Vanessa Hudgens
Acting
Born: Dec 14, 1988
From: Salinas, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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). …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Kelly | 2024 | 7.323 |
| French Girl | Ruby Collins | 2024 | 6.225 |
| Downtown Owl | Naomi | 2023 | 5.51 |
| Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom! | Self | 2022 | 7.8 |
| Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat | The Fairy / Doll Woman | 2022 | 1.0 |
| Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 | Self | 2021 | 7.1 |
| The Princess Switch | Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret | 2018 | 6.986 |
| High School Musical: 10th Anniversary | 2016 | 4.0 | |
| Freaks of Nature | Lorelei | 2015 | 6.1 |
| WWE Royal Rumble 2013 | Herself (voice) | 2013 | 7.207 |
| Machete Kills | Cereza | 2013 | 5.623 |
| Spring Breakers | Candy | 2013 | 5.256 |
| The Frozen Ground | Cindy Paulson | 2013 | 6.276 |
| Gimme Shelter | Agnes 'Apple' Bailey | 2013 | 6.57 |
| Choose You | Ex-Girlfriend | 2013 | 5.4 |
| Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Kailani Laguatan | 2012 | 6.146 |
| Sucker Punch | Blondie | 2011 | 6.194 |
| Beastly | Lindy Taylor | 2011 | 6.306 |
| Zac Efron's Pool Party | Self | 2009 | 3.286 |
| Bandslam | Sa5m | 2009 | 5.823 |
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Gabriella Montez | 2008 | 6.544 |
| High School Musical 2 | Gabriella Montez | 2007 | 6.506 |
| High School Musical: The Concert | Self | 2007 | 6.3 |
| High School Musical | Gabriella Montez | 2006 | 6.546 |
| Thunderbirds | Tintin | 2004 | 5.024 |
| No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds | Self | 2004 | — |
| Thirteen | Noel | 2003 | 6.675 |
| The Awakening | Self | — | |
| The Black Kaiser | — | ||
| Big Rig | Bertie | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1988 |
| From | Salinas, California, USA |