Pom Klementieff was born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on the 3rd of May 1986. She was born to a Korean mother and a Russian-French father named Alexis Klementieff, who worked for the French government as a consul.
Because jus soli does not apply to offspring of diplomats, she is a French citizen who does not have Canadian citizenship. Her ethnicity can only be traced to France. Eugene Klementieff, a Russian painter, was her grandfather. Her parents picked the name “Pom” because it is pronounced similarly to the Korean words “spring” and “tiger”.
Pom Klementieff lived in Canada for a year before her father’s business required the family to travel constantly. Before arriving in France, they resided in Japan and the Ivory Coast.
After her father died of cancer when she was five years old, and her mother developed schizophrenia and could not care for children, Pom Klementieff was raised by her paternal uncle and aunt.
Her older brother committed suicide on her 25th birthday, and her uncle, whom she described as “like her second father,” died on her 18th birthday.
No details concerning her education at the moment.
