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Vanessa Hudgens
Actor, ProducerBorn December 14, 1988 (36 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die · as Kelly |
| 2024 | French Girl · as Ruby Collins |
| 2023 | Fright Krewe (TV Series) · as Madison (voice) |
| 2023 | Downtown Owl · as Naomi |
| 2022 | Entergalactic · as Karina (voice) |
| 2021 | Asking for It · as Beatrice |
| 2021 | The Princess Switch 3 · as Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! · as Karessa Johnson |
| 2021 | My Little Pony: A New Generation · as Sunny Starscout (voice) |
| 2020 | The Princess Switch: Switched Again · as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life · as Kelly |
| 2019 | The Knight Before Christmas · as Brooke |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Rent: Live · as Maureen Johnson |
| 2019 | Polar · as Camille |
| 2018 | Second Act · as Zoe |
| 2018 | The Princess Switch · as Stacy De Novo/lady Margaret |
| 2018 | Dog Days · as Tara |
| 2016 | Powerless (TV Series) · as Emily Locke |
| 2016 | Milo Murphy's Law (TV Series) · as Mindy |
| 2016 | Elton John: Music Man · as Cast |
| 2016 | Grease Live! · as Betty Rizzo |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature · as Lorelei |
| 2013 | Gimme Shelter · as Agnes 'apple' Bailey |
| 2013 | Machete Kills · as Cereza Desdemona |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Joan Of Arc |
| 2013 | The Frozen Ground · as Cindy Paulson |
| 2012 | Spring Breakers · as Candy |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island · as Kailani Laguatan |
| 2011 | Sucker Punch · as Blondie |
| 2011 | Beastly · as Lindy Taylor |
| 2010 | RENT at the Hollywood Bowl · as Mimi |
| 2009 | Bandslam · as Sa5m |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year · as Gabriella Montez |
| 2008 | High School Musical: Get in the Picture (TV Series) · as Gabriella Montez |
| 2008 | Come Feud with Me: The Top 10 Disney Channel Character Feuds · as Gabriella Montez |
| 2007 | High School Musical 2 · as Gabriella Montez |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Ella Misma |
| 2006 | High School Musical · as Gabriella Montez |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (TV Series) · as Corrie |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds · as Tintin |
| 2004 | Quintuplets (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Drake & Josh (TV Series) · as Rebecca |
| 2003 | Thirteen · as Noel |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Still Standing (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division (TV Series) · as Nicole |
| 2001 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Butterbear |
| 2000 | The Brothers Garcia (TV Series) · as Lindsey |
| 1999 | OK! TV (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |