Vanessa Hudgens is an American singer and actress. Her success in the industry was from the film Thirteen and her role as Gabriella Montez in the series High School Musical as a teenager showcasing her acting and singing talents. She has accumulated a net worth of $16 million.
Details of Vanessa Hudgens Career Life
Vanessa Hudgens started her acting and singing career in stage musicals and plays in local productions of The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, and Carousel. She got a role in TV commercials forcing her family to move to Los Angeles. In 2002, she had her first acting role on a CBS episode of the sitcom Still Standing. Her firm successful role was in 2003 in the series Thirteen and blew up in 2006 in High School Musical role as Gabriella Montez which was aired for two years from 2006 to 2008.
She signed a contract with Hollywood Records and released V in 2006 and identified in 2008. She graduated to more mature roles and has been featured in films like Beastly, Band Slam, Spring Breakers, Bad Boys for Life, Journey 2, Sucker Punch, The Mysterious Island and Second Act. She had roles in Fox’s live musical productions; Rizzo in Grease Live and Maureen Johnson in Rent in 2016 and 2019.
Hudgen was featured in the 2017 NBC series Powerless. She starred in Netflix Christmas movies The Knight Before Christmas and The Princess Switch. Hudgens was a co-host at the 2022 Met Gala in Manhattan. Hudgens worked for major brands like Fable Tics and has sponsored content and huge engagement on her social media. She was named by the Philippine government as a global tourism ambassador.
She sold her three-story home in Studio City, California. The 5,200 square foot mansion with a winding staircase, six bathrooms, hardwood floors, a wine cellar, and iron decoration was sold for $3.15 million in 2019 having bought the house in 2008 at $2.7 million. Her home in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood was sold to Ronan Farrow for $6.7 million in 2022 and had bought the mansion in 2018 at $4.9 million.
What Do We Know About the Personal Life of Vanessa Anne Hudgens?
Vanessa Anne Hudgens was born on 14th December 1988 in Salina, California. Her father Gregory Hudgens was a firefighter and her mother, Gina, was an office worker. She has one sibling Stella who is an actress. She identifies as a non-denominational Christian although she was raised catholic, she attends the Los Angeles church of Hillsong Church.
She joined Orange County High School of Arts and after some time, she started home-schooling as she began her acting career at the age of 15. She dated her co-star Zac Efron from 2005 but broke up in 2010. She then started seeing Austin Butler who was an actor from 2011 to 2020. Hudgens married Cole Tucker, a major league baseball shortstop, in December 2023 in Tulum, Mexico. They have one child born in 2024.
She paid a damage fee of $1,000 for carving initials on a rock in Coconino National Forest. Her nude photos were leaked online in 2007 and 2009 and she sued the website for posting her nude photos that were taken from her stolen phone.
