Biography
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 media success. The success of the first film led Hudgens to acquire a recording contract with Hollywood Records, with whom she released two studio albums, V (2006) and Identified (2008). Since the release of her studio a...
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Complete Filmography

Bad Boys: Legacy
2024
as Self
Take an epic lookback at 30 years of making the Bad Boys franchise with a 22-minute retrospective. Go behind the scenes of the all-new movie with an e...

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
as Kelly
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.

French Girl
2024
as Ruby Collins
Sweet Gordon, an affable English teacher in Brooklyn, has beaten the odds; a French Girl has fallen in love with him and he’s fallen even harder back....

Downtown Owl
2023
as Naomi
In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitc...

Dead Hot
2023
as Self
The project documents Hudgens’ journey in Salem, Mass., along with her best friend, musician GG Magree, as they set out to learn about witchcraft, gho...

Haunted House: Trick-VR-Treat
2022
as The Fairy / Doll Woman
From the twisted mind of Eli Roth, and starring Vanessa Hudgens as you’ve never seen her before, we invite you to step inside the “Dollhouse” for a 18...

Entergalactic
2022
as Karina (voice)
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

Asking For It
2022
as Beatrice
After small town waitress Joey is sexually assaulted after a date with her old friend Mike, she befriends mysterious stranger Regina. Regina introduce...

Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
as Self
Go deep inside the film tick, tick...BOOM! with director Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Andrew Garfield and the rest of the film's acclaimed ensemble. The ...

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
2021
as Fiona Pembroke / Lady Margaret / Stacy
A priceless relic is stolen from identical royals Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy, who enlist the help of their sketchy look-alike cousin Fiona Pemb...

The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star
2021
Producer
A priceless relic is stolen from identical royals Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy, who enlist the help of their sketchy look-alike cousin Fiona Pemb...

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Karessa Johnson
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
2021
as Self
Get ready for the launch of Rihanna's 2021 Savage X Fenty collection. Celebrating togetherness and community in a post pandemic world, this year’s sho...

My Little Pony: A New Generation
2021
as Sunny Starscout (voice)
Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove ...

The Princess Switch: Switched Again
2020
as Stacy De Novo / Lady Margaret Delacourt / Fiona Pembroke
When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne & hits a rough patch with Kevin, it’s up to Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike — part...

The Princess Switch: Switched Again
2020
Producer
When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne & hits a rough patch with Kevin, it’s up to Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike — part...

Bad Boys for Life
2020
as Kelly
Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami pol...

The Knight Before Christmas
2019
as Brooke
A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.

The Knight Before Christmas
2019
Producer
A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.

Rent
2019
as Maureen Johnson
The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.

Polar
2019
as Camille
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless kil...

Second Act
2018
as Zoe
Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, ...

The Princess Switch
2018
as Stacy De Novo/Lady Margaret
When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
as Self - Host
Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Dog Days
2018
as Tara
A group of people in Los Angeles are brought together thanks to their canine friends.

Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine
2017
as Self - Archive Footage
Harmony Korine has spent his life disrupting traditional cinema with his provocative films. What most people don’t know is that first and foremost he'...

Grease Live
2016
as Betty Rizzo
After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must con...

High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
2016
10 years later, the High School Musical stars return to the Disney Channel to celebrate.

Freaks of Nature
2015
as Lorelei
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, on...
Choose You
2013
as Ex-Girlfriend
This is what it looks like when Lena Dunham, Spike Jonze, Avicii, Vanessa Hudgens and Michael Shannon get together. Dunham wrote a short film for Sund...

Gimme Shelter
2013
as Agnes 'Apple' Bailey
After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.

Machete Kills
2013
as Cereza Desdemona
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take...

The Frozen Ground
2013
as Cindy Paulson
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on...

Spring Breakers
2013
as Candy
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.

WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
as Herself (voice)
Finally...The Rock has come back to the Royal Rumble! In his first title match in over 10 years, The Great One goes one-on-one with the longest reigni...

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
as Kailani Laguatan
Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

Sucker Punch
2011
as Blondie
A young woman, institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreats into a vivid fantasy world where she envisions a plan to escape. Gathering a grou...

Beastly
2011
as Lindy Taylor
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

Bandslam
2009
as Sa5m
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band — together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year...

Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
as Self
Zac Efron's Uncle Hank and his girlfriend, Randi, crash Zac's pool party and they just can not be cool.

High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
2008
as Self
An in-depth behind-the-scenes look at all of the music from this movie phenomenon.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
as Gabriella Montez
As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of...

High School Musical 2
2007
as Gabriella Montez
The East High Wildcats are gearing up for big fun as they land the coolest summer jobs imaginable. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor have scored sweet...

High School Musical: The Concert
2007
as Herself
Be a part of an incredible concert event as the worldwide phenomenon goes extreme! "High School Musical: The Concert" invites you behind the scenes an...
Road To High School Musical 2
2007
as Self
A mini-series Disney Channel started about High School Musical 2. The series included interviews from the cast and tidbits from the then upcoming movi...

High School Musical
2006
as Gabriella Montez
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's soci...
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2004 movie THUNDERBIRDS.

Thunderbirds
2004
as Tintin
Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton),...

Thirteen
2003
as Noel
When average 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, Tracy's world is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world ...
The Awakening
N/A
as Self
The film will showcase her close relationship with her Filipino mom, Gina, and sister, Stella. It will also highlight Vanessa's journey as an American...
The Black Kaiser
N/A
In the film, the Black Kaiser (Mikkelsen), the world’s most lethal hitman, uncovers a deadly conspiracy protecting a powerful syndicate of killers, an...
Big Rig
N/A
as Bertie
Bertie takes a striking dramatic turn as a young mother who finds her freedom and herself on the open road as a big rig truck driver.
Full Moon Retreat
N/A
Quiet Storm
N/A
The movie follows a once-promising novelist who gets trapped in a house with her ex-husband and a group of roommates as the most powerful hurricane in...
Big Rig
N/A
Executive Producer
Bertie takes a striking dramatic turn as a young mother who finds her freedom and herself on the open road as a big rig truck driver.