Vanessa Hudgens
ActingAlso Known As
Vanessa Anne 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.
Movies
(53 total)
Bad Boys for Life
as Kelly
Sucker Punch
as Blondie
High School Musical
as Gabriella Montez
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
as Kailani Laguatan
Spring Breakers
as Candy
High School Musical 2
as Gabriella Montez
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Gabriella Montez
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Kelly
Beastly
as Lindy Taylor
Polar
as Camille
The Princess Switch
as Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Karessa Johnson
Machete Kills
as Cereza
Thirteen
as Noel
The Frozen Ground
as Cindy Paulson
Second Act
as Zoe
The Knight Before Christmas
as Brooke
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
Freaks of Nature
as Lorelei
Bandslam
as Sa5m
TV Shows
(44 total)
Drake & Josh
as Rebecca
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Corrie
Conan
as Self
Powerless
as Emily Locke
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
The Masked Singer
as Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
The View
as Self - Guest
The View
as Self
Punk'd
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
So You Think You Can Dance
as Self - Judge
Hot Ones
as Self
Still Standing
as Tiffany
