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Vanessa Hudgens

1988-12-14

The 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.

Vanessa Hudgens in

Movies

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die

7.478 average rating
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Bad Boys for Life

7.14 average rating
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

6.2 average rating
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The Princess Switch

7.004 average rating
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Polar

6.3 average rating
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High School Musical

6.6 average rating
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Thirteen

6.6 average rating
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year

6.6 average rating
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Sucker Punch

6.2 average rating
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The Knight Before Christmas

6.41 average rating
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The Princess Switch: Switched Again

6.834 average rating
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My Little Pony: A New Generation

7.7 average rating
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Entergalactic

7.7 average rating
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The Frozen Ground

6.281 average rating
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High School Musical 2

6.518 average rating
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Second Act

6.3 average rating
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tick, tick... BOOM!

7.646 average rating
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The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star

6.8 average rating
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Spring Breakers

5.2 average rating
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Machete Kills

5.603 average rating