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Vanessa Hudgens
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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! (2021). She starred in the Netflix Christmas movies The Princess Switch (2018) and its sequels (2020 and 2021) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019), and co-produced the latter three. Hudgens played the role of Emily Locke in the NBC series Powerless (2017). She also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi (2015) and had roles in two of Fox's live musical productions: Rizzo in Grease: Live (2016) and Maureen Johnson in Rent: Live (2019). In 2022, Hudgens co-hosted the Met Gala in Manhattan.
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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! (2021). She starred in the Netflix Christmas movies The Princess Switch (2018) and its sequels (2020 and 2021) and The Knight Before Christmas (2019), and co-produced the latter three. Hudgens played the role of Emily Locke in the NBC series Powerless (2017). She also played the title role in the Broadway musical Gigi (2015) and had roles in two of Fox's live musical productions: Rizzo in Grease: Live (2016) and Maureen Johnson in Rent: Live (2019). In 2022, Hudgens co-hosted the Met Gala in Manhattan.
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Oscars
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
El hormiguero
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Tyra Banks Show
Teen Choice Awards
Kids' Choice Awards
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Fright Krewe
Drake & Josh
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Video Music Awards
Busy Tonight
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Euronews Hoy
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Earth to Ned
Rennervations
Cars on the Road
Disney Channel Games
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Machete Kills
tick, tick... BOOM!
Thunderbirds
Robbery Homicide Division
Thirteen
Sucker Punch
So You Think You Can Dance
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Grease Live
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Asking For It
Bad Boys for Life
High School Musical
Dog Days
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
The Princess Switch
Road To High School Musical 2
High School Musical 2
Polar
Spring Breakers
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Beastly
High School Musical: Get in the Picture
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
The Knight Before Christmas
Powerless
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
My Little Pony: A New Generation
High School Musical: The Concert
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Production Credits
The Knight Before Christmas
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
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