Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 14, 1988
Place of Birth
Salinas, California, USA
Credits
97 titles
Vanessa Hudgens
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
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
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
Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy
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
Earth to Ned
Herself
Thanks a Million
Self
Bad Boys for Life
Kelly
The Knight Before Christmas
Brooke
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Rent
Maureen Johnson
Polar
Camille
The Masked Singer
Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
Second Act
Zoe
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest
The Princess Switch
Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Self - Host
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Dog Days
Tara
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Self - Archive Footage
Drop the Mic
Self
Powerless
Emily Locke
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
Self - Guest Judge
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
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 - Guest
Choose You
Ex-Girlfriend
Gimme Shelter
Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
Machete Kills
Cereza
The Frozen Ground
Cindy Paulson
Spring Breakers
Candy
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Herself (voice)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Self - Guest Judge