Jennifer Syme
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Jennifer Maria Syme, (December 7, 1972 – April 2, 2001), was an assistant for David Lynch and had worked for him 10 years, perhaps best known as the girlfriend of actor Keanu Reeves. The pair dated from approximately 1990 until 2001.
Born in Whittier, California, reared in Laguna Beach for 18 years. Syme was working as an assistant to film director David Lynch when she and Reeves began dating. Well known in the Los Angeles entertainment industry, she had many celebrity friends including, Marilyn Manson, Scott Ian from Anthrax, Samantha Maloney, Elijah Blue Allman, Nick Hexum, Bijou Phillips, Whitfield Crane, Dave Navarro, Monet Mazur, Scott Coffey and Jessicka Fodera from the band Scarling. Syme also had a few minor film roles, including a part in Lynch's Lost Highway. She introduced many of her friends to David Lynch and some were given small roles in his films.
In December 1999 Syme and Reeves were expecting a daughter — which they had planned to name Ava Archer Syme-Reeves — when the infant was stillborn. These events resulted in depression that plagued her for the rest of her life. [1] Reeves and Syme continued their relationship..
Syme's life ended at the age of 28 in an automobile accident in the spring of 2001. On April 2, At 6:20 am, the young woman drove her Jeep Grand Cherokee into a row of parked cars on Cahuenga Blvd, near the onramp for the 101 freeway. The vehicle flipped three times before landing on its side. [2] [3]
She is buried with her & Keanu's daughter, Ava Archer Reeves, in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Director David Lynch dedicated his film Mulholland Drive in tribute to her memory.
[edit] Filmography
- Lost Highway (1997) .... Junkie Girl
- Ellie Parker (2005) .... Casting Chick
