Vanessa Hudgens

Acting · Born 1988-12-14 in Salinas, California, USA

Biography

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in Thirteen (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series (2006–2008), which brought her significant mainstream media success. The success of the first film led Hudgens to acquire a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008). Since the release of her studio albums and the High School Musical franchise, Hudgens has focused on her acting career. She appeared in the films Bandslam (2009), Beastly, Sucker Punch (both 2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Spring Breakers (both 2012), Second Act (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Tick, Tick...Boom!…

Filmography

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Kelly
• The Princess Switch as Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
• Entergalactic as Karina (voice)
• Grease Live as Betty Rizzo
• Bad Boys for Life as Kelly
• tick, tick... BOOM! as Karessa Johnson
• My Little Pony: A New Generation as Sunny Starscout (voice)
• Zac Efron's Pool Party as Self
• Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 as Self
• High School Musical as Gabriella Montez

TV

• Drake & Josh as Rebecca
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Corrie
• The Masked Singer as Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
• Still Standing as Tiffany
• The Tyra Banks Show
• Quintuplets as Carmen
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
• High School Musical: Get in the Picture as Gabriella Montez