The Basics:
Name: Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Birthday: December 14, 1988
Birth Place: Salinas, CA
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Parents: Greg and Gina Hudgens
Siblings: younger sister, Stella
Pets: dog named Shadow
Ethnicity: Filipino, Chinese, and Latina (from her Mother), Irish and American Indian (from her father)

Favorites:
Color: Red
Sport: Shopping
Style of Music: Rock
Food: Chocolate and Sushi
Hobbies: acting, singing, dancing
Time of Year: Summer
Time of Day: Night
School Subject: Science
Animal: Cheetah
TV Shows: Family Guy, South Park, Degrassi, It’s a Notion
Song from High School Musical: Get’cha Head in the Game

Fun Facts:
-Her musical theater roles include leads in: Evita, Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King & I, The Music Man, Cinderella, and Damn Yankees plus more.
-Vanessa started her career by doing musical theater with friends
-She got her first gig when her friend couldn’t go to an audition for a commercial and asked if Vanessa could go
-She’s a fan of the late Natalie Wood
-She sings, acts, and dances
-Her first movie role was in Thirteen (2003) with Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed
-In 2004, she said she wanted to tryout for American Idol
-She admits to being a “shop-a-holic”
-She sang “Angels” by Jessica Simpson for her High School Musical Audition
-She’s close friends with Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, and the rest of the HSM cast
-She hates carrots
-She loves Frankie B jeans
-Her dream car is a Porsche Carerra GT
-She can’t whistle
-She broke records on the Billboard Top 100 with the HSM soundtrack
-She is good friends with Alexa Nikolas from Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon
-She LOVES scary movies
-She doesn’t like bees
-”Breaking Free” from the High School Musical Soundtrack went from #86 to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, the highest
jump on the chart since its debut in 1958
-The High School Musical Soundtrack went to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 in just 2 weeks
-High School musical was the most-watched movie in the history of Disney Channel, bringing in 36.5 million viewers
between January-April
- Vanessa was ranked #12 in Maxim’s Hot 100 Women 2008
- Referenced in the Gossip Girl episode “All About My Brother” for dating Zac Efron
- Vanessa’s sophomore album is called Identified. It was released on July 1, 2008. “Sneakernight” was the first single off this album
- Vanessa’s song “Say OK” was used to advertise the 2nd season of ABC Family’s Hit Original Series,”Lincoln Heights
- Vanessa won the “Choice Female Breakout star” on the 2007 Teen Choice Awards. The High School Musical cast also won “Choice TV Movie”
- Vanessa is 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 meters) tall
- Her first solo album V debuted at #24 on the US Billboard album chart with over 34,000 copies sold during it’s first week
- Vanessa is allergic to chlorine. To film the scenes in the pool during High School Musical 2, her body needed to be covered in vaseline
-She learned to swim after landing the role as Tin Tin in Thunderbirds (2004)
- Vanessa likes very unique clothes and funky styles. If there is something fun and funky she will buy it
- Her guilty pleasures are watching horror movies and chocolate
- Vanessa was a spokesperson for Neutrogena skin care products
- Vanessa’s sister, dog, and best friend are all featured in her video “Come Back To Me”
- She once got mobbed while shopping in Hollister with Ashley Tisdale and Miley Cyrus. They closed the store down for the three of them so they could shop
- She is afraid of heights if she is in one spot up high for a long time
- Vanessa says that almost everything makes her laugh
- Vanessa prefers not to discuss her private life
- Vanessa’s fashion isn’t inspired by anyone. She wears what she likes
- Vanessa’s father, Greg Hudgens was a firefighter
- Vanessa has lived in Oregon and San Diego



Facts taken from various interviews, articles, biographies, filmographies, etc.