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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2022
Conan
2011
The View
2021
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2019
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2006
El hormiguero
2013
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2011
Hot Ones
2018
The Masked Singer
2025

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
98
Producing
6
2026
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
as Self
2025
The Masked Singer
as Self - Goldfish (archive footage)
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
as Kelly
2024
French Girl
as Ruby Collins
2023
Downtown Owl
as Naomi
2023
Dead Hot
as Self
2023
Rennervations
as Self
2023
Fright Krewe
as Madison (voice)
2022
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
as Self
2022
Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
as The Fairy / Doll Woman
2022
Entergalactic
as Karina (voice)
2022
Asking For It
as Beatrice
2022
The Oscars
as Self
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2022
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Host
2021
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
as Self
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
as Karessa Johnson
2021
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
as Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
2021
My Little Pony: A New Generation
as Sunny Starscout (voice)
2021
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
2021
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
as Self - Guest Judge
2021
Kids' Choice Awards
as Self
2021
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
Thanks a Million
as Self
2020
Bad Boys for Life
as Kelly
2020
The Princess Switch: Switched Again
as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
2020
Earth to Ned
as Herself
2019
Polar
as Camille
2019
Rent
as Maureen Johnson
2019
The Knight Before Christmas
as Brooke
2019
31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest
as Self - Host
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2018
The Princess Switch
as Stacy De Novo / Margaret Delacourt
2018
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
as Self - Host
2018
Dog Days
as Tara
2018
Second Act
as Zoe
2018
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest
2018
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
as Self - Guest Judge
2018
Hot Ones
as Self
2017
Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
as Self - Archive Footage
2017
Powerless
as Emily Locke
2017
So You Think You Can Dance
as Self - Judge
2017
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2017
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2016
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
Grease Live
as Betty Rizzo
2016
People's Choice Awards
as Self - Presenter
2015
Freaks of Nature
as Lorelei
2015
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2014
The View
as Self
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
as Herself (voice)
2013
Machete Kills
as Cereza
2013
Spring Breakers
as Candy
2013
The Frozen Ground
as Cindy Paulson
2013
Gimme Shelter
as Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
2013
Choose You
as Ex-Girlfriend
2013
El hormiguero
as Ella misma
2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
as Kailani Laguatan
2012
Punk'd
as Self
2011
Sucker Punch
as Blondie
2011
Beastly
as Lindy Taylor
2011
OK! TV
2011
Conan
as Self
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2009
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
2009
Bandslam
as Sa5m
2009
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
2009
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
2008
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Gabriella Montez
2008
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
as Self
2008
High School Musical: Get in the Picture
as Gabriella Montez
2008
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
2007
High School Musical 2
as Gabriella Montez
2007
High School Musical: The Concert
as Self
2007
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
as Self
2007
The Tyra Banks Show
2007
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2007
Christmas in Washington
as Self
2006
High School Musical
as Gabriella Montez
2006
High School Musical Dance-Along
as Self
2006
Drake & Josh
as Rebecca
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2006
Disney Channel Games
as Self
2006
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
as Corrie
2005
Quintuplets
as Carmen
2004
Thunderbirds
as Tintin
2004
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
2003
Thirteen
as Noel
2003
The Brothers García
as Lindsey
2002
Still Standing
as Tiffany
2002
Robbery Homicide Division
as Nicole
The Awakening
as Self
The Black Kaiser
Big Rig
as Bertie
Full Moon Retreat
Quiet Storm
Mini War
as Olivia