Vanessa Hudgens Biography

Vanessa Anne Hudgens is an American actress and singer. Hudgens rose to prominence playing Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series. Hudgens has also appeared in various films and television series for the Disney Channel. She was born in 1988 December 14.She was born in Salinas of California in America. Her full name is Vanessa Anne Hudgens. She loved with her parents along the West Coast from Oregon to Southern California during her childhood. She is the eldest sister in the family. Her father name is Gregory Hudgens and was a firefighter. He was a Irish and native American descent while her mother name was Gina and had held succession of office jobs. She was quite of Spanish-Chinese-Filipino descent but was native of Manila, Philippines. Her family had a music background as her grandparents were all great musicians. She was raised as Roman Catholic as her family was the same. Her younger sister who is professionally known as Stella Hudgens is also an actress in America. She briefly attended Orange Country High School of the Arts. Career and Struggle She started as a singer in musical theatre right from an early age of eight. She appeared in local productions like that of Carousel, That Wizard of Oz, The music Man, The King and I and Cinderella. After spending 2 years just in stage she auditioned from commercial and later she won a tv commercial when she was 15.She got her first role in the episode of Still Standing and later she also got entry in Homicide Division. In 2003 she debuted in a drama film thirteen. She also got herself in Thunderbirds. Later in 2005 she got role in Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical. She also appeared in The Cheetah Girls. She also recorded some of the songs for commercial success like Breaking Free which made a great hit. Later her album was released and to a surprise the album got 34 thousand copies sold right in the first week of release. Later in 2007 she worked for High School Music 2.In 2007 “You are music in me” was premiered. Later in 2008 she released another album named “Identified” which got a good market of 22000 copies in first week of release. Later in 2012 she played as Gabriella in High School Musical 3.After a huge success in acting she gave break to music and began to focus in her acting career. Later in 2009 she acted in a musical comedy movie Bandslam. She also played in The Guardian. She also got involved in Beastly and Sucker Punch. She also acted in Journey 2 and its sequal Journey to the Centre of the Earth. She also played in Spring Breakers starring with Selena Gomez. She also played in Gimme Shelter and The Frozen Ground. Boyfriend, personal life, Body measurements and Net worth She had a relationship with High School Music Co star Zac Effron in 2005.They had a good going in relationship but they were dragged in media very much of times. Later they abruptly got divorced in 2010.In 2007 september her photos were suddenly seen online .Some of the photos posing in lingerie and some of them were even nude. Later she sued www.moejackson.com for releasing her private photos. Later in 2009 again another set of topless photos of her were released in internet. She is 1.55 m tall and weighs around 50 kg .Her body measurement is 34-24-34.Her net worth is $2 million USD