December 14: Happy Birthday Vanessa Hudgens

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Vanessa Hudgens turned 29 yesterday. The Filipina-American actress began working in regional musical theater as a child and made her first TV guest appearances at the age of thirteen. A year later, she made her feature film debut in a supporting role in Thirteen. A year later she appeared as Tintin in the feature film adaptation of Thunderbirds, which was a flop. She bounced back from that setback in the role that is probably her most famous, Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical trilogy—the first two were Disney Channel TV movies while the third was released theatrically.


Subsequently, Hudgens has had lead roles in films like Beastly, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, The Frozen Ground, and Gimme Shelter. She has had supporting parts or been part of ensemble casts in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, Sucker Punch, and Machete Kills. She has returned to musical theater several times—she starred as Mimi Marquez in a Hollywood Bowl production of Rent, made her Broadway debut in a revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Gigi (in the title role), and played Betty Rizzo on Fox’s Grease: Live. Earlier this year, she starred in NBC’s midseason series Powerless, which was pulled before the end of its first season. She will appear in Peter Segal’s upcoming Second Act.