Vanessa Hudgens Biography

Biography

The year 2006 has truly turned out to be such a memorable period for Vanessa Hudgens to pass through. Already reached wide recognition following the sweet outcome of "High School Musical" and its soundtrack also her first album "V", this striking performer has joyously been selected to be the opening act for The Cheetah Girls in their The Party's Just Begun tour, beginning from October 17, 2006. Continues to go around the States for the rest of the month with the group, she next will spend the first half of November performing in cities like Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit, Omaha, and Milwaukee while preparing her next single "Let Go" for a December release.

A multi-talented artist of Irish, Native American, Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish extraction, Vanessa was born as the oldest daughter of Greg Hudgens and Gina Guangco on December 14, 1988 in Salinas, California, but grew up in San Diego instead. Inherited a deep fondness for both music and acting from her artistic grandparents, she has developed her knack in those two fields since an early age which then led her to various stage performances in musical theatre as a singer starting at age eight. With this rich experience, it ...

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was not really surprising to later see the girl successfully pass an audition for a commercial that inevitably brought her to the next phase of her life.

Finally moving to Los Angeles with her family, Vanessa wonderfully did not find any difficulties to land more deals for other commercials afterwards, even quickly made her way to shift into show business through an appearance in CBS' sitcom "Still Standing" in 2002. Within one year, she had already encountered her film debut in "Thirteen" (2003) followed by a series of acting stints either for small or big screen, culminating in Disney Channel's original movie "High School Musical." Premiered in January 2006, the feature wonderfully turned out to a big success, especially in its soundtrack as the record became a best-selling album all over the States and ruled The Billboard 200 for two weeks.

The superb outcome of "High School Musical" soundtrack subsequently gave big effect to Vanessa, who had contributed her voice for several tracks in the CD, particularly in smash hit single "Breaking Free." Not only received a great portion of attention from music listeners, she also delightfully found herself signing a recording contract with Hollywood Records, a label owned by ...