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Vanessa Hudgens
Salinas, California, USA
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…
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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
America
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
TV show Self
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2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Movie Kelly
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2024
French Girl
Movie Ruby Collins
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2023
Fright Krewe
TV show Madison (voice)
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2023
Downtown Owl
Movie Naomi
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2023
Dead Hot
Movie Self
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2023
Rennervations
TV show Self
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2022
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
Movie The Fairy / Doll Woman
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2022
Entergalactic
Movie Karina (voice)
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2022
Asking For It
Movie Beatrice
- 2022
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2021
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
Movie Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
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2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie Karessa Johnson
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2021
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
Movie Self
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2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation
Movie Sunny Starscout (voice)
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2020
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
Movie Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
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2020
Earth to Ned
TV show Herself
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2020
Thanks a Million
TV show Self
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2020
Bad Boys for Life
Movie Kelly
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2019
The Knight Before Christmas
Movie Brooke
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Rent
Movie Maureen Johnson
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2019
Polar
Movie Camille
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2019
The Masked Singer
TV show Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
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2018
Second Act
Movie Zoe
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2018
Busy Tonight
TV show Self - Guest
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2018
The Princess Switch
Movie Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt
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2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie Self - Host
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2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV show Self
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2018
Dog Days
Movie Tara
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2017
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
Movie Self - Archive Footage
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2017
Drop the Mic
TV show Self
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2017
Powerless
TV show Emily Locke
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2016
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2016
Grease Live
Movie Betty Rizzo
- 2016
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2015
Freaks of Nature
Movie Lorelei
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2015
#15SecondScare
TV show Executive Producer
