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).
Move over Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron? Olivia Rodrigo is making headlines after she seemingly penned the song “Drivers License” about her High School Musical: The Musical: The Series costar Joshua Bassett.Disney+ released the mockumentary series inspired by the popular films in 2019.
The show follows Rodrigo’s Nini, who is cast as Hudgens’ character, Gabriella Montez, in the school’s production of High School Musical, and Bassett’s Ricky, who lands the role of Efron’s Troy Bolton. (The series also takes place at a fictionalized version of East High, the school at which the original movie was set.)HSMTMTS also stars Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Dara Reneé, Frankie Rodriguez, Mark St.
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