| Name | Vanessa Hudgens |
| Birth Date | December 14, 1988 |
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Vanessa Hudgens Biography
Still only in her teens and this up and coming actress has already made more of a mark on the industry than many veteran actresses and with her latest role opposite Zac Efron in ‘High School Musical 2’ it would appear that future is looking even brighter than the past.Vanessa Hudgens was born in Salinas, California on December 14th 1988 to Greg and Gina who between them can trace their ancestry to Irish, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish and Native American, making Vanessa the beautiful actress that she is. Vanessa is not the only actress in the family, she has a sister, Stella, who was born in 1995 and who also appears in commercials and several television shows.
From the age of twelve Vanessa was home schooled by her mother and during that time her parents have encouraged the multi talented actor, singer and dancer to concentrate on her career in show business. By the age of eight Vanessa had already landed leading and supporting roles in local theatre as a singer in musical productions of ‘Carousel, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘The King and I’ and Cinderella’After auditioning for the part in a commercial Hudgens was offered the part and at that time the family made the decision to move the family to Los Angeles. By 2004 Vanessa was landing roles in movies. One of her first parts was as Tintin in ‘Thunderbirds’ which saw her starring with Bill Paxton, Genie Francis and Ben Kingsley. This was followed by her television appearance as Noel in ‘Quintuplets’ with Jason Priestley, Robert Hoffman and one of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy cover girls and American swimmer, Amanda Beard.