Vanessa Hudgens

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Vanessa Hudgens

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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.

Films Featuring Vanessa Hudgens

Zac Efron's Pool Party

20093.3

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

20217.1

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

20247.3

High School Musical

20066.5

Thirteen

20036.7

Bandslam

20095.8

Sucker Punch

20116.2

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

20086.5

High School Musical 2

20076.5

The Awakening

Thunderbirds

20045.0

The Princess Switch

20187.0

Beastly

20116.3

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

20137.2

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

20227.8

The Black Kaiser

The Black Kaiser

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

20126.1

High School Musical: The Concert

20076.3

Machete Kills

20135.6

Spring Breakers

20135.3

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

2004

Downtown Owl

20235.5

The Frozen Ground

20136.3

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary

20164.0

Big Rig

Gimme Shelter

20136.6

Freaks of Nature

20156.1

Choose You

20135.4

Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat

20221.0

French Girl

20246.3

Dead Hot

20232.7

Entergalactic

20227.7

Grease Live

20167.0

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

20187.0

High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical

2008

Full Moon Retreat

Full Moon Retreat

Dog Days

20186.6

Second Act

20186.3

Polar

20196.4

Rent

20196.7

Bad Boys for Life

20207.1

The Knight Before Christmas

20196.4

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

20206.8

tick, tick... BOOM!

20217.6

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

20216.7

Asking For It

20224.8

My Little Pony: A New Generation

20217.6

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine

2017

Quiet Storm

High School Musical Dance-Along

200610.0

Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade

2007

Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special

20267.2

Mini War