Recipes That Take You to Italy by Ava Archer

On Christmas Eve 1999, his daughter Ava Archer Syme-Reeves was stillborn, eight months into Jennifer’s pregnancy.Īva’s mother, Jennifer Syme, met Keanu at a 1998 promotional party for his alt-rock band Dogstar where they “instantly fell in love”.īut, crippled by the loss of their child, the young couple’s relationship broke down just weeks after their bereavement. It’s a happiness Keanu would have struggled to imagine 20 years earlier. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for LACMA) Keanu Reeves now lives happily with girlfriend Alexandra Grant – a happiness he would have struggled to imagine 20 years earlier. It was a success, leading to them make another one in 2016 called Shadows.Ī journalist who interviewed them last year said: “In conversation, the two friends share an easy rapport and speak in a comfortable shorthand fuelled by inside jokes and knowing smiles.” ”We didn’t make the book to publish it it was a meant to put a big smile on our faces and make everyone laugh.” ”It was a surprise and a private gift,” she said.

She then drew images to go with the words as a present for him, which would later become a book called Ode to Happiness, published in 2011. Keanu and Alexandra met in 2009 - eight years after Keanu’s ex-partner Jennifer Syme died in a car accident.īack in the late noughties, they bonded over Keanu’s self-confessed “self-pity” poetry when she was given some of the actor’s words by a mutual friend in LA. Keanu’s dad walked out when he was just three, before being imprisoned for drug offences.Īnd over the course of his glittering film career, the Speed actor has seen loved ones and best friends die in horrific circumstances, including a drug overdose.ĭespite a tragic backstory full of trauma and loss, Keanu Reeves is considered one of the nicest stars in Hollywood.

While the Hollywood actor has been blessed with the looks and talent which made him a box-office star in films such as Speed, The Matrix and Point Break, tragedy has plagued his personal life from childhood. Here, we take a closer look at how Keanu weathered tragedy to finally find happiness … Now the couple have been together publicly for over two years, and are said to be very much in love. When Keanu stepped out with artist girlfriend Alexandra Grant, now 48, it was the first relationship he’d gone public with in years – with the Matrix star opting to previously play his relationship cards close to his chest for decades, The Sun reported. Matrix Resurrections star Keanu Reeves has had a glittering career, but away from the cameras the actor has lived through a series of personal tragedies.įrom the stillborn birth of his daughter Ava to the death of former girlfriend, Jennifer Syme, it hasn’t been an easy ride for the 57-year-old actor – which is why fans were delighted when he confirmed he’d found love back in 2019.

Recipes That Take You to Italy by Ava Archer