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Vanessa Hudgens

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Born

Vanessa Anne Hudgens


(1988-12-14) December 14, 1988 (age 36)

Salinas, California, U.S.

Occupation
Years active1998–present
Spouse(s)
Partner(s)Austin Butler (2011–2020)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsHollywood
Signature

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (HUJ-ənz; 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:

Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born in Salinas, California. Her family moved to San Diego, California, while she was still a toddler. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress. Her mother, Gina Hudgens (née Guangco), an office worker, is from the Philippines. Her father, Greg Hudgens, a firefighter, was from a family from Missouri and Illinois.

Vanessa was interested in acting and singing at a young age, inspired by her grandparents, who were musicians. At the age of 8, she started appearing in musical theater. She fell deeper in love with the arts and began studying acting, singing, and dance more seriously with Jailyn Osborne. Vanessa very briefly attended Orange County High School of the Arts. After years of auditioning, she began seeing some success. This prompted her family to move to Los Angeles, California. She started homeschooling, so she missed out on the high school experience, and she finally landed her breakthrough role in High School Musical (2006).

BornDecember 14, 1988

Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an Americanactress and singer. She is most well known for starring in High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year on Disney Channel. She has won many awards and has been nominated since High School Musical. She has been on many TV shows and movies. She began acting and singing at an early age. She is now married with her boyfriend Marshall TITO Armstrong.

Early life

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Vanessa was born in Salinas, California. Her mother, Gina (née Guangco), held a succession of office jobs, and her father, Gregory Hudgens, was a firefighter. She has a younger sister, Stella Hudgens, who is also an actress.[1] She was raised as a Roman Catholic.[2] Her father is of English ancestry, and her mother, a native of Manila, Philippines, is of Filipino ancestry.[3][4] All of her grandparents were musicians.

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