Acting · Salinas, California, USA · Born December 14, 1988
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.
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2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
as Kelly
MovieFrench Girl
2024
as Ruby Collins
TVFright Krewe
2023
as Madison (voice)
MovieDowntown Owl
2023
as Naomi
MovieDead Hot
2023
as Self
TVRennervations
2023
as Self
MovieHaunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
2022
as The Fairy / Doll Woman
MovieEntergalactic
2022
as Karina (voice)
MovieAsking For It
2022
as Beatrice
MovieHonoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
as Self
MovieThe Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
2021
as Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy
Movietick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Karessa Johnson
MovieSavage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
2021
as Self
MovieMy Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
as Sunny Starscout (voice)
MovieThe Princess Switch: Switched Again
2020
as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
TVEarth to Ned
2020
as Herself
TVThanks a Million
2020
as Self
MovieBad Boys for Life
2020
as Kelly
MovieThe Knight Before Christmas
2019
as Brooke
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieRent
2019
as Maureen Johnson
MoviePolar
2019
as Camille
TVThe Masked Singer
2019
as Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
MovieSecond Act
2018
as Zoe
TVBusy Tonight
2018
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Princess Switch
2018
as Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
MovieHocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
as Self - Host
TVEli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
MovieDog Days
2018
as Tara
MovieDrugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
TVDrop the Mic
2017
as Self
TVPowerless
2017
as Emily Locke
TVThe Boulet Brothers' Dragula
2016
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieGrease Live
2016
as Betty Rizzo
MovieHigh School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
MovieFreaks of Nature
2015
as Lorelei
TVThe Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
TVRunning Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Choose You
2013
as Ex-Girlfriend
MovieGimme Shelter
2013
as Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
MovieMachete Kills
2013
as Cereza
MovieThe Frozen Ground
2013
as Cindy Paulson
MovieSpring Breakers
2013
as Candy
MovieWWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
as Herself (voice)
TVRuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
2012
as Self - Guest Judge
MovieJourney 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
as Kailani Laguatan
MovieSucker Punch
2011
as Blondie
TVOK! TV
2011
MovieBeastly
2011
as Lindy Taylor
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieBandslam
2009
as Sa5m
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieZac Efron's Pool Party
2009
as Self
MovieHigh School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
2008
as Self
MovieHigh School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
as Gabriella Montez
TVHigh School Musical: Get in the Picture
2008
as Gabriella Montez
MovieWalt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
2007
as Self
MovieHigh School Musical 2
2007
as Gabriella Montez
MovieHigh School Musical: The Concert
2007
as Self
TVEl hormiguero
2006
as Ella misma
TVDisney Channel Games
2006
as Self
MovieHigh School Musical Dance-Along
2006
as Self
MovieHigh School Musical
2006
as Gabriella Montez
TVThe Tyra Banks Show
2005
TVSo You Think You Can Dance
2005
as Self - Judge
TVThe Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
as Corrie
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
as Self
MovieThunderbirds
2004
as Tintin
TVQuintuplets
2004
as Carmen
TVDrake & Josh
2004
as Rebecca
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
MovieThirteen
2003
as Noel
TVPunk'd
2003
as Self
TVStill Standing
2002
as Tiffany
TVRobbery Homicide Division
2002
as Nicole
TVThe Brothers García
2000
as Lindsey
TVTeen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
TVThe View
1997
as Self - Guest
TVMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TVKids' Choice Awards
1987
as Self
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Christmas in Washington
1982
as Self
TVPeople's Choice Awards
1975
as Self - Presenter
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
The Awakening
as Self
The Black Kaiser
Big Rig
as Bertie
Full Moon Retreat
Quiet Storm
Mini War
as Olivia
