Andrea Thoma is an American physical therapy specialist and social media star. She is married to the famous American singer and actor Grant Gustin.
Early life
Andrea Thoma was born on 11 July 1988 in Ohio US. She was raised by her parents James and Judy Thoma and grew up with her sister Loise Thoma and her brothers Christian and Jonathan Thoma. The family has Malaysian roots from her mother’s side. Judy is from the island of Borneo with Kadazan descent, an ethnic group in Malaysia. Andrea knows to speak Malay and Kadazan and she is familiar with their rituals and customs.
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Education
Andrea finished “St.Thomas Aquinas High School”. She played soccer for the school team and made history by setting many records. Andrea also played for the Greater Akron Premier club. In 2005 she represented the school team as a senior in NSCAA/Adidas All Region III soccer team and set another record with six goals against “Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy”.
She continued her education at Kent State University where she graduated in 2009 in physical therapy. However Andrea didn’t stop here. She moved to California to get a doctorate in physical therapy at Old Dominion University. Andrea currently lives in California US.
Career
After university studies Andrea worked as a physical therapist in Virginia and Connecticut. Then she moved to California, where was practicing in Sunnyvale. Andrea gained popularity when her relationship with Grant was revealed, so the numbers of her followers on Instagram increased and she has now almost 700,000. So, she often posts exercises and healthy advices. Dare to be active with Dr. LA Thoma Gustin is a Youtube channel that Andrea opened last year with more than 20,000 subscribers where she posts videos about fitness, physical therapy and health.
Personal life
Andrea and Grant met at a dinner party in 2016 organized by Sabah Tourism Board. They began dating after a month. Almost a year together, they got engaged. Grant wanted to ask her to marry him earlier while on a trip at Costa Rica. He was filming a movie there, but the whole projected lasted longer than planned, so he didn’t get a chance. However Grant did it with no big plans while working out at a beach. Andrea at first thought it was a joke, but she said yes. The couple announced the engagement with a photo on Grant’s Instagram account. He proposed with a diamond ring, down on his knee.
“So, I’m a very impatient person. I’m also bad at keeping secrets. I can also be a little neurotic… I’m an awesome person! So, I thought I was supposed to go to Costa Rica last summer and it kept getting pushed until I had to go back to Flash and I was out of the thing”, said Grant in an interview at Connan talk show in 2018. He continued: “I thought I was going to do it there and I never went so we worked out on the beach, I forgot the ring was in my backpack, we were sitting on the beach afterwards, I thought she saw it, she hadn’t.” Andrea and Grant got married on 15 December 2018 in the “Valentine DTLA” venue in Los Angeles.
The couple had a traditional wedding ceremony in Malaysia, as her family respects the traditions and heritage from their origin. They don’t have children yet.
Husband Grant Gustin
Thomas Grant Gustin is an actor and singer born on 14 January 1990 in Norfolk, Virginia US. His mother is a nurse and his father a college professor. He has two siblings, both sister and brother. While in high school Grant was part of a theater organization called Hurrah Players Incorporated. He also attended Governor’s school for the Arts program in Norfolk. He finished Granby high school in 2008 and continued his education at Elon University in North Carolina, the BFA music theatre program.
After two years he left the school to accept a role of Baby John in Broadway Revival Tour in the West Side Story musical and went on a tour for almost a year. In 2011 Grant started to play Sebastian Smythe in the TV series “Glee”. He plays an openly gay member of the Dalton Academy Warblers, a fictional a cappella glee club. At first he was auditioned for another part, but he didn’t get that part.
After a long search it was decided Gustin to play Sebastian. In 2012, he and Naya Rivera performed “Smooth Criminal” with the music of the popular Croatian duo 2Cellos, for the third episode of the season. This cover had a great success, such as number 10 at Billboard Digital Songs.
His movie career started with the “A Mother’s Nightmare” in 2012, where Grant played together with Jessica Lowndes and Annabeth Gish. The same year he played in the movie “Affluenza”.
In the second season of “Arrow”, a superhero series in 2013, Grant appeared in three episodes as spin off Flash series. It 2014 “The Flash” series were premiered with him in main role. The series have its sixth season now, with more than 120 episodes filmed. From 2016 he appeared in few episodes in “Legends of Tomorrow” and “Supergirl”. In 2017 Gustin played with Rosario Dawson in the movie “Krystal” that was premiered at the Virginia Film Festival and directed by William H. Macy.
This year it was announced that Gustin will play Barry Keenan, a businessman who organized the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra’s son in 1963. The movie is called “Operation Blue Eyes” and will be directed by the actor Joe Mantegna. Grant also is a singer. He sang for the soundtracks of the series “Glee” and “The Flash”. So far this actor has many award nominations since 2015 at Kids Choice Awards, Teen Choice Awards and Saturn Awards. He won few on Teen Choice Awards.
Appearance
Andrea has blonde hair and brown eyes. She is 5ft 6ins (1.67m) tall and weighs 112 lbs (51 kg). Her vital statistics are not known at the moment.
Net Worth
Andrea works as a physical therapist, but she is very active on Social Media. As of 2020 her husband’s net worth is estimated around $6 millions.
— andrea thoma gustin pics (@lathomapictures) March 8, 2020
Interesting Facts
- Andrea and Grant have three dogs, Rookie, Jett and Nora.
- Andrea and her siblings like every shrimp paste food.
- She is 1.5 years older than her husband.
- Her sister works at University of Delaware and lives in Newark.
- Andrea’s parents live in Alliance, Ohio and got married in 1984.
- Her brother Jonathan works in Marriot Hotels, as resort sale stuff. He is director in Hyperion Motors.