Name
Vanessa Hudgens
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1988-12-14 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
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! (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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- 2009 Zac Efron's Pool Party as Self
- 2021 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 as Self
- 2024 Bad Boys: Ride or Die as Kelly
- 2006 High School Musical as Gabriella Montez
- 2003 Thirteen as Noel
- 2009 Bandslam as Sa5m
- 2011 Sucker Punch as Blondie
- 2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year as Gabriella Montez
- 2007 High School Musical 2 as Gabriella Montez
- Soon The Awakening as Self
- 2004 Thunderbirds as Tintin
- 2018 The Princess Switch as Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt
- 2011 Beastly as Lindy Taylor
- 2013 WWE Royal Rumble 2013 as Herself (voice)
- 2022 Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! as Self
- Soon The Black Kaiser
- 2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island as Kailani Laguatan
- 2007 High School Musical: The Concert as Self
- 2013 Machete Kills as Cereza
- 2013 Spring Breakers as Candy
- 2004 No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
- 2023 Downtown Owl as Naomi
- 2013 The Frozen Ground as Cindy Paulson
- 2016 High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
- Soon Big Rig as Bertie
- 2013 Gimme Shelter as Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
- 2015 Freaks of Nature as Lorelei
- 2013 Choose You as Ex-Girlfriend
- 2022 Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat as The Fairy / Doll Woman
- 2024 French Girl as Ruby Collins
- 2023 Dead Hot as Self
- 2022 Entergalactic as Karina (voice)
- 2016 Grease Live as Betty Rizzo
- 2018 Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self - Host
- 2008 High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical as Self
- Soon Full Moon Retreat
- 2018 Dog Days as Tara
- 2018 Second Act as Zoe
- 2019 Polar as Camille
- 2019 Rent as Maureen Johnson
- 2020 Bad Boys for Life as Kelly
- 2019 The Knight Before Christmas as Brooke
- 2020 The Princess Switch: Switched Again as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
- 2021 tick, tick... BOOM! as Karessa Johnson
- 2021 The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star as Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
- 2022 Asking For It as Beatrice
- 2021 My Little Pony: A New Generation as Sunny Starscout (voice)
- 2017 Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine as Self - Archive Footage
- Soon Quiet Storm
- 2006 High School Musical Dance-Along as Self
- 2007 Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade as Self
- 2026 Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Mini War as Olivia
- 2002 Still Standing ( 1 episode ) as Tiffany
- 2004 Drake & Josh ( 1 episode ) as Rebecca
- 2005 The Tyra Banks Show ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Quintuplets ( 1 episode ) as Carmen
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2008 High School Musical: Get in the Picture ( 11 episodes ) as Gabriella Montez
- 1982 Christmas in Washington ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Rennervations ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 OK! TV ( 1 episode )
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Disney Channel Games ( 9 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 The Boulet Brothers' Dragula ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1987 Kids' Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Punk'd ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 The Brothers García ( 1 episode ) as Lindsey
- 2017 Powerless ( 9 episodes ) as Emily Locke
- 2006 El hormiguero ( 1 episode ) as Ella misma
- 2018 Busy Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2005 So You Think You Can Dance ( 15 episodes ) as Self - Judge
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2020 Thanks a Million ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Drop the Mic ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2014 Running Wild with Bear Grylls ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Earth to Ned ( 1 episode ) as Herself
- 2023 Fright Krewe ( 2 episodes ) as Madison (voice)
- 2005 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody ( 4 episodes ) as Corrie
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Masked Singer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
- 2002 Robbery Homicide Division ( 1 episode ) as Nicole
- 1975 People's Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2024 Disney Legends Award Ceremony ( 1 episode ) as Self
