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Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer.

She made her debut in 2003 appearing in the Hollywood films Thirteen and Thunderbirds, before reaching fame in 2006 after appearing as Gabriella Montez in the Disney Channel film High School Musical hit series. Hudgens began a music career and released her debut album, V, in 2006. Her second album, Identified, was released July 1, 2008. She is a spokesperson for Neutrogena, Sears, and Eckō.

Hudgens was born in Salinas, California, the daughter of Gina (née Guangco) and Greg Hudgens. She has a sister, Stella Teodora Hudgens (born November 13, 1995, San Diego). Hudgens’s father is an American of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, who grew up in Manila, is a Filipino-born of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent. Hudgens has been home-schooled since after her seventh-grade year at the Orange County High School of the Arts.

Starting at the age of eight, Hudgens performed in musical theater as a singer, and appeared in local productions of Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I, The Music Man, and Cinderella, among others. She got her first gig when her friend couldn’t go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Hudgens could go.

Hudgens confirmed, in an October 2007 interview with Teen magazine, that she was dating her High School Musical series co-star Zac Efron and had been since the filming of High School Musical. They were still dating as of 3 September 2008.

In 2008, she was ranked as FHM’s 62nd Sexiest Woman and Maxim’s number 12 in their 100 Hot List. She was included in People’s annual “100 Most Beautiful People” list in May 2008. As of 2008, she has been a cover girl for Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl and Lucky magazine. She has also done photoshoots with her boyfriend, Zac Efron and High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale for Elle magazine, Glamour magazine for the May issue and InStyle for October.

She ranked #20 for Forbes magazine 2008 highest earners under 30  and #7 at the ten best dressed list for October 2008.  She also made the “Maxim’s Sexiest of 2009″ list.

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