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).
When ABC and Bob Iger asked “High School Musical” director Kenny Ortega to participate in the April 16 special, “The Disney Family Singalong,” he was immediately on board. “I wanted to find something I can do to participate and it was so great to be given the call and invited by ABC to join,” Ortega told Deadline. “It gave me a purpose to get up every morning.
I feel really good that we have an opportunity to do something like this — it’s good medicine. ” That said, he asked actors and artists from his movies and TV series to participate in an epic performance of the “High School Musical” anthem “We’re All In This Together” for the special.
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