If you have watched movies like Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Matrix trilogy, and Speed, you must have met Keanu Reeves. Apart from being reputed for his acting skills, The Canadian actor’s love life has piqued many fans’ interest, especially since the news of his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, took the internet by storm.
Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor, producer, and musician famous for his acting skills and humility. He is well-spoken about his philanthropic endeavours and relates well with people. But then, his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, loves to operate behind the scenes by embracing a private life. Still, many are interested in learning more about her.
Alexandra is particularly reluctant to share information about her life with the public. Since her relationship with Reeves went public, she has remained a person of interest to many entertainment fans. However, here are a few things to know about her.
She is an accomplished visual artist
Alexandra Grant is a visual artist who examines language and written texts through video, drawing, painting, sculpture, and other media. She was born in 1970 in Ohio and is multilingual based on her experiences in various locations in the Middle East and Europe. She speaks English, French, and Spanish.
Grant is from a divorced home
Reeves’ father, Jim Grant, is a retired Scottish geology professor and businessman. He moved to Ohio’s Oberlin College in 1969. Grant’s mother, Catherine Grant, is a retired teacher. Catherine was based in Africa and the Middle East.
Her mother was a foreign service diplomat, an American political science professor, and an educational administrator. Her parents spent time in Africa before they divorced, so Grant lived with her mother in Mexico City.
Alexandra only has a sibling
Until their divorce, Jim and Catherine Grant had two kids. David, Alexandra’s only brother and sibling, is an English musician, vocal coach, and comedian based in Los Angeles. He gained fame in the early 1980s as a member of the UK soul/funk duo Linx. The band had a big hit song in 1981 titled Intuition.
David began his solo career after his time with Linx. He performed a song titled Could It Be I’m Falling in Love in a duet with Jaki Graham, which became his famous song. David’s music career has been effective and varied.
Grant is a graduate of more than one discipline
While Alexandra was with her mother in Mexico City, she attended a British school comprising a multinational student body. When she clocked eleven, she moved into the Thomas Jefferson School, a boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri, and spent one year there.
Afterwards, she moved with her mother to Paris and attended the International School of Paris. Alex graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in studio art and history in 1995. She acquired an MFA in painting and drawing from San Francisco’s California College of the Arts.
Alexandra has had teaching experience
Alex had combined teaching with her artistry career. She has also worked as a professor. Grant was a supplement from 2009 to 2011 at the Art Centre College of Design (Pasadena, CA). She taught Cal State Northridge in a MFA seminar.
Grant was a mentor in the Pacific Northwest College of Art’s Distance MFA program from 2013 to 2014. She also mentored MFA students at Syracuse University. Grant and Isabelle Lutterodt co-taught a course at Ashesi University in Accra, Ghana.
Does Alexandra have a love life?
Alexandra has a love life and has been romantically involved with Keanu Reeves since 2019. She reportedly refers to Keanu as an inspiration. Grant also said one of the things she loves about Keanu is that he is a private person.
Her first exhibition was in 2017
Alexandra’s first solo exhibition was in 2007 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, and Alma Ruiz curated it. It featured an essay by a French writer and philosopher, Helene Cixous, and large-scale works done by Grant on paper. She has participated in and collaborated with different projects that evolved around her visual artistic career.
How did Keanu Reeves meet Alexandra Grant?
Their paths first crossed at a social event in 2009, leading to collaborative work on an Ode to Happiness book, which Gerhard Steidi published in early 2011. It was Grant’s first bookwork as an artist and Reeve’s first as a writer.
They reunited in 2016 for their second book collaboration, Shadows. Eventually, the lovebirds established a small publishing company, X Artists Books, alongside designer Jessica Fleischmann.
Who is Keanu Reeves?
Keanu is a Canadian actor. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 2, 1964. He has succeeded in science-fiction, comedy, and action movies. His mother, Patricia, was a performer and costume designer.
Keanu’s father was a Hawaiian geologist. His parents divorced when he was a child, but he moved in with his mother. He had challenges during high school and eventually attended four high schools. Alexandra’s boyfriend grew up in the Yorkville neighbourhood in Toronto with various family dynamics and influences.
Her boyfriend was previously in love with someone else
Alexandra’s boyfriend previously had a relationship with Jennifer Syme. The ex-lovers had a daughter, Ava Archer Syme-Reeves, whom they lost in 1999 when she was stillborn.
Keanu Reeves and his girlfriend, Alexandra Grant, have enjoyed their love life since they met and went public with their relationship. Though they have not announced when to marry, they enjoy themselves as lovers and support each other in their careers.
