Biography of Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves is a famous American actor, musician and film director. They have roles in such cult films as "On the Crest of the Wave", "Devil's Advocate", "Constantine", "Speed" and, of course, in the famous trilogy "Matrix". An incredibly talented person and actor earned a kind of nickname "Sad Kiana". And all because in his real life, unlike the cinema, there were many tragic situations, which, unfortunately, could not but affect the psyche of the actor. Actor Keanu Reeves, the biography is full of black pages, managed to build a career, and, hopefully, begins to live with the "new sheet".

Childhood and youth

Reeves was born in Lebanon, in the city of Beirut. He has nothing to do with Arabs. So it turned out that his parents worked there temporarily. Two years later, my mother gave birth to Kiana's sister, a girl named Kim. But not a year has passed since the happy father left his family. He did not have a special mind, and he received his matriculation certificate in prison, which he found himself in for selling drugs. After his release, Keanu was not in a hurry to see his father. By the way, they still do not support communication. Mother Keanu moved with the children to Toronto, where the childhood of the famous actor passed. There she also excelled in the profession of costume designer. Keanu Reeves in the childhood was most often given to the nannies and parents of the mother, therefore grew up in an atmosphere of permissiveness. Reeves has replaced several schools in Canada, one of whom was even ruled out for disobedience. The guy played hockey and dreamed about the career of an athlete, and then dropped out of school and began to work part time shooting in advertising. It was from her career began Keanu Reeves.

The drawn black band

Since 1970, at the age of nine, Keanu does not miss a chance, and is removed in advertising. After that, there was an amateur theater, filming in the series, the first role in a feature-length movie, and in 1990 the name Keanu Reeves thundered all over Hollywood. This was due to Reeves playing the role of an FBI agent in the film "On the crest of the wave." The actor was showered with offers, but all the roles were in low-budget films. Reeves decided to bet on the theater. About the role of Hamlet in the theater of criticism responded favorably, noting that Keanu - one of the best actors who were able to translate the legendary prince on stage. The world of theater and cinema with the appearance of Reeves began to play new, fresh and bright colors. And about his generosity there are legends. For example, in the film "The Devil's Advocate", the producers did not have enough money to get Al Pacino. Keanu suggested cutting down his fee in favor of the famous movie meter. Perhaps, thanks to this decision, the film was crowned with success.

But in the personal life of the actor everything was much more complicated. In 1999, a happy couple Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Syme waited for the first child, a daughter who before the birth was called Ava Archer Syme-Reeves. The baby was never lucky enough to be born, she died in the womb in the last week of her pregnancy. Jennifer could not put up with the loss, her depression worsened day by day. Neither the drugs nor the support of loved ones helped. Keanu had a hard time in those years, but the real grief was waiting for him in 2001, when the beloved got into a car accident with a fatal outcome. He buried Jennifer next to their daughter. Life will never be the same again. Family, children - Keanu Reeves does not believe that he can be happy ...

For more than ten years, the actor was in no hurry to acquire his own housing, although he had the means. He constantly rented an apartment, and at one time he did live at the hotel. But in 2003, the actor still purchased a house in Beverly Hills and an apartment in New York. In 2011, Kianu decided to try himself in a completely new and unexpected field - he, along with a friend, opened a motorcycle production company.

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His 50th anniversary actor noted the house in the company of a patient with his sister's leukemia , because he did not consider this day a special holiday. Keanu practically does not attend social gatherings, but in the cinema he increasingly acts as a producer or director.