Vanessa Hudgens

American actress and singer

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2024 Competed in and won season eleven of The Masked Singer as 'Goldfish', with Scott Porter as 'Gumball' finishing in second place.
June 2024 Hudgens gave birth to her child with Cole Tucker, likely in late June or early July.
December 2 2023 Vanessa Hudgens married Cole Tucker in Tulum, Mexico.
March 2023 Named as a global tourism ambassador by the Philippine government.
June 2022 Co-hosted the 30th MTV Movie & TV Awards with Tayshia Adams, hosting the first half of the ceremony.
May 2022 Co-hosted the Met Gala red carpet livestream for Vogue with La La Anthony and Hamish Bowles.
March 4 2022 Starred in the action thriller film Asking for It, released in theaters, digitally, and on Blu-ray.
2021 Voiced the lead character Sunny Starscout in the animated Netflix film My Little Pony: A New Generation.
2021 Nominated for Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress for The Princess Switch: Switched Again
November 2021 Appeared in Netflix's biographical film Tick, Tick... Boom!, portraying Karessa Johnson, and contributed vocals to the film's soundtrack.
October 2021 Architectural Digest featured Vanessa Hudgens living in the historic 'Little DeMille' house, originally built by director Cecil B. DeMille for his mistress.
2020 Hudgens started dating Major League Baseball shortstop Cole Tucker.
2020 Appeared in the action film Bad Boys for Life, which grossed over $426 million worldwide.
2020 Appeared in Bad Boys for Life and starred in The Princess Switch sequel.
November 2020 Starred in and produced the Netflix film The Princess Switch: Switched Again.
March 2020 Posted a controversial Instagram video about COVID-19 pandemic, subsequently apologizing for her 'insensitive' remarks.
March 2020 Hudgens posted a controversial Instagram video about the COVID-19 pandemic, making insensitive remarks about the inevitability of people dying, which led to public criticism and her subsequent apology.
2019 Won Napa Valley Film Festival Blackbird Vineyards Visionary Award
November 2019 Starred in and produced the Netflix film The Knight Before Christmas.
January 2019 Starred in Fox's live musical presentation Rent: Live, playing the role of Maureen Johnson.
2018 Won Broadway World Washington DC Awards Best Actress in a Musical for In The Heights
December 2018 Co-starred with Jennifer Lopez in the comedy film Second Act, directed by Peter Segal.
November 2018 Starred in the Netflix film The Princess Switch, portraying a European duchess and a Chicago pastry chef who switch roles.
September 2018 Collaborated with electronic dance music duo Phantoms on the single 'Lay With Me'.
2017 Starred as Emily Locke in the NBC series Powerless.
2017 Won Teen Choice Awards 'See Her' Award and MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Musical Moment with the cast of Grease: Live for 'You're the One That I Want'
May 21 2017 Hudgens hosted the Billboard Music Awards with Ludacris and served as a judge on the 14th season of So You Think You Can Dance.
May 2016 Hudgens paid $1,000 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for carving initials within a heart on a rock in the Coconino National Forest and sharing the image on her Instagram account.
February 2016 Vanessa Hudgens' father Gregory Hudgens passed away from cancer, marking a significant personal loss for the actress.
January 31 2016 Hudgens starred as Rizzo in Grease Live!, dedicating her performance to her late father who died the day before the broadcast.
January 16 2015 Hudgens took the title role in Gigi, a production that opened at the Kennedy Center and later transferred to Broadway.
2014 Hudgens starred in the drama film Gimme Shelter as a pregnant teenage runaway girl.
2014 Nominated for MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss with Ashley Benson & James Franco for Spring Breakers and won Young Hollywood Awards Trendsetter Award
2013 Nominated for 'Actress Most in Need of a New Agent' at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards for her role in Spring Breakers, sharing the nomination with Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, and Selena Gomez.
2013 Nominated for Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Movie Actress for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards Actress Most in Need of a New Agent for Spring Breakers
March 2013 Hudgens starred in Spring Breakers with Selena Gomez, releasing the dubstep song '$$$ex' to coincide with the film.
2012 Nominated for Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2011 Nominated for Favorite Movie Star Under 25 at the People's Choice Awards.
2011 Hudgens began dating actor Austin Butler, starting a relationship that would last until 2019.
2011 Signed with Creative Artists Agency, transitioning from William Morris Agency.
March 2011 Hudgens played Blondie in the action film Sucker Punch, directed by Zack Snyder, which grossed $19 million in its first weekend and $89 million worldwide.
March 15 2011 Additional nude images of Hudgens were released on the Internet, as reported by Us Weekly.
March 4 2011 Hudgens starred in the film Beastly as Linda Taylor alongside Alex Pettyfer, which was released to mostly negative reviews but grossed $28 million worldwide.
2010 Won ShoWest Female Star of Tomorrow award and Australian Kids' Choice Awards Cutest Couple with Zac Efron for High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2010 Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron ended their long-term relationship.
August 6 2010 Hudgens starred as Mimi in the musical Rent at the Hollywood Bowl, with director Neil Patrick Harris defending her casting.

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