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).
Former child star Keke Palmer shared a vintage clip from her failed 2005 Disney Channel pilot Keke & Jamal featuring Vanessa Hudgens.'It was loosely based on my life.
A little girl named Keke with big dreams of being an entertainer and her tight [knit] family,' the Illinois-born 26-year-old - who boasts 24.5M social media followers - recalled on Monday.'I was ten years old and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
We filmed this on the old That's So Raven set and that was when I first met Raven Symone. True dream come true for me and like a fairytale.
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