Vanessa Hudgens
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.
93 acting credits
Acting · 93
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hot Ones
2015
El hormiguero
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Drake & Josh
2004
The Masked Singer
2019
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
So You Think You Can Dance
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Punk'd
2003
The Oscars
1953
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
People's Choice Awards
1975
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
Still Standing
2002
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Bad Boys for Life
2020
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
Drop the Mic
2017
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
2016
Polar
2019
Quintuplets
2004
Sucker Punch
2011
Powerless
2017
OK! TV
2011
Fright Krewe
2023
Disney Channel Games
2006
The Brothers García
2000
Busy Tonight
2018
Thirteen
2003
High School Musical
2006
Machete Kills
2013
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
Robbery Homicide Division
2002
Spring Breakers
2013
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
Thanks a Million
2020
The Frozen Ground
2013
High School Musical 2
2007
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Thunderbirds
2004
Second Act
2018
Beastly
2011
Christmas in Washington
1982
The Knight Before Christmas
2019
Entergalactic
2022
Earth to Ned
2020
The Princess Switch
2018
Rennervations
2023
French Girl
2024
Freaks of Nature
2015
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
2020
Dog Days
2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
2021
Rent
2019
Gimme Shelter
2013
Bandslam
2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
Teen Choice Awards
1999
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
Grease Live
2016
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
Downtown Owl
2023
High School Musical: Get in the Picture
2008
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
2021
Asking For It
2022
High School Musical: The Concert
2007
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
The Black Kaiser
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High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008
Choose You
2013
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
2022
Big Rig
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Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2007
The Awakening
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Quiet Storm
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Full Moon Retreat
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High School Musical Dance-Along
2006
Dead Hot
2023