Vanessa Hudgens: biography and career

	Vanessa Hudgens was born on December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Hudgens is of mixed cultural background, as her father is of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, a native of Manila, is of Chinese-Filipino-Spanish descent. Ever since she was really young, Vanessa has been a true performer as she started performing in various musical theaters and local productions when she was eight. Vanessa began her television appeareances by guest starring in television shows Quintuplets, Still Standing, Cover Me, Robbery Homicide Division and Brothers Garcia and in 2003, Vanessa appeared in the independent film Thirteen starring Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed. In 2005, Disney wrote a musical made-for-television movie that later became a world phenomenon – High School Musical. In 2007, Vanessa reprised her role as Gabriella Montez in the sequel of High School Musical, High School Musical 2. The year after, in October 24, 2008, the senior year story of the characters of High School Musical was put on featured length film as High School Musical 3: Senior Year hit the American theaters. In 2010, Vanessa was in the cast of Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch”, which he describes as Alice in Wonderland with machine guns. It’s an all girl cast sharing the big screen with Emily Browning and three other girls. In October 2010, it was announced that Hudgens will be joining the sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth alongside Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson. Vanessa had a relationship with Zac Efron (co-star in High School Musical) which last until December 2010. On 2007 and 2009 private photos of Vanessa appeared online and her lawyers requested the removal of the pictures from the Internet.
	FILMOGRAPHY  2013 Spring Breakers 2012 The Frozen Ground: Cindy Paulson 2012 Gimme Shelter: Agnes 'Apple' Bailey 2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island: Kailani 2011 Cool Baby, Lame Baby (short) 2011 Sucker Punch: Blondie 2011 Beastly: Lindy 2009 Robot Chicken (TV series): Butterbear / Erin Esurance / Lara Lor-Van – Especially the Animal Keith Crofford (2009) 2009 Bandslam: Sa5m 2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year: Gabriella Montez 2007 High School Musical 2 (TV movie): Gabriella Montez 2006 The suite life of Zack and Cody (TV series): Corrie – Kept Man (2006) – Neither a Borrower Nor a Speller Bee (2006) – Not So Suite 16 (2006) – Forever Plaid (2006) 2006 Drake & Josh (TV series): Penny / Rebecca – Alien Invasion (2006) – Little Sibling (2006) 2006 High School Musical (TV movie): Gabriella Montez 2005 Quintuplets (TV series): Carmen – The Coconut Kapow (2005) 2004 Thunderbirds: Tintin 2003 The Brothers Garcia (TV series): Lindsey – New Tunes (2003) 2003 Thirteen: Noel 2002 Robbery Homicide Division (TV series): Nicole – Had (2002) 2002 Still Standing (TV series): Tiffany – Still Rocking (2002)

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