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.

Cast

Zac Efron's Pool Party

(Self)

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

(Self)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

(Kelly)

High School Musical

(Gabriella Montez)

Thirteen

(Noel)

Bandslam

(Sa5m)

Sucker Punch

(Blondie)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

(Gabriella Montez)

High School Musical 2

(Gabriella Montez)

The Awakening

(Self)

Thunderbirds

(Tintin)

The Princess Switch

(Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret)

Beastly

(Lindy Taylor)

WWE Royal Rumble 2013

(Herself (voice))

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!

(Self)

The Black Kaiser

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

(Kailani Laguatan)

High School Musical: The Concert

(Herself)

Machete Kills

(Cereza Desdemona)

Spring Breakers

(Candy)

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

(Self)

Downtown Owl

(Naomi)

The Frozen Ground

(Cindy Paulson)

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary

Big Rig

(Bertie)

Gimme Shelter

(Agnes 'Apple' Bailey)

Freaks of Nature

(Lorelei)

Choose You

(Ex-Girlfriend)

Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat

(The Fairy / Doll Woman)

French Girl

(Ruby Collins)

Dead Hot

(Self)

Entergalactic

(Karina (voice))

Grease Live

(Betty Rizzo)

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

(Self - Host)

High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical

(Self)

Road To High School Musical 2

(Self)

Full Moon Retreat

Dog Days

(Tara)

Second Act

(Zoe)

Polar

(Camille)

Rent

(Maureen Johnson)

Bad Boys for Life

(Kelly)

The Knight Before Christmas

(Brooke)

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

(Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke)

tick, tick... BOOM!

(Karessa Johnson)

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

(Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy)

Asking For It

(Beatrice)

My Little Pony: A New Generation

(Sunny Starscout (voice))

Bad Boys: Legacy

(Self)

Still Standing

(Tiffany)

Drake & Josh

(Rebecca)

The Tyra Banks Show

Quintuplets

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Robbery Homicide Division

(Nicole)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

(Self)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(Self - Guest)

High School Musical: Get in the Picture

(Gabriella Montez)

Christmas in Washington

(Self)

Rennervations

(Self)

Teen Choice Awards

(Self)

OK! TV

MTV Video Music Awards

(Self)

Disney Channel Games

(Self)

Eli Roth's History of Horror

(Self)

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

(Self - Guest Judge)

Kids' Choice Awards

(Self)

The View

(Self - Guest)

Punk'd

(Self)

The Brothers García

(Lindsey)

Powerless

(Emily Locke)

El hormiguero

(Ella misma)

Busy Tonight

(Self - Guest)

MTV Movie & TV Awards

(Self - Presenter)

So You Think You Can Dance

(Self - Judge)

The Oscars

(Self)

Thanks a Million

(Self)

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

(Self - Guest Judge)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Drop the Mic

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

(Self)

Earth to Ned

(Herself)

Fright Krewe

(Madison (voice))

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

(Corrie)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

(Self - Guest)

Hot Ones

(Self)

Conan

(Self)

MTV Movie & TV Awards

(Self)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show