Keanu Reeves’ Partner Alexandra Grant Details Living With the Actor While He’s in Character

Keanu Reeves’ longtime partner, Alexandra Grant, knows better than anyone how committed the actor is to getting his characters right — even at home.

“I think we share [just] the belief in [our] projects,” Grant, 53, a visual artist, told People on Thursday, May 28, of her and Reeves’ dedication to their creative pursuits. “Every project has its own autonomy, its own team, it has its own sort of rules, and it has a beginning, middle and end.”

She explained, “So we both are people who do projects, and you know, I’ve lived with John Wick, I’ve lived with Neo,” referring to Reeves’ iconic roles as John Wick from the action movie franchise and Neo in The Matrix films.

Reeves, 61, originated the character of hacker Thomas Anderson, better known as Neo, for 1999’s The Matrix and has since played him in three more movies. He has portrayed John Wick in four movies, beginning with 2014’s John Wick. He also reprised the role in 2025’s Ballerina.

Grant, who has been romantically linked to the actor since 2017, shared, “When he’s in a character, for example, I have so much respect for that understanding that this is the middle to the end of a project, right?”

She noted that the “same goes for painting.” Grant, who has exhibited her work around the world, added, “When I’m in painter mode, I am in it. I’m fully in it, and it’s not playing a character, but it is performing, you know, painting really is a form of performance too.”