Vanessa Anne Hudgens (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 success.
The success of the first film led to Hudgens' acquiring a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008).
EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of box office success for Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Canadian actor Alexander Ludwig has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.
Grossing over $223M worldwide since its June 7 premiere, the fourth installment of buddy cop action franchise Bad Boys has Ludwig sharing the screen with Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens and more.
In the film directed by Adil & Bilall, he reprises his role of Dorn, tech expert for Advanced Miami Metro Operations, who’s now dating Hudgens’ Kelly.
He previously played the part in Bad Boys for Life, released in 2020. Also recently seen starring opposite Stephen Amell In Starz’s Peter Segal-directed wrestling series Heels, Ludwig was last year seen starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Guy Ritchie’s acclaimed war drama The Covenant.
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