). She plays the role of Mantis in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and will appear in the same role in the film Avengers: Infinity War (2018). </P> <P> Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Quebec, to a Korean mother and French - Russian father, who was working there as a consul with the French government . She had an older brother, Namou, who committed suicide . Her parents chose the name "Pom" because it is similar in pronunciation to the Korean words for both "spring" (봄) and "tiger" (범). Klementieff lived in Canada for one year before her family traveled extensively due to her father's job, and she lived in Japan and the Ivory Coast before settling in France . Klementieff later said that travelling at an early age gave her a "gypsy soul". </P>

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