Vanessa Hudgens
As one of the more popular tween stars of the early millennium, singer-actress Vanessa Hudgens rapidly rose to stardom thanks to her leading role in the wildly popular hit "High School Musical" (Disney Channel, 2006). Thanks to the movie's surprisingly massive success, Hudgens and co-star Zac Efron - with whom she engaged in a high-profile romance from 2006-2010 - led the way for a new generation of kid-friendly Disney superstars. But after the equally popular "High School Musical 2" (Disney Channel, 2007), her wholesome image came crashing down when nude photos taken on her phone were leaked on the Internet. Apologizing profusely to fans and expressing embarrassment over the incident, Hudgens soldiered on with the theatrically released "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" (2008) while branching out with "Bandslam" (2009) and the unusual "Beastly" (2011). On the music side, she recorded her first album V (2006) and followed up with Identified (2008), but appeared better suited on the screen with roles in "Sucker Punch" (2011), high-octane thriller "Spring Breakers" (2013), and Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" (2013), which allowed Hudgens to expand her horizons into more adult roles and begin the process of shedding her Disney image. She then moved easily into stage work, culminating in a turn in the title role in a revival of "Gigi" on Broadway in 2015 and the iconic role of Rizzo in the television event "Grease Live!" (2016), before moving to prime-time TV with the superhero comedy "Powerless" (NBC 2017).
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Vanessa Hudgens
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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65% |
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die | Kelly (Character) | $193.3M | 2024 |
26% |
|
French Girl | Ruby Collins (Character) | - | 2024 |
47% | No Score Yet | Downtown Owl | Naomi (Character) | - | 2023 |
97% |
|
Entergalactic | Karina (Voice) | - | 2022 |
23% |
|
Asking for It | Beatrice (Character) | - | 2021 |
57% |
|
The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star |
Margaret/ Producer |
- | 2021 |
87% |
|
Tick, Tick... Boom! | Karessa (Character) | - | 2021 |
92% |
|
My Little Pony: A New Generation | Sunny Starscout (Voice) | - | 2021 |
56% |
|
The Princess Switch: Switched Again |
Stacy De Novo / Producer |
- | 2020 |
76% |
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Bad Boys for Life | Kelly (Character) | $204.3M | 2020 |
71% |
|
The Knight Before Christmas |
Brooke (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2019 |
20% |
|
Polar | Camille (Character) | - | 2019 |
27% |
|
Rent Live | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
44% |
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Second Act | Zoe (Character) | $39.2M | 2018 |
63% |
|
The Princess Switch |
Stacy De Novo/ |
- | 2018 |
63% |
|
Dog Days | Tara (Character) | $6.8M | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Par amour des chiens | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
92% |
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Grease: Live! | Rizzo (Character) | - | 2016 |
0% |
|
Freaks of Nature | Lorelei (Character) | - | 2015 |
27% |
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Gimme Shelter | Agnes 'Apple' Bailey (Character) | $1.4M | 2014 |
29% |
|
Machete Kills | Cereza (Character) | $7.9M | 2013 |
61% |
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The Frozen Ground | Cindy Paulson (Character) | - | 2013 |
68% |
|
Spring Breakers | Candy (Character) | $14.1M | 2012 |
45% |
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Kailani (Character) | $103.8M | 2012 |
22% |
|
Sucker Punch | Blondie (Character) | $36.4M | 2011 |
21% |
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Beastly | Lindy (Character) | $27.9M | 2011 |
82% |
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Bandslam | Sa5m (Character) | $5.2M | 2009 |
64% |
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Gabriella Montez (Character) | $90.6M | 2008 |
83% |
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High School Musical 2 | Gabriella Montez (Character) | - | 2007 |
67% |
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High School Musical | Gabriella Montez (Character) | - | 2006 |
19% |
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Thunderbirds | Tin-Tin (Character) | $6.8M | 2004 |
81% |
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Thirteen | Noel (Character) | $4.6M | 2003 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 2023 |
75% | 94% | Rennervations | Self | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014-2015 2021 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017-2018 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thanks a Million | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 2019 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Busy Tonight | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 58% | So You Think You Can Dance | Judge | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 53% | RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop the Mic | Contestant | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Wild With Bear Grylls | Self | 2017 |
61% | 72% | Powerless | Emily Locke (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2012 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Project Runway All Stars | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 2013 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tonight Show With Jay Leno | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Punk'd | Self | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
68% | 54% | American Idol | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Drake & Josh | Rebecca (Guest Star) | 2006 |
13% | No Score Yet | Quintuplets | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
57% | No Score Yet | Robbery Homicide Division | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Still Standing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |