
Vanessa Hudgens
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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! (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.
Known For

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

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Tyra Banks Show

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

Teen Choice Awards

Kids' Choice Awards

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Fright Krewe

Drake & Josh

MTV Video Music Awards

Busy Tonight

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Euronews Hoy

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Earth to Ned

Cars on the Road

Rennervations

Disney Channel Games

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Machete Kills

tick, tick... BOOM!

Robbery Homicide Division

Thunderbirds

Thirteen

So You Think You Can Dance

Sucker Punch

French Girl

Asking For It

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Grease Live

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

High School Musical 2

Polar

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Spring Breakers

High School Musical

High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical

Dog Days

Road To High School Musical 2

Beastly

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

High School Musical: Get in the Picture

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

High School Musical: The Concert

My Little Pony: A New Generation

The Knight Before Christmas

The Princess Switch

Powerless
Production Credits
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