Vanessa Anne Hudgens was
born in Salinas,
California and grew up in
San Diego;
she has a younger sister,
Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her father,
Greg Hudgens , is of Irish and Native
American descent and her mother,
Gina Guangco, was
born in the Philippines and is of Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent. All of her grandparents were musicians during the
Big band period. Starting at the age of eight, Hudgens performed in musical theatre as a singer , and appeared in local productions of
Evita,
Carousel,
The Wizard of
Oz,
The King and I, The
Music Man,
Cinderella and Damn
Yankees, among others. Hudgens successfully auditioned for a
commercial and subsequently moved to
Los Angeles with her family which
She is still close with.
Hudgens
made her feature debut in
Thirteen as
Noel and appeared in the 2004
summer film, Thunderbirds as Tin Tin. Her television appearances include guest roles on Quintuplets, Still Standing, Cover Me, Robbery
Homicide Division,
Brothers Garcia and
The Suite Life of
Zack and Cody, as a classmate of
Ashley Tisdale and
Brenda Song's
characters.
she also appeared on
Drake &
Josh, playing
Drake's girlfriend. Hudgens came to
fame among teenage audiences after starring opposite
Zac Efron,
Ashley Tisdale and
Lucas Grabeel in the
Disney Channel Original Movie,
High School Musical.
Hudgens participated in the
Disney Channel
Games 2006, which were filmed in
April of 2006 and aired two months later.
she is on the
Blue Team,
along with
Brenda Song,
Corbin Bleu,
Cole Sprouse,
Monique Coleman and
Jason Earles. In
June of 2006, Hudgens signed a recording contract with
Hollywood Records, and is currently working on an album scheduled for a September 26, 2006 release
date.
The record company, owned by
Disney, described Hudgens as "talented" and "tireless in her work ethic" in press releases for the announcement. Hudgens will be opening for
the Cheetah Girls during their "The Party's
Just Begun Tour" this
fall performing at
20 out of the 40
total cities that are being performed in.
The range of concerts
She will be attending
date from October 17, 2006 to November 15, 2006.
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