Vanessa Hudgens, an American singer and actress was born in Salinas, California but had her childhood days along the West Coast of Oregon to Southern California. She was born December 14, 1988, and had Gina and Gregory Hudgens as her parents.
Her mother worked in different offices and the father was a firefighter. Vanessa Hudgens has a younger sister called Stella who is also an actress. In February 2016, Vanessa Hudgens unfortunately lost her dad to cancer.
Interestingly, it needs to emphasized that Vanessa Hudgens’ grandparents were all musicians and as such it is no surprise that she also became a singer.
Photos of Vanessa Hudgens were stolen and leaked on September 6, 2007. There was one picture depicting Vanessa Hudgens in a lingerie and another showing her nude.
Vanessa Hudgens dated Zac Efron between 2005 and 2010 and then also had a relationship with actor Austin Butler from 2011 to 2019. Subsequently in 2021 through the medium of Instagram, she revealed she was in a relationship with Major League Baseball shortstop Cole Tucker. They successfully got engaged in 2022.
Vanessa Hudgens’ debut feature film was Thirteen (2003) and then she became popular after playing the role of Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series between 2006 and 2008. Due to the success chalked by her first feature film, Vanessa Hudgens got signed to Hollywood Records.
With Hollywood Records, she managed to release two studio albums; V (2006) and Identified (2008).
After the release of the studio albums, Vanessa Hudgens took the decision to concentrate more on her acting career. In the process, she starred in feature film such as Bandslam (2009), Beastly, Sucker Punch (both 2011), Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Spring Breakers (both 2012), Second Act (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020), and Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021).
In 2018, she starred in The Princess Switch was a Netflix Christmas movie and also its sequels in 2020 and 2021. Vanessa Hudgens also had a role in The Knight Before Christmas (2019) as well as NBC series Powerless (2017).
For Fox’s live musical productions: Rizzo in Grease Live! (2016) and Maureen Johnson in Rent: Live (2019), Vanessa Hudgens was involved. In 2022, the Met Gala in Manhattan was co-hosted by Vanessa Hudgens.
She has won many awards and has also been nominated for so many awards. Some of the awards she has won include Best Team Anthem, Best True Ringer Ring Tone and Best Video That Rocks at the 2006 Radio Disney Music Awards.
She also won Choice TV Chemistry and Choice Music: Breakout Artist – Female of the Teen Choice Awards among others.
Net Worth
Vanessa Hudgens is estimated to be worth about $18 million. In 2008, she purchased a home in California worth $2.75 million but later sold it for $3.15 million in April 2019.
She also owns a $1 million condo in Brooklyn. Vanessa Hudgens purchased another home worth $4.9 million for a home in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood.
This home was subsequently sold for $6.7 million to Ronan Farrow and his partner Jon Lovett.
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