Vanessa Hudgens Overview

Growing up in Salinas, California with her parents and younger sister Stella, Vanessa Hudgens (whose mother is Filipina, Chinese,and Spanish, and whose father is Irish and American Indian) trained in dance, piano and voice. Her first professional job was playing a munchkin in a local stage production of The Wizard of Oz, for which she was paid $50. More stage roles followed in musicals such as Carousel, The King and I and Damn Yankees. Vanessa made her feature film debut in Thirteen (2003),... See All