Photo: Sasha Clements/Instagram
Corbin BleuandSasha Clementswent from complete strangers to life-long lovers.
It’s been over a decade since theHigh School Musicalalum had a coincidental run-in with the Canadian actress, but it was their initial interaction in 2011 that set the scene for a magical love story.
The longtime sweetheartsgot engagedin October 2014 when the Disney Channel veteran fittingly popped the question at Walt Disney World. To make for an even more enchanting experience, he proposedin front of Cinderella’s Castle(and whipped the ring out of a glass slipper)!
Two years later, the engaged couple tied the knot during a beautiful wedding ceremony in Santa Susana, California on July 23, 2016. “Getting married to Sasha was the best moment of my life,“Bleu told PEOPLE.
“Today was the most perfect day,” Clements added. “There is not one thing I would change. Corbin’s vows were incredibly beautiful and it was truly the best day of our lives.”
From how she met Bleu to the films she’s starred in alongside him, here’s everything to know about Clements.
She met Corbin Bleu in a grocery store
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Clements and Bleu met in the coffee aisle of a Toronto grocery store in 2011 — so naturally, the caffeinated detail was incorporated into their wedding.
“Sasha and Corbin really wanted to incorporate how they met into the wedding favors,” wedding coordinator Bella Destinee toldPEOPLE. “They met in the coffee section, so their wedding favors were espresso cups with coffee and almond biscotti.”
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“I have to say my favorite part was the feeling that started in my toes and went all the way to the top of my head when Sasha came through the gate to the entrance of our venue and walked down the aisle,” Bleu toldPEOPLE.
He added, “From the flowing veil in the wind as she walked, to the big smile on her face, it suddenly hit me that this stunning woman that was looking at me was going to marry me and make me the happiest man in the world.”
She is a Canadian actress
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Clements was born in Toronto, Canada on March 13, 1990. Like her father, Christopher Lee Clements, she pursued acting and picked up a number of roles in her native country.
She’s best known for her role as Kiki Kincaid in the Canadian sitcomMajority Rules!on Teletoon. Other titles she has appeared in are BBC’sThe Snow Queen, the Canadian sitcomWhat’s Up Warthogs!andDegrassi: The Next Generation.
Like Corbin Bleu, she has also starred on Disney Channel
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Coincidentally, Clements also nabbed a role in a Disney Channel original movie like her husband Bleu. She played Marnie in 2014’sHow to Build a Better Boy, where she starred alongsideNoah Centineoand China Anne McClain.
She has starred alongside Corbin Bleu in a few projects
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Clements worked alongside her husband in a Hallmark Channel original titledLove, for Realin 2021. Later that year, they worked together again in a Lifetime holiday movie, titledA Christmas Dance Reunion, in which Bleu also reunited with hisHigh School Musicalcostar Monique Coleman.
She’s a huge Harry Potter fan
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Both Clements and Bleu are Harry Potter “superfans.” Between their constant references to the Wizarding World on their social media pages to theirover-the-top tripto Universal’s Harry Potter theme park, theself-described"Gryffindor and Hufflepuffs'” love for witchcraft and wizardry goes deep.
She’s super candid about her experience with a chronic illness
Though skeptical to open up, Clements revealed on herInstagramthat she’s been suffering from a chronic illness “every single day” since April 23, 2020. While she described her experience as some of the “hardest days of my life,” she decided to speak on the topic with the intention of connecting with others who are going through the same thing, to let them know they are not alone. On social media, she regularly posts abouther day-to-day activitiesamid her diagnosis and how she tries tomaintain a healthy lifestyle.
source: people.com
