00 Vanessa Biography

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born to Greg and Gina Hudgens on December 14, 1988. She grew up in Salinas, California with her little sister, Stella,who is also an actress. She is of Irish and Native American descent on her father’s side and of Filipino, Latin and Chinese descent on her mother’s. she started her career when her friend couldn’t go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Vanessa could go. She began getting several theater roles which included leads in: Evita, Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King & I, The Music Man, Cinderella, and Damn Yankees and more. From then on she started to get roles in movies such as, ‘Thirteen’ and ‘Thunderbirds’. She also began appearing in several television shows such as “Quintuplets”, “Brothers Garcia”, and etc. In 2005, Vanessa’s carrer launched when she auditioned and stole the role for a Disney Channel Original Movie ‘High School Musical’ of sweet and brainy “Gabriella Montez”. She showed that not only could she Act, but she could sing and dance, too. Since then she has Guest Starred in many other television shows, working with some of her other co-stars in “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” & also was in one episode of “Drake & Josh”. In June 2006, she signed her record deal with Hollywood Records, and her Debut Album, “V is to be out September 26th, 2006. ‘High School Musical 2? is in the works and is hoping for a January 2007 release in which she will re-star as Gabriella Montez. It’s all in a day’s work for Miss Vanessa Anne Hudgens.