Vanessa Anne Hudgens: Her sister Stella Hudgens is also an
actress. She has been home-schooled since the seventh grade. Her parents are
Greg Hudgens and Gina Guangco. In regards to her ethnic background, Vanessa was
quoted:
"Pretty much I'm Filipino and Caucasian, but within that, I'm Spanish, Chinese,
American Indian, Irish."
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. Hudgens successfully auditioned for
a commercial and subsequently moved to Los Angeles with her family, with whom
she is still close. Though she is famous, she still has very close friends,
namely Adrianne Galvez, Hannah Montana's Miley Cyrus, Zoey 101's Alexa Nikolas,
High School Musical's Ashley Tisdale, and Zac Efron. In April of 2007, the Efron/Hudgens
relationship, otherwise known as "Zanessa", was confirmed in the myspace blogs
for the Tween magazine, Popstar!, J-14 and by Hudgens' rep on AOL.com. Hudgens
and Efron were seen spending some time in Hawaii together. Zac Efron also
referred to Zanessa as their "couple name," therefore confirming their
relationship.
Career
Film & television
Hudgens began performing at an early age, appearing in musicals starting at age
eight, by taking over a friend who couldn't go to the audition, and moved to Los
Angeles after winning an audition for a commercial. She scored roles on shows
such as Quintuplets, Cover Me, and Still Standing, then made her feature debut
in Thirteen as Noel and appeared in the 2004 summer film, Thunderbirds as Tintin.
Her television appearances include guest roles on Quintuplets, Still Standing,
The Brothers Garcia and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, as Corrie, a classmate
of Maddie and London. Hudgens also appeared on Drake & Josh, playing Drake's
girlfriend, Rebecca. Vanessa was only 16 at the time.
Hudgens'