She has healed him: Keanu Reeves has fallen hard for artist Alexandra Grant because she has some qualities that most women he has met in Hollywood don’t embrace. The 46-year-old grey-haired college graduate is ‘spiritual’ and ‘kind’ which has built the 55-year-old A-list movie star’s trust; seen in November 2017

Lean on me: According to Life & Style Weekly, Alexandra has been all ears and support for Reeves, according to Life & Style Weekly

Syme was expecting Keanu’s baby girl Ava in 1999 but the child was stillborn at eight months.

The couple split and then in 2001 there was more tragedy as Jennifer drove her 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee into a row of parked cars in Los Angeles; she died instantly. She was only 28-years-old at the time.

Grant she has gotten the Matrix standout to open up about his past heartache over the death of his ex Jennifer Syme

According to Life & Style Weekly, Alexandra has been all ears and support for Reeves.

‘She’s one of the few people who’s managed to get Keanu to open up about his emotions and past,’ said a source.

Reeves has had a reputation for being very private and keeping his personal life a closed book.

But Alexandra’s sensitive nature struck a chord with the Bram Stoker’s Dracula actor.

‘He was in such a dark place for so long, but Alexandra’s positive outlook and support have played a huge part in helping him turn his life around,’ added a friend.

A source also added: ‘Some say she’s not only stolen his heart but she’s also saved him.’

There is also an earthiness to Grant that appealed to him. ‘She is kind, warm and spiritual,’ said a pal. ‘And she is a great communicator.’

Long term: Alexandra and Keanu have a history that goes back years, first collaborating together on a grown-up’s picture book, Ode to Happiness, in 2011 before a second book, Shadows in 2016 – pictured at the exhibition opening for the book on Grant’s Instagram

Side by side: He loves that she is college educated and is expressive

The site also stated that they have been spending a lot of time together.

When he was promoting John Wick 3, she was traveling with him.

And when he is away filming a movie, they miss each other very much, an insider added.

DailyMail.com was the first to report that Alexandra and Keanu were a couple after photos of them holding hands and sharing loving looks surfaced at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday.

First carpet PDA: The two were seen with their arms around each other in May at the MOCA Benefit 2019 at The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles

Second PDA: But in June at the Saint Laurent Men’s Spring Summer 20 show held at Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu, the two held hands for the cameras

The two have been friends for 10 years.

Sources have said that they have been dating for months, others say it has been years; no one seems to know exactly when friendship turned to love.

But they have been affectionate towards each other for at least six months.

The two were seen with their arms around each other in May at the MOCA Benefit 2019 at The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles.

In June at the Saint Laurent Men’s Spring Summer 20 show held at Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu, the two held hands for the cameras.

Another sign this was serious: In mid October she was caught resting her head on his shoulder while clasping his arm as they left a restaurant in Hollywood

In mid October she was caught resting her head on his shoulder while clasping his arm as they left a restaurant in Hollywood.

They were also seen enjoying dinner at Giorgio Baldi, a luxurious Italian hotspot, in Santa Monica, California.

On Saturday, Keanu made it obvious he was more than friends with Alexandra as he held her hand while on the red carpet and shot her loving looks.

New love: Reeves shocked fans when he made the rare move of holding hands with girlfriend Alexandra Grant at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday

Born in Ohio, Alexandra has been working in the arts since graduating from Swarthmore College in 1994 with a BA in history and studio art.

The artist, 46, is known for her use of language and exchanges with writers as a source for imagery in her sculpture, painting, drawing, and video works.

The talented artist fostered her love for the spoken word as a child, after growing up around the world, living in Mexico, Spain and France.

She has exhibited at prestigious spaces around the world including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Galerie Gradiva in Paris and The Harris Lieberman Gallery in New York.

Hip chick: Swarthmore College graduate Grant is a Los Angeles-based artist, who uses language and exchanges with writers as a source for imagery in sculpture, painting, drawing, and video

In 2008 Alexandra founded the philanthropic grantLOVE project which produces and sells original artworks and editions to benefit artist projects and arts non-profits.

Alexandra and Keanu have a history that goes back years, first collaborating together on a grown-up’s picture book, Ode to Happiness, in 2011.

The book was a success, sparking the poet-artist duo to create their second book together, Shadows, in 2016, with Grant photographing Reeves while he was filming John Wick.

Since then, the two have been spotted together at art galleries, book signings, posed for Vogue Spain and even traveled to Germany to work together.

Speaking of working together on their second book, Grant told W Magazine: ‘We can spend a lot of time debating. Like, “A raspberry hue? And should it be darker?” We can get obsessive.’

Family first: For most of his career, Reeves has either taken mother Patricia Taylor or sister Karina Miller or both to his film events; seen here in 2005 at the Constantine premiere

Shadows is compiled of dark silhouette images of Reeves taken by Grant and poetry written by the Matrix actor.

Grant told the LA Times of her collaborator: ‘No one can move the way he can. He’s a really extreme performer.

‘That’s a huge piece of why those images are so interesting. I knew that if I moved the camera as we danced together, as photographer and subject, we could create these wonderful optical illusions.’

The two founded publishing company X Artists’ Books in 2017, with a focus on ‘unusual collaborations’ and books that ‘don’t really have a place because they’re between genres’.

Her work is in public collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) where the couple were spotted on Saturday.