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 20062008 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 TickBoom 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 coproduced 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 Foxs live musical productions Rizzo in Grease Live 2016 and Maureen Johnson in Rent Live 2019 In 2022 Hudgens cohosted the Met Gala in Manhattan
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