Vanessa Hudgens

Known for ActingBorn 1988-12-14 (age 37)Salinas, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

High School Musical Dance-Along

Teen Choice Awards

Disney Channel Games

People's Choice Awards

Robbery Homicide Division

Kids' Choice Awards

Fright Krewe

Drake & Josh

Quintuplets

The Brothers García

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

Rennervations

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Entergalactic

My Little Pony: A New Generation

tick, tick... BOOM!

The Masked Singer

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

MTV Video Music Awards

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special

Christmas in Washington

Thanks a Million

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

Bad Boys for Life

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

Grease Live

Conan

Hot Ones

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

The Princess Switch

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

Rent

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

So You Think You Can Dance

Dog Days

Still Standing

Thirteen

Gimme Shelter

Drop the Mic

Eli Roth's History of Horror

The Kelly Clarkson Show

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 2

Polar

The Knight Before Christmas