Vanessa Hudgens
- Acting
- December 14, 1988 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- America · Executive producer
- Disney Legends Award Ceremony · Self
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die · Kelly
- French Girl · Ruby Collins
- Fright Krewe · Madison (Voice)
- Downtown Owl · Naomi
- Dead Hot · Self
- Rennervations · Self
- Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat · The Fairy / Doll Woman
- Entergalactic · Karina (Voice)
- Asking For It · Beatrice
- Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! · Self
- The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star · Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke, Producer
- tick, tick... BOOM! · Karessa Johnson
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 · Self
- My Little Pony: A New Generation · Sunny Starscout (Voice)
- The Princess Switch: Switched Again · Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke, Producer
- Earth to Ned · Self
- Thanks a Million · Self
- Bad Boys for Life · Kelly
- The Knight Before Christmas · Brooke, Producer
- 31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Rent · Maureen Johnson
- Polar · Camille
- The Masked Singer · Self
- Second Act · Zoe
- Busy Tonight · Self
- The Princess Switch · Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt
- Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash · Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- Dog Days · Tara
- Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine · Self
- Drop the Mic · Self
- Powerless · Emily Locke
- The Boulet Brothers' Dragula · Self
- Grease Live · Betty Rizzo
- High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
- Freaks of Nature · Lorelei
- #15SecondScare · Executive producer
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Hot Ones · Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Choose You · Ex-Girlfriend
- Gimme Shelter · Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
- Machete Kills · Cereza
- The Frozen Ground · Cindy Paulson
- Spring Breakers · Candy
- WWE Royal Rumble 2013 · Self
- RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars · Self
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island · Kailani Laguatan
- Sucker Punch · Blondie
- OK! TV
- Beastly · Lindy Taylor
- Conan · Self
- Bandslam · Sa5m
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- Zac Efron's Pool Party · Self
- High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical · Self
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year · Gabriella Montez
- High School Musical: Get in the Picture · Gabriella Montez
- Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade · Self
- High School Musical 2 · Gabriella Montez
- High School Musical: The Concert · Self
- El hormiguero · Ella misma
- Disney Channel Games · Self
- High School Musical Dance-Along · Self
- High School Musical · Gabriella Montez
- The Tyra Banks Show
- So You Think You Can Dance · Self
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody · Corrie
- No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds · Self
- Thunderbirds · Tintin
- Quintuplets · Carmen
- Drake & Josh · Rebecca
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Thirteen · Noel
- Punk'd · Self
- Still Standing · Tiffany