Vanessa Hudgens
ActingVanessa 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 — Acting
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Kelly
Bad Boys for Life
Kelly
Polar
Camille
Sucker Punch
Blondie
High School Musical
Gabriella Montez
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Kailani Laguatan
Thirteen
Noel
Dog Days
Tara
Spring Breakers
Candy
Beastly
Lindy Taylor
Second Act
Zoe
Machete Kills
Cereza
Freaks of Nature
Lorelei
tick, tick... BOOM!
Karessa Johnson
Entergalactic
Karina (voice)
French Girl
Ruby Collins
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Gabriella Montez
The Frozen Ground
Cindy Paulson
High School Musical 2
Gabriella Montez
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Sunny Starscout (voice)
Thunderbirds
Tintin
The Princess Switch
Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
Bandslam
Sa5m
Grease Live
Betty Rizzo
Gimme Shelter
Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
The Knight Before Christmas
Brooke
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy
Rent
Maureen Johnson
Downtown Owl
Naomi
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
Herself (voice)
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Self - Host
Asking For It
Beatrice
The Black Kaiser
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
Self
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
Self
Choose You
Ex-Girlfriend
High School Musical: The Concert
Self
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Self - Archive Footage
Dead Hot
Self
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Self
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
The Fairy / Doll Woman
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
Self
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
Self
Big Rig
Bertie
Full Moon Retreat
High School Musical Dance-Along
Self
The Awakening
Self