Vanessa Anne Hudgens : Biography

EARLY LIFE
Hudgens was born on December 14,1988 in Salinas, California. She lived all over the west coast -from Oregon to Southern California, with her parent, Gina and Gregory Hudgens and a sister, Stella Hudgens. Hudgens and her family moved to Los Angeles after she won a role in a television commercial. Hudgens's father is and American of Irish and Native American descent, and her mother, who grew up in Manila, is of Filipino,Spanish, and Chinese. Both sets of Hudgens' grandparents were musicians.

EARLY CAREER
Starting at the age of 8, Hudgens performed in a musical theater as a singer, appeared in local productions of Carousel, The Wizard of Oz, The King and I, The Music Man, and Cinderella, among others. Hudgens was not able to finish her high school in Orange County High School of Arts after being home schooled after her seventh year. After homes school she went to England and studied drama and music at Kingsbrook Business and Enterprise College and graduated college.